单选题 There are hundreds of TV channels in the United States. Americans get a lot of entertainment and information from TV. Most people probably watch it for entertainment only. For some people, however, TV is where they get the news of the day. But some new TV programs or shows put entertainment and news together.
This new kind of program in the United States is called "infotainment", which means information (info-) and entertainment (-tainment). These kinds of programs use actors to act out news stories, making the news of the flay more interesting and exciting to people. The shows also use special effects.
An example of infotainment is the show "America's Most Wanted". The producers of this pro- gram get stories from real cases that the police have dealt with. In most of these cases, the; police never found the person who committed the crime. Sometimes they caught the criminal, but he or she ran away again. The people who make "America' s Most Wanted" film it in the city where the crime happened. They use actors to play the parts of all the people in the case. At the end of the story, however, they always show "mug shots" of the real criminals, or police photographs.

单选题 The best title for the text would be ______.
[A] America's Most Wanted
[B] TV Programs for the Police
[C] A New Type of TV Program
[D] Entertainment before Information
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 主旨题。题干意为“本篇文章最好的标题是什么?”文章的第一段和第二段的开头说出现了一种新的电视节目，叫做“信娱”，接着作者解释了这个名字的由来，并且举例说明。所以整篇文章都是围绕着这种新的电视节目展开的。所以本题的正确答案为C。
单选题 The purpose of the first paragraph is to introduce ______.
[A] news programs [B] entertainment programs
[C] TV channels [D] infotainment
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“文章第一段的主要目的是介绍什么?”文章第一段最后一句话说But some new TV programs or shows put entertainment and news together．即作者接下来要为读者介绍一类新的电视节目。文章第二段开头说This new kind of program in the United States is called “infotainment”．所以本题的正确答案为D。
单选题 One important difference between an infotainment and an ordinary TV news program is that the former ______.
[A] uses actors to play the roles
[B] shows the photos of real criminals
[C] reports news from where it happens
[D] announces news for the police
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“普通的电视新闻节目与信娱节目的一个重要区别在哪里?”文章的第二段第二句话说These kinds of programs use actors to act out news stories...即信娱是用演员来表演新闻。所以本题的正确答案为A。
单选题 We can infer from the text that the producers of "America's Most Wanted" ______.
[A] hope the program will help the police catch the criminals
[B] hope to get money from the police
[C] also work as police officers
[D] often find it difficult to persuade people to act as criminals
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 推理题。题干意为“从文章中我们可知，‘美国通缉犯’的制作人______”。文章说这部电视节目利用演员来表演真实的案件，结尾处又说他们常常展示出真正罪犯的头像或警察的照片。可知制片人制作这档节目的目的是为了帮助警察抓住那些罪犯。所以本题的正确答案为A。
单选题 In the program title "America's Most Wanted". "most wanted" probably refers to ______.
[A] police [B] producers [C] criminals [D] actors
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 释义题。题干意为“节目标题中的'most wanted'意思是什么?”从文章最后一段内容叮知，这档节目的结尾会展示罪犯的照片，这实际上起了通缉令的作用，即“最想得到的”当然是“通缉犯”；。所以本题的正确答案为C。