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Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers

as the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers when they have   (1)  time during the day to learn what is   (1)  in the world.

(2)Sometimes we are too busy to read all the news. So we just take a quick look at the front page. At times, we may be in a hurry to look at the names of the passages.

In the world we can find newspapers everywhere. Some publishing houses publish(出版)

newspapers once a week, but they publish most of the papers once a day with many pages. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers, some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They only choose what they like.

Today newspapers in English have the largest number of the readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21^st Century. They bring us more and more information together with the Internet.

1. 在(1)句的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整，上下文通顺_________ ,_________

2.将(2)句译成中文：_________________________________________________

3. How often do publishing house publish(出版) most of the papers ?

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4.在文中划出与下列句子意思相近的句子：

Sometimes we may read the titles of the passages in a hurry.

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5. 找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：

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Spiderman(蜘蛛侠) is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time. He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel comic books.
Spiderman’s story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle. Peter is a shy, quiet boy wearing glasses and has few friends. One day, on a high school class trip to a science lab, he gets bitten by a special spider. Soon Peter realizes he has amazing powers: he is as strong and quick as a spider and also has a type of sixth sense. He no longer needs his glasses and he can use his super power to fly through the city streets! Remembering something his Uncle Ben has told him, that “with great power, there must also come great responsibility(责任),” Peter decides to use his powers to fight enemies(敌人) who do cruel things to people. And so, Spiderman is born.
Life is not easy for Peter even though he is a superhero. He is in love with Mary Jane but cannot tell her about his amazing powers. Besides, his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Peter is also short of money and time. He has to sell photos of Spiderman (himself!) to a newspaper and he keeps losing his other jobs because he’s so busy saving people! Yet he has to fight different kinds of cruel enemies.
【小题1】Who created Spiderman?

Computers are very important to modern life.Many people think that in the future computers will be used a lot in everyday life.It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet.There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers.The Internet will be used to play games，see films and buy food.Most telephone calls will be made by computers，too.

Some people are glad about those new ways of shopping and communicating.Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.

Let’s look at books，for example.Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper.Instead，we will buy and read books using computers.We will read texts on small pocket computers.The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time.We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved.Computerized (计算机化的) books will be used more and more.

Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop？Many people say it is not.It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy.It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers，because paper books will perhaps be more friendly.Maybe computers won’t change these two habits.

1．In the first paragraph，it is thought that people will use computers for________.

A．playing games，shopping and making telephone calls

B．making telephone calls，having meals and seeing films

C．seeing films，buying food and going for holidays

D．playing games，making telephone calls and seeing the doctor

2．Which reason for using computerized books is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Computerized books won’t be very expensive.

B．Computers can keep many different books in them.

C．We won’t have lots of pages.

D．We won’t need any paper.

3．The fourth paragraph tells________.

A．about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating

B．if the Internet will change our habits

C．about computerized books

D．about future uses of computers

4．The best title for this passage is________.

A．Computers Will Replace Shops and Books

B．Computers in the Future

C．Computers Will Do Everything for Man

D．How Computers Change Our Habits

Can plant eat people? Probably not. But there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat- eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of the book.. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly(苍蝇) touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes very quickly. Then the fly can’t go out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly. Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all the important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen. So some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea.
根据短文内容判断。
1. The Venus flytrap grows in wet parts of the United States.
2. The Venus flytrap is a kind of plant.
3. The underlined word “presses” probably means（挤、压） in Chinese.
4. In the world, many animals eat plants but plants never eat animals.
5. From the passage, we know that not only animals eat plants, but also some plants eat animals.