Question

Writing an article for your school newspaper can be exciting and rewarding, especially when you proudly see your name in print.

Decide on a topic.1.If you plan to write a news article for a monthly newspaper, you will need to take into consideration whether the topic will be relevant before printing. To get ideas for stories, listen to your fellow students and find out what has them talking. Follow developments within your school and community to get information on what would interest your readers.

Do your research. There is an old saying in law that a good lawyer never asks a question that they don’t know the answer to. 2. To sum up, the more, the better.

Attract the readers with a lead. As the beginning of a newspaper story, a lead has to be direct, but it does not mean you don’t need to entertain the reader as well. 3.Your lead must be short, but it must also state as many of the essential parts of you story as possible.

Consider the 5 Ws and H. These are the meat and potatoes of your news articles. You article must answer all of these questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. Once you have answered these things, you can feel confident. 4.

Write, edit, rewrite and repeat as necessary. So, much about having a successful final product is about being willing to spend time and effort in editing and reviewing process. 5.After that, make changes as a result. Having taken some useful suggestions, you are to make your article readable not only for their content, but also for their quality.

A. Think about what is happening on campus.

B. You have effectively informed your readers.

C. Get them interested with an interesting beginning.

D. Do not be afraid to accept positive comments.

E. News articles are suitable for the date of publication.

F. Take note of anything particularly unusual.

G. Try to find out as much as you can on the subject.

Answer

1.E

2.G

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】本文主要介绍了几种为校报写文章的方法，比如找到新鲜的话题，规划内容以及接纳他人的建议等。

1.根据下文“If you plan to write a news article for a monthly newspaper, you will need to take into consideration whether the topic will be relevant before printing.” 如果你打算为月刊写一篇新闻文章，你需要考虑打印前的主题是否相关。可知新闻文章适合出现在这种月刊上。故选E。

2.根据“There is an old saying in law that a good lawyer never asks a question that they don’t know the answer to”法律上有句老话：一个好律师从不问一个他们不知道答案的问题。以及“To sum up, the more, the better.”总之，越多越好。故选G。

3.根据“As the beginning of a newspaper story, a lead has to be direct, but it does not mean you don’t need to entertain the reader as well.” 作为报纸故事的开始，一个主题必须是直接的，但这并不意味着你不需要引领读者深读。可知一个有趣的开始能让读者感兴趣，故选C。

4.根据“You article must answer all of these questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. Once you have answered these things, you can feel confident.” 你的文章必须回答所有这些问题：谁，什么，何时，何地，为什么以及如何。一旦你回答了这些问题，你就会感到自信。那么你就已经很有效的告知了读者文章内容。故选B。

5.根据“much about having a successful final product is about being willing to spend time and effort in editing and reviewing process” 一个成功的最终产品是愿意花时间和精力在编辑和审查过程上。以及“After that, make changes as a result. Having taken some useful suggestions, you are to make your article readable not only for their content, but also for their quality.”之后，对文章进行更改。采用一些有用的建议，使你的文章具有可读性而不仅因为他们的内容，而是为文章的质量。联系上下文可知不要害怕那些消极的评论。故选D。

【名师点睛】该题型选项大致可分为主旨概括句（文章整体内容）、过渡性句子（文章结构）和注释性句子（上下文逻辑意义）三类。另外两个多余的干扰项也可以通过这三个特点来排除，例如主旨概括句要么过于宽泛要么以偏概全或偏离主题，过渡性句子不能反映文章的行文结构，注释性句子与上文脱节等。根据这些，我们总结出以下方法：1、先看选项。跟完形填空不一样，七选五的答案选项较少，并且给出的都是句子，因此，我们可以通过句子的完整性或者句子后面的标点符号来判断该句在文章中的位置。另外，通过阅读选项，有可能找出跟其他选项表达完全不同意思的句子，这样的话我们就可以直接将该选项排除。例如选项A、F跟文章内容不符。

2、再看空前空后。由于七选五空出的是整个句子，而这些句子与句子之间，必然有一种联系，因此我们可以通过选项中某个名词或动词跟空前或空后的一致性或者相关性来确定这两个句子之间有一种关联性，从而选择正确的答案。

3、注意代词或定冠词。在做这类题目的时候，一定要注意句子中出现的人称代词或者指示代词，因为我们知道，代词是指代一个名词或者一个句子的，然后通过代词在句子中所做的成分我们可以推断出它指代的句子的类型，我们要做的就是从选项中找这类句型就可以了。

4、注意一些特殊疑问词。如果选项中或空前出现特殊疑问词，一定要把这句话仔细读几遍，因为对于不同特殊疑问词的回答方式是不一样的，比如对why的回答，后面要有because等表原因的词，对when的回答，后面要有表时间的状语，对where的回答，后面要有表地点的名词，对how的回答，后面要有方式状语等。

5、注意一些连词。如一些表示转折的连词，but，However，yet，though，nevertheless等，另外还有一些表示并列关系的连词如and，also，aswellas，neithernor，eitheror，notonly...butalso，ononehand....ontheotherhand等。因为这些连词可以表现句子与句子之间的关系，通过不同的连词我们可以推知句子与句子之间不同的关系。