Question

You might not realize just how much work goes into making a newspaper. Apart from searching for a good story and the endless editing required to correct mistakes, copy editors need to make sure that everything fits perfectly. A good headline tells as much as possible in a short space. There never seems to be quite enough space to express completely what you want to say.

News headlines often focus on the central and most important new information. The relevantly insignificant information might be left out in order to stress the main idea or just to be brief. News headlines are featured by the vivid language. They add something special to attract readers’ eyes. Because the headline aims to describe the main focus of the story in six or seven words, every word counts and accuracy is decisive. For instance, “stab”(刺杀) is a better verb than “kill” because it tells the reader how the criminal did his deed; similarly, “Toyota” is a better noun than “car”. But the make of a good headline is not characterized necessarily by the amount of information in it. For instance, the front-page headline on the Los Angeles Times on September 11—the day New York’s World Trade Center was attacked—simply read “TERROR STRIKES” , all in capitals. While these two words do not describe how, where or why the buildings were attacked, they were accompanied by a half-page photo that captured(捕捉) the event in which around 3,000 people lost their lives.

1.What is vital in making news besides a good story and perfect edition?

A. An appropriate headline.    B. A capital headline.

C. Vivid language.    D. A brief report.

2.New headlines should be ________.

A. attractive    B. countable

C. insignificant    D. long enough

3.The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A. the buildings    B. the two words

C. the people    D. the twin towers

4.The example of “TERROR STRIKES” is used to support the view that ________.

A. a good headline tells as much as possible in a short space

B. news heading often focus on the central and most important news information

C. a good headline is not marked necessarily by the amount of information in it

D. news headlines are featured by the vivid language

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了一个合适的标题对新闻来说至关重要以及新闻标题应该具备高度的概括性、有吸引力及语言准确、简洁等特点。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“A good headline tells as much as possible in a short space. There never seems to be quite enough space to express completely what you want to say.”可知，本文主要介绍的就是标题对新闻的重要性，由此可知，除了好的故事和完美的版本，合适的标题对新闻来说至关重要，故A选项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“News headlines are featured by the vivid language. They add something special to attract readers’ eyes.”可知，新闻标题以生动的语言为特征，它们还添加一些特别的东西来吸引读者的眼球，故A选项正确。

3.词义猜测题。根据最后一段中的“While these two words do not describe how, where or why the buildings were attacked, they were accompanied by a half-page photo that captured the event in which around 3,000 people lost their lives.”可知，虽然那两个词没有描述世贸大楼遭遇袭击的地点、原因及经过，但是那两个词和配有半个版面的图片足以说明了这个事件，故画线部分指的就是“那两个词”，故B选项正确。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“But the make of a good headline is not characterized necessarily by the amount of information in it.”可知，一个好的标题没有必要非要具有一定的信息量，紧接着举TERROR STRIKES作911恐怖袭击新闻的标题的例子就是为了证明这一点，故C选项正确。