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 of their country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news to print？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it’s important to report news. 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, or they may print completely different stories from those on TV.
Secondly, a new story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories of everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, 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.
【小题1】According to the passage, how do people learn about news in the world now?

A．They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.

B．They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.

C．They watch TV or read newspapers.

D．They listen to the radio every day.

【小题2】Newspapers have been an important part of the daily life since ______.

A．19th century

B．18th century

C．16th century

D．17th century

【小题3】The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that ____.

A．people can learn more about the same news from a newspaper

B．people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper

C．people can read news stories in other countries

D．people can read news stories about their own country

【小题4】To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Six.

【小题5】Which is NOT TRUE in the passage?

A．Newspapers may print different stories from those on TV.

B．People like to read interesting and unusual news like plane accidents.

C．Many Chinese people have no interest in news in their own countries.

D．Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.

请阅读以下左栏记者对5个人的采访内容，然后与右栏的网页地址相匹配。并将最佳选项的字母编号填写在指定位置上。

Every minute, millions of people around the world are online. What do they do on the Internet? A reporter from “Evening News” is interviewing some people. Here are what they have said.                                 

 

1. I always watch the flash movies online. Sometimes I play the flash games online.

2. I often check out some book sites. I like to buy some books online , because some of the books can’t be found in bookstores. It’s great.

3. I often go traveling on business. To order train tickets online is much easier and faster. And I can get the tickets in my office or at home.

4.I talk with some friends from school; I can find them on the Internet. There is a cool new website where I can find people. So I put in a friend’s name, and there he is.

5. Every morning I read the news online and catch up on all the sports results. I don’t have to take newspapers to my office.    A．http://www.train.time.cn

A site about train tickets, train time and important things about train stations.

B．http://www.foodnews.com

A site about the delicious foods. It introduces some famous restaurants and hotels. It introduces some famous cooks in the world.

C．http://www.bookline.com/free

A site about books. You can read the books online. You can download them on your computer to read them.

D．http://www.flash8.com.cn

A site about the flash movies and flash games. There are some teaching movies to tell you how to make a flash movie.

E. http://www.friendnctind.com

A site about making friends online. You can find a friend on this site. You can talk with them online, watch them through the screen.

F. http://www.map.com/free

A site about the map of Guangzhou. It gives the newest map in Guangzhou for the GPS of the car.

G. http://www.dailynews.com

A site about the news around China. You can read some daily news, sports matches results and articles in blogs .

 

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost mention recycling, which is the process (过程) of treating used things, such as paper or steel so that they can be used again. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more things than we need. We are now dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the possible greenest way, but it would be far better if we did not bring so many things home in the first place.
Here is an example. In the UK, the total of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a household’s waste. In many supermarkets, foods are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging causes serious environmental problems. The UK is running out of different kinds of ways for dealing with this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect (效果). Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The best way of avoiding this problem is to stop producing such unnecessary things in the first place. Food waste is another serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers (消费者) to buy more than they need. They seldom encourage customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to connect packaging with quality (质量). We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. Is it true for all the products? In fact, more and more companies realized the importance of protecting the environment. They try to package what really should be packaged, including products in good quality.
As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize how many unnecessary things are being collected. We need to face the waste of our daily life. Although many people have taken action to recycle, we have a high mountain to climb.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “over-consumption” mean?

A．Making the environment green.

B．Recycling as much as possible.

C．Making more products than necessary.

D．Having more things than being needed.

【小题2】What is the main purpose of the second paragraph?

A．To show the facts of over-used packaging.

B．To talk about the possible greenest ways.

C．To teach people how to do recycling at home.

D．To express worries about environmental problems.

【小题3】What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?

A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality.

B．Other products are better packaged than food.

C．We can’t always connect quality with packaging.

D．Supermarkets should care more about packaging.

【小题4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Supermarkets should recycle first.

B．Packaging causes serious problems.

C．Needless things are mostly recycled.

D．Recycling should be done in the first place.

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how   1   you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would   2   not to take the test. ”
Many students jumped up to   3   the teacher and left the classroom.  The teacher looked at the   4   students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last   5   . ” Two more students decided to go.     Seven students remained.  The teacher then handed out the   6   .  There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just   7   an A in this class.  Keep believing in yourself.     I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test   8   any teacher could and should give.  Students who are not   9   in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量). The same is   10   in real life.  The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have   11   both successes and failures.  They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education   12   from events in their lives, and have become   13   people.      Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed.  You are a big kid now, and you   14   that  you have some limits (限制).  However, there is   15   you can’t do or learn or be.  Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves. ”
【小题1】A.  luckily        B.  terribly        C.  hard
【小题2】A.  dislike        B.  help            C.  prefer
【小题3】A.  thank         B.  praise          C.  fight
【小题4】A.  following     B.  relaxing      C.  remaining
【小题5】A.  chance        B.  trouble         C.  test
【小题6】A.  results        B.  presents        C.  papers
【小题7】A.  given         B.  sent            C.  received
【小题8】A.  where         B.  that            C.  what
【小题9】A.  confident     B.  necessary       C.  mysterious
【小题10】A.  unusual        B.  impossible      C.  true
【小题11】A.  broken off     B.  dreamed of      C.  learned from
【小题12】A.  and           B.  or            C.  but
【小题13】A.  ruder         B.  cuter           C.  better
【小题14】A.  decide        B.  forget          C.  realize
【小题15】A.  something     B. anything        C.  nothing

在一次中德两国交流活动中，组织者进行了主题为“将来你是选择普通高中（ordinary high school ）还是职业高中（vocational high school ）？”的调查，请你根据表中的调查结果，完成下面的短文。

	Choice	Percent (%)	Reasons
German students	vocational high school	70	learn useful skills, easy to get a favorite job.
Chinese students	ordinary high school	80	Go to a favorite university, work for the government.

 
Vocational or   Ordinary ?
A survey has been done among students from German and China . Here are the result .
70%of  German students would like to choose vocational high schools for further study . They think they can learn  【小题1】  in vocational high schools so that they can get their favorite jobs when they graduate .
In comparison, most   【小题2】   students prefer to go to ordinary high schools . In their opinion, going to a favorite   【小题3】 and working for the government after graduation is what they have been dreaming of .
As for me,I will choose   【小题4】  because  【小题5】   .