Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news of their country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news to print？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it’s important to report news. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories from those on TV.
Secondly, a new story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories of everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
1.According to the passage, how do people learn about news in the world now?
A．They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.
B．They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.
C．They watch TV or read newspapers.
D．They listen to the radio every day.
2.Newspapers have been an important part of the daily life since ______.
A．19th century B．18th century C．16th century D．17th century
3.The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that ____.
A．people can learn more about the same news from a newspaper
B．people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper
C．people can read news stories in other countries
D．people can read news stories about their own country
4.To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?
A．Two. B．Three. C．Five. D．Six.
5.Which is NOT TRUE in the passage?
A．Newspapers may print different stories from those on TV.
B．People like to read interesting and unusual news like plane accidents.
C．Many Chinese people have no interest in news in their own countries.
D．Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.
Come to Austria
Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime, but much cooler by evening.
Enjoy Thailand
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮) Market outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ at noon.
Visit Hawaii!
Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24℃ to 26℃ by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.
1.The advertisements above are about _____.
A．shopping B．food C．travel D．hotels
2.If you go to Bangkok，you can _____.
A．climb mountains B．enjoy the scenery of the forests
C．live in the Post Hotel D．buy fruits while sitting in your boat
3._____ is a better way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok.
A．Going to the sandy beaches B．Wearing a hat
C．Climbing up the mountains D．Staying in the forests
4.If you want to visit both mountains and beaches, you’d better choose _____.
A．Soll in Austria B．Bangkok in Thailand
C．the Floating market D．Kauai in Hawaii
5.According to(根据)the advertisements, we know that _____.
A．the hottest travel place is Soll
B．maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai
C．the Floating Market is the middle of Bangkok
D．the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high
It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger（乘客） all day. When he went by the railway station，he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked，“Where are you going，sir?”
“To the Red Hotel，” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this， he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly， he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.
After a long time， they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars， please，” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week，I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
1.The story probably happened _______ .
A. on a winter morning B. on a winter night
C. on a rainy day C. on a rainy night
2.When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was
_____ .
A．happy B．not happy C．angry D．disappointed
3.The driver was not happy any more because ________ .
A．the young man didn’t want to take the taxi
B．the young man wouldn’t give him money
C．the young man was carrying two big bags
D．the hotel was near the railway station and the young man would give him only three dollars
4.Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.
A．3 B．2 C．13 D．15
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The two taxi drivers were both honest.
B．The two taxi drivers cheated the young man.
C．It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.
D．The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.
Trees are useful to man（人类）in three very important ways. The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products. Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food. Without trees many animals could not live on the earth. It's not easy for man to live on the earth, either.
The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people are eager(渴望)to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and to animals.
The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought（干旱）and floods（洪水）. However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized the third important way. He has cut trees down in large numbers. In the end he finds that he has lost the best friends he had.
1.Trees are important to man in ways.
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
2.Which sentence is true?
A．Trees give food to both man and animals.
B．Trees only provide animals with food.
C．Trees give food to neither man nor animals.
D．Trees only provide man with food
3.On a hot summer day, .
A．people are eager to have a rest
B．people usually walk a long way
C．animals don't need shade
D．the shade of a tree is very important to man and to animals
4.In many parts of the world, man has not realized that trees help to
A．give us food B．give us shade
C．prevent drought and floods D．give us wood
5.In this story the underlined word "He" means .
A．farmer B．man C．worker D．boy
My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn’t read the book at all.
When I went to high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I became a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was pleased with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story----a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting.
1.What did the writer’s mother do?
A．A worker. B．A housewife C．A teacher D．A writer
2.Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time?
A．Because she thought successful people spent more time reading.
B．Because she thought books were interesting.
C．Because she wanted her children to be happy.
D．Because she wanted her children to be doctors.
3.Which was NOT the reason for the writer’s falling behind(落后)?
A．He only cared about clothes and didn’t study.
B．He spent more time hanging out with friends than studying.
C．He didn’t care that he went from being an A-student to a C-student.
D．He spent much time reading storybooks.
4.What was the writer’s dream?
A．To be a doctor. B．To be a teacher.
C．To be an A-student D．To find a good job.
5.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.
A．mothers with little education change their children more.
B．his mother is cruel and unhelpful
C．there is a job more important than parenting.
D．his mother has an important influence（影响）on him.
Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.
When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it's __1___ to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it's OK to __2__ a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn't noisy and __3___, you may think there is something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are __4___ places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even __5___ to the owner of the restaurant.
Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China，one person usually pays for __6__. In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients（宴请宾客）， but when friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called doing Dutch(均摊费用). Also, when westerners pay the __7__ , they usually leave some money for the__8___. This is called “Leaving a tip”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the U.S., it's __9___ to leave tips of 10%, 15%, or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!
The food people eat is different in the world, but you can find the same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are __10__ all over the world.
1. A．popular B．difficult C．important D．enjoyable
2. A．cause B．keep C．stop D．make
3. A．lively B．dangerous C．lucky D．polite
4. A．noisy B．quiet C．busy D．clean
5. A．shout B．explain C．complain D．ask
6. A．everybody B．nobody C．somebody D．none
7. A．bill B．waiter C．visitors D．food
8. A．gatekeeper B．seller C．waiter D．visitor
9. A．terrible B．common C．serious D．unusual
10. A．different B．popular C．expensive D．cheap
