An exhausted（精疲力竭的）-looking woman came into the doctor’s office．She said，“doctor，there are dogs all over my neighborhood．They bark（叫）all day and all night，and I can’t get a good sleep．”

“I have good news for you，”the doctor answered，taking out a small bottle“Here are some new sleeping pills（药片）that work like a dream．Take a few of them and your trouble will be over．”

“Great，thank you，”the woman was very glad to go back home with the pills

A few weeks later，the woman returned，looking worse than ever She said，“Doctor， your pills are not good at all．I’m more tired than before”

“I don’t understand how that could be，”said the doctor，shaking（摇）his head“These are the strongest pills on the market．“That may be true．”answered the woman．“but I was still awake all night running after those dogs and I finally caught ode．It was ham to get him to eat the pills．”

（   ）1．The woman came to see the doctor because______．

A．her dog was ill                                         B．she was bitten by dogs

C．she couldn’t sleep well                               D．she got a bad cold

（   ）2．The doctor gave the woman some pills for______．

A．herself                 B．himself                   C．the dogs                 D．her neighbors

（   ）3．The woman looked______ a few weeks later．

A．better                  B．worse                  C．healthier                 D．stronger

（   ）4．The doctor would think the woman was a______ person after he heard her words in the end．

A．smart                  B．foolish                 C．good                      D．beautiful

（   ）5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The doctor gave the woman wrong pills．

B．The woman liked to run with the dogs．

C．The woman might feel worse after she took the pills．

D．The woman thought the pills were for the dogs．

I told him the news ＿＿＿be came back yesterday.
A.  until    B.  as soon as   C.    unless

The rapid growth of Smartphones and electronic tablets（平板电脑）is making the Internet favourite for Americans reading news, a report said.

News consumption online increased 17% last year from the year before. Television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year. For the first time, the number of people who get news online at least three times a week is larger than the number of people who get news from the newspapers. TV news has been the most popular since the 1960s. It has replaced the afternoon newspapers. But now the online news seems to be more popular than the TV news.

People are used to having the Internet available on phones or small tablets. In December, 2010, 41% of Americans said they got most of their news on the Internet, more than double the 17% who said that a year earlier, the report said. In January, 2011, 7% of Americans owned electronic tablets, nearly double what it was three months earlier. It was the fastest-growing new digital technology, ahead of mobile phones when they were introduced. The online ad income was expected to surpass（超过）print newspaper ad income for the first time in 2010.

The news business used to be the intermediary（中介）. You needed newspapers and TV stations to reach your customers. In this age of the computer, it’s the software developers that you need.

1.Americans like getting news from ________ best today.

A．TV news

B．the Internet

C．newspapers

D．radios

2.About ________ % of Americans got most of their news on the Internet in 2009.

A．7

B．17

C．24

D．51

3.Which of the following media has more readers?

① TV news        ② the Internet        ③ the afternoon newspapers

A．①>②>③

B．②>①>③

C．③>①>②

D．③>②>①

4.About 3.5% of Americans had electronic tablets in ________.

A．October, 2010

B．December, 2010

C．February, 2011

D．March, 2011

5.The news business depends on ________ today.

A．the reporters

B．the readers

C．the newspaper sellers

D．the software developers

 

I told him the news ＿＿＿be came back yesterday.

A.  until    B.  as soon as   C.    unless

 

I told him the news ＿＿＿be came back yesterday.
A.  until    B.  as soon as   C.    unless