SMA Kelas X Bahasa Inggris Text 2
One of the best known international radio services is the BBC World Service. The name BBC is short British Broadcasting Corporation. The world Service started in 1935 in order to provide news for Britain’s colonies overseas. Its headquarters in Bush House, a large building
in London. The world service Broadcasting programmes in 37 languages, including English. It broadcasting programmes in English 24 hours a day about 25 million listeners. Its programmes focus on news and current affairs, but it also has programmes on music, science, sports and drama. The BBC gets its now in two ways. Firstly, it has reporters in most countries of the world.
These people report what is happening in these countries. The second way, the BBC gets its news is by listening to other radio stations all over the world. The BBC listens to Indonesian
radio to find out what is happening in Indonesia. For example, if there is report of a head quake in Sumatra on Indonesian radio, the BBC will tell its reporter to go there
and collect news. The world Service is very useful for learners of English. They can listen to English and practice their listening skills. They can also note down the pronunciation, of words and even learn new words.
6. How long does BBC World Service broadcasting programmes in English?
It broadcasts ……hours a day.
a. 20
b. 24
c. 28
d. 26
e. 37
7. Its programmes focus on news and current affairs, but it also has programmes on music, science, sports and drama..
The word Its in the sentence refers to….
a. Bush house
b. BBC
c. Program
d. London
e. News
8. BBC World Service has programmes ….
a. science, music, advertisement, trade, drama
b. music, science, sport, movie, drama
c. sport, drama, science, music
d. music, advertisement, trade, music
e. drama, culture, science, sport, music
9. World Service deals mainly with ….
a. science and drama d. drama and news
b. news and music e. news and current affairs
c. current affairs and music
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