Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.People read newspapers in order to .
A. learn the latest news
B. meet their own different needs
C. read the short stories
D. find the morning news
2.From the passage we can see that when people get newspapers.
A. they read them very carefully
B. they just read the headlines
C. not everyone reads all the pages
D. they have no time to read them
3. Newspapers have so many pages because .
A. more and more people like to read them
B. people enjoy reading something different
C. newspapers become cheaper
D. more pages mean more money
4.Newspapers are the most popular in the world.
A. in English B. in Chinese
C. in other language D. with many pages
5. According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from .
A. magazines B. advertisements
C. e-mails D. Internet
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Everyday Jeff puts on an artificial leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
In the photo, Jeff is running with some young men. They have plastic legs, too. They are wearing special T-shirts. The T-shirts say, “Run, Jeff, Run. Jeff Keith Run Across America.”
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United State, from the East Coast to the West Coast. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles, that’s about 16 miles each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.
Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer. Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I am not only for disabled people. I ran for everyone!”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.This passage tells us a story about a ____________ young man.
A. disabled B. healthy
C. blind D. sad
2.Jeff lost one of his right _____________ because of cancer.
A. arms B. legs C. eyes D. ears
3.The underlined word “artificial” means ___________ in Chinese.
A. 天生的 B. 天然的 C. 伪造的 D. 人造的
4.Jeff ran across American ____________.
A. when he was twelve years old
B. when he was at college
C. at the age of twenty-two
D. at the age sixteen
5.Which of the followings is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Jeff is studying in a college now and he wants to be a lawyer.
B. The money people gave Jeff is used for learning about cancer.
C. What Jeff did tells us people can do anything they want to do.
D. In order to run across American, Jeff wore out five plastic legs.
完形填空（10小题，每小题１分，共10分）
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After weeks the editor the story to her. The lady was . She wrote back to the editor:
“Dear Sir,
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. I sent you the story, I pasted(粘)together pages 18; 19 and 20. This was a to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were pasted together. Is this the you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back:
“Dear Madam, when I have an egg breakfast, I eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.”
1.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
2.A. gave B. came back C. handed D. returned
3.A. angry B. happy C. satisfied D. glad
4.A. How B. Why C. What D. Where
5.A. After B. until C. Before D. Since
6.A .lesson B. test C. question D. thing
7.A. already B. still C. even D. yet
8.A. work B. check C. road D. way
9.A. on B. for C. at D. in
10.A. must not B. have not to C. need not to D. don’t have to
—Would you mind booking two tickets for the film "2012"?
—_____, I'm so busy now. I'll do it later.
A. Not at all B. Sorry
C. Thank you D. Of course
– How do you like the story of The Old Man and the Sea?
– ________
A. It’s wonderful. B. The same to you.
C. Sure, I’d love to. D. Yes, I think so.
If it ________ tomorrow, we won't go on a trip to the Wild Animal Park.
A. rains B. rain
C. will rain D. raining
