阅读理解. In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or frie

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In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice. Today, it is possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programmes and telephone hot lines, too. A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers. Most hotlines are completely anonymous callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usually free, too. Callers don't have to pay for the advice or the phone calls even if the calls are long distance. At some hot lines, the advisers are volunteers (自愿者). Other hot lines pay their advises for their work. Usually the advisers are professional (专业人员) with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them to settle their problems.

(1)What do you know about a hot line?

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A．It's a telephone line that is hot.

B．It's telephone line through which people get advice.

C．It's a telephone line whose number no one knows.

D．It's a telephone line through which callers take a short class.

(2)When people call the hot line advisers, they ________.

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A．often give their names and telephone numbers first

B．generally have to pay for the long distance calls

C．usually pay nothing for most of the calls and advice

D．always try to get in touch with the volunteer advisers

(3)The advisers working at hot lines ________.

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A．are not all paid

B．are all volunteers

C．are all well educated and experienced

D．have all been trained for a short time

(4)What do the hot line advisers do?

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A．They do what the callers tell them to do.

B．They listen to the callers and take their advice.

C．They give the callers advice.

D．They go to the callers' to help them.

(5)The writer of the passage seems to think that ________.

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A．with hot lines people won't get advice from their families or friends

B．hot lines are of great help to callers

C．people had better pay for the advice and phone calls

D．the hot line advisers can settle all of the callers' problems

试题答案

答案：B;C;A;C;B