Newspaper Report

There are many types of reports. A report is simply an account of something that __1___. The commonest are __2___. We get them __3___ newspaper, over radio and on TV. Sometimes cinemas also __4__us newsreels.

The main purpose of a newspaper is to __5__ news. If you __6__ a newspaper closely, you will find that there are all types of news: accidents, floods, wars, sports, books, etc. The news __7__ everything that__8__ to people and their __9__. Sometimes there are news __10__ which are very amusing.

The big or bold words above items are called headlines. Their purpose __11__ attract ___12___ so that people will buy the newspaper __13__ they want to read the rest of the news.

A news report is usually very short, except __14__ it is about something very important, but it contains a lot of __15__. It is also written __16__ short paragraphs. The first paragraph is in fact a __17__ of the news item. It gives all the necessary information: what, when, where, how and why. The __18__ paragraphs give full details of the subject. There may also be interviews with people. The words actually _19_ by them are within inverted comma(引号).

Often there are photographs to __20__ with the news to make it more interesting.

1. A. happen　　 B. happened　　 C. has happened　 D. is happening

2. A. news reports　 B. new reports　 C. news report　 D. new report

3. A. above　　　 B. on　　　　　 C. from　　　　　 D. of

4. A. shows　　　 B. show　　　　 C. showed　　　 D. showing

5. A. give　　　 B. send　　　　　 C. tell　　　　　 D. provide

6. A. examine　　 B. watch　　　　 C. look　　　　 D. see

7. A. concludes　 　B. covers　　　 C. conclude　　　 D. cover

8. A. happens　　 B. takes place　　 C. occurs　　　　 D. appears

9. A. environment　 B. surroundings　 C. surrounding　 D. situation

10. A. categories　 B. items　　 C. pieces　　　 D. item

11. A. is to　　　　 B. has to 　　C. will be to　　 D. is

12. A. attention　　 B. interest　 C. interests　　 D. notice

13. A. so　　　　　 B. since　　 C. because of　　 D. because

14. A. where　　　 B. on which　 C. in which　　 D. when

15. A. information　　　　　　　 B. informations　　

　C. the information　　　　　 D. an information

16. A. on　　　　 B. by　　　 C. in　　　　 D. of

17. A. summary　　 B. conclusion　 C. abstract　 D. outline

18. A. another　　 B. some　　　 C. other　　　 D. others

19. A. talked　　 B. spoken　　 C. written　　 　D. made

20. A. come　　　 B. go　　　　 C. be　　　　 D. going

20. ------ What is the young man you spoke to like?

　 ------ ____________________.

　A. He is modest.　　　　　　　 B. He is feeling better.

　C. He is an engineer.　　　　　 D. He likes swimming.

19. ------ Do you know this city?

　 ------ No, this is the first time I _________ here.

　A. was　　 B. have been　　 C. came　　　 D. am coming

18. To be frank, this is the plan that I would like to see _________ as early as possible.

　A. carry out　　 B. to carry out　　 C. carrying out　 D. carried out

17. Do let me stay up later tonight, for there’ll be an exciting football match on TV, Mummy------ just ___________.

　A. at once　　 B. once more　 C. for once　　 D. once in a while

16. Reporters must report the things that can _______ readers’ attention.

　 Which of the following is wrong?

　A. draw　　　　 B. attract　　　　 C. catch　　　　 D. pay

15. Television has so many advantages. It keeps us ________ about the _________ news, and also provides entertainment in the home.

　A. informed; latest　　　　　　　 B. to know; later　

　C. learning; later　　　　　　　 D. to think; latest

14. Mr. Smith, ________ of the _______ speech, started to read a novel.

　A. tired; boring　 B. tiring; bored　 C. tired; bored　 D. tiring; boring

13. The prices of the houses in our city __________. Maybe I can never afford a big house.

　A. are gone up　 B. are going up　　 C. are risen　 D. has gone up