Read the texts from a magazine article in which the British news agencies are introduced. For Questions 61 to 65, match the name

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问题    Read the texts from a magazine article in which the British news agencies are introduced. For Questions 61 to 65, match the name of each news agency to one of the statements( A to G)given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
   Reuters:
   Reuters is a publicly owned company with 6 850 full-time staff in eighty countries. Among its 1040 journalists , 730 work outside the United Kingdom. The company’s worldwide communications network makes use of satellites, cables and microwave radio, and is connected to computerized world. Service includes general news for the media delivered by teleprinter or fed directly into clients’ computers, and specialized economic news and information service for business delivered through video terminals , by teleprinter or by direct computer feed.
   The Press Association:
   The Press Association, the national news agency founded by newspaper members of the United Kingdom outside London and of the Irish Republic. Its 24-hour service of reports provides: London and regional newspapers, the broadcasting organizations, Reuters and other international agencies with a complete service of home news by teleprinter, including general and parliamentary news, legal reports, and all channels of financial, commercial and sports news.
   The Exchange Telegraph Company:
   The Exchange Telegraph Company is an independent news agency founded in 1872. It is the major supplier of sports information throughout Britain, providing results and comments to every national  newspaper, television and radio, as well as overseas news agencies and the CEEFAX and ORACLE teletext services.
   The Extel Financial:
   Extel Financial provides information and services to British and international financial institutions. Based in London, it has a network of offices in Europe and the Uniteds States and representatives in Japan and Southeast Asia. The agency is a major source of reference materials on companies and finance; it provides a comprehensive range of data products on international financial matters;and it provides specialized services by computer to banks , insurance companies and other institutions.
   BBC:
   British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) broadcasts radio and television programs to audiences in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It also broadcasts radio programs in English and about forty other languages to other countries throughout the world. The owners of radio and television sets in the United Kingdom pay annual license fees to finance BBC programs there. Grants from the British government pay for programs broadcast to other countries. The BBC operates on a nonprofit basis and has no commercial advertising.
Statements
[A] It mainly reports domestic events.
[B] It mainly provides sports news throughout Britain.
[C] It is an international news agency.
[D] It provides information and service to finance setup.
[E] British government provides the expense of its running.
[F] England and Northern Ireland own it.
[G] It provides radio programs to audience throughout the world.  
Press Association

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