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 stories of their country and all over the world every day, by watching TV, reading newspapers or looking through something on the Internet.

     Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18^th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. (1) How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print(印刷)？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

   Firstly, it’s important to report new stories. The Internet and 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, (2) or they may print completely different stories to those on TV or the Internet.

   Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. (3) life, do, stories, to, not, everyday, read, of, want, people . As a result, many stories are about some kinds of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, (4) newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead of print stories about plane accidents.

  Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, (5) 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.

任务一： 请将(1)处变为复合句。

71.   _______________________________________________________？

任务二： 请写出(2)句中 “those” 指代的是什么？(用英语回答)

72.   ____________ .     

任务三： 请将(3)处连词成句。

73.   ________________________________________________________.

任务四： 请将(4)处句中的一个错误找出,并改正在横线上。（不必写全句）

74.   ________________________________________________________.

任务五： 请将(5)处翻译成汉语。

75.   ________________________________________________________.

Children are amazing! They pick up languages so naturally and easily. Have you ever wondered why? It's not because they have great natural language abilities. 61.In fact, studies show that an adult's potential(潜能) to learn language is as good as a child's .

So why do children still seem  to acquire(学到) languages more quickly than the rest of us? It's because of the way they learn. Children learn by simply doing  what comes naturally—they listen, copy and communicate. Let's take a closer  look at how children acquire languages. Perhaps we can discover a better, more "natural" way to learn English.

Children don't practice grammar drills, but use  languages to talk about things that interest them. This helps them learn to express themselves. They don't worry  about inadequate(不足的) vocabulary or poor grammar. 62.They find ways  to express themselves, and they do it successfully.

63.Students should pay more attention to genuine(真实的) communication. Look for chances to talk with people in English. If you can't find a foreigner to talk to, talk with other English students instead. Start an English discussion group and chat about music, movies or whatever interests you.

Don't worry about making mistakes. The aim is to learn how to communicate easily and comfortably. 64.记住你甚至用一个很少的词汇也能够成功的交流。

Trust your own natural ability  to learn English. You've got more potential than you probably realize!

阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。

任务一 将61处所给的英文翻译成中文。61____________________________

任务二  将62处改成复合句62  ___________________________________

任务三 将63处改为被动语态。63______________________________

任务四 将64处所给的中文翻译成英文。64   _____________________

任务五65. As a student, how should you learn language by reading the passage?

根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。（每空限填一词）

I’m Du Yufan. I’m in Class One, Grade Seven at Dashan school. My school is not   1 (大的). You can see   2 （仅仅）three classrooms in it. Look, this is my classroom. You can see two students   3  (和) a teacher. The   4  (男孩) is Li Donghui. He is eleven years old. The girl is Tang Xiaolu. She is   5  (十二) years old. It’s one o’clock in the ­­­­  6  (下午). They have  7 （午饭）in the classroom. Li Donghui likes vegetables. He eats some   8 （西红柿）. Tang Xiaolu likes fruit. She eats an 9  (苹果). But where is the teacher? Oh, she eats rice at the teacher’s   10  (书桌). They are very happy.

Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be mainly used to protect themselves.

Some birds like eating locusts（蝗虫）, but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colurs with the changes of the colours of crops .When crops are green, locusts look green .But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown colour as crops have .Some other pests whose colours are different from plants are easily found and eaten by others .So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.

If you study the animals’ life, you’ll find the main use of colours is to protect themselves .Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests .They cannot be easily seen by hunters because their colours are much like the trees.

Colours are useful not only on the land , but also in the sea .A kind of fish in the sea can give out a kind of black liquid（液体）when the fish face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is why they can live safely though they are not strong at all.

1.From the passage, we can know that .

A．locusts are big animals

B．locusts are easily found by birds

C．locusts are dangerous to their enemies

D．locusts can change their colours to protect themselves

2.Those pests with different colours from plants have to to keep out of danger.

A．change their colours

B．hide in the day time and appear at night

C．move quietly

D．hide at night and appear in the day time

3.Bears and lions can keep safe because .

A．their colours are much like the trees

B．they move quickly

C．they are very strong

D．they live in forests

4.According to the passage, the fish can keep safe because .

A．they can change their colours

B．they can give out a kind of black liquid

C．they are strong enough

D．they swim faster than any other fish

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The colours of the seasons

B．Animals on the land and in the sea

C．The main use of colours for animals and pests

D．How to keep safe in the sea