Every morning, the newspaper chief editor（主编） holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events（事件） of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.　　
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper's own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one's homework”.
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day's paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.　　
The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.　　
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing（印刷） the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered（发送） by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday's.　　
【小题1】What is the work in a newspaper office like?　

A．Interesting and confusing	B．Important and patient.
C．Particular and necessary.	D．Fast and busy.

【小题2】According to the passage, the right order for a reporter's work is ____________.　　
a. writing stories         b. doing interviews  c. joining in a discussion  
d. doing homework       e. handing stories to the editor

A．c-b-a-d-e

B．c-d-e-a-b

C．c-b-d-a-e

D．c-a-d-b-e

【小题3】The front page contents（内容） are decided by ___________.

A．the importance of the events

B．how well the stories are written

C．the knowledge of the chief editor

D．whether they are the latest

【小题4】Word editors' work is to ____________.

A．help the chief editor with the morning discussion

B．decide when and how the papers can be printed

C．read the stories and make necessary changes

D．get together information from reporters and photographers

【小题5】The best title for this passage is “____________”。　　

A．How a newspaper is produced	B．How newspapers are delivered
C．What kind of papers readers like	D．Whose work is more important

The young man rushed into the house ______ the baby in the fire.

　　   A. saving       B. and save      C. to save      D. saved

 

There are ___ days in a year.
　　A. three hundreds and sixty-five 　　B. three hundred and sixty five
　　C. three hundred and sixty-five　　D. three hundreds and sixty five
　　

C　　点拨：数词表达法

Several years ago,a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies(公司) in the world, and the third one had many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important.

“How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker. 　

The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President（总统） of the United States is really important.”　

　  The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.

The man shook his head,“No,I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if when you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”　　

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”　

　  “No，I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”　

“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked. 　　

"Oh,I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang，and the President picked up the receiver,listened and then said,“It’s for you.”　　

66. This story happened in _______. 　　

A. England            B. America　　 C. Japan              D. Australia

67. There are _______ in this passage. 　　

A. two men and two women　  　 B. three men and one woman　　

C. three women and one man　　  D. four women　　

68. The banker thought _______. 　　

A. he was really important because he was a rich banker　　

B. the visitor to the White House was really important　　

C. the visitor who met the President of the United States in the White House was really important.　

D. the reporter was really important.　

69. The owner of the very large company thought _______. 　　

A. she was really important because he had one of the largest companies in the world.　

B. the banker was really important.　　

C. the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important　　

D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President，the President would not answer any phone call

70. The owner of many buildings thought _______. 　　

A. he was really important because he had many buildings in the center of New York　　

B. the owner of the very large company was really important　　

C. the visitor was really important if he talked to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor　　

D. the person who worked in the White House was really important