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Just over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phone, according to a new report from the pew Research Center. The survey(調查) results offer another sign of how people are changing the way they get information. Technology has been reshaping the news business and the way consume relate to it for more than a decade. The latest shift (上升) is being driven by the exploding popularity of phones that can easily access the Internet.

The new study found that 26 percent of Americans get news on their phones. Pew doesn’t have comparable data. But evidence of the shift in habits can be seen in this finding: About 43 percent of those under 50 said they are mobile news consumers(消費者), compared with 15 percent of older respondents.

Still, some things don’t change. Readers’ No.1 concern when they look for news on their phones: The weather. Of the 37 percent of cell phone owners who said they use the Internet on their phone, 72 percent said they check weather reports. Current events came in second with 68 percent.

Pew’s survey offered a wide range of statistics on people’s news habits. It showed people are not relying on one medium. Just shy of 60 percent of respondents get news from both online and offline sources. And 46 percent said they use four to six different types of media on a typical day. The Web is also helping to turn the news into more of a social experience: More than 80 percent of respondents get or receive news via e-mailed links.

The results were based on telephone interviews with 2,259 people over the age of 18, conducted between Dec.28 and Jan.19. For questions to that entire group, the margin of error was 2.3 percentage points. On questions to just Internet users, the margin was 2.7 percentage points.

4. Why do more American adults read news on their cell phone?

A. Because they want to become cool.

B. Because they want to look fashionable.

C. Because they have phones that can access the Internet.

D. Because reading news on cell phones is free.

5. What conclusion can we draw from the second paragraph?

A. Older cell phone owners are more likely to look for news on their phones.

B. Younger cell phone owners are more likely to look for news on their phones.

C. Older cell phone owners never look for news on their phones.

D. All the younger cell phone owners look for news on their phones.

6. What’s the most popular approach for people to receive news?

A. By only one medium.                          B. By reading newspaper.

C. By e—mailed links.                      D. By cell phone access.

7. How long did the telephone interviews last?

A. Nearly twenty hours.                           B. More than a month.

C. About three weeks.                      D. Less than two weeks.

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