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.
【小题1】Americans like getting news from ________ best today.

A．TV news

B．the Internet

C．newspapers

D．radios

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

A．7

B．17

C．24

D．51

【小题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

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

A．October, 2010

B．December, 2010

C．February, 2011

D．March, 2011

【小题5】The news business depends on ________ today.

A．the reporters

B．the readers

C．the newspaper sellers

D．the software developers

   (15)   people from around the world came to the eastern Spanish town of Bunol. They threw tons of tomatoes    (16)   each other in a yearly food fight. That made the street in red juice. A rocket    (17)   from the town hall was the start of the event for which local government offered 120 tons of tomatoes.

Many people, including many from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Asia, wore hard hats, glasses or protective plastic sheets.    (18)   protect their things from the sea of red mush (糊状物), shopkeepers    (19)   huge plastic covers on the front of their stores. About 40,000 people took part in the tomato fight this year,    (20)   four times the people of the town.    (21)   amazing!

After the fight lasting about one hour, municipal(市政的) workers and local people used big water pipes to clean the streets which were covered with tomato mush. The joiners went to a nearby river to wash    (22)  .

The tomato fight is held each year on the last Wednesday in August. The start of the event is still not clear although it is    (23)   to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends    (24)   in Bunol.

1.	A．Thousands of B．Ten thousands C．Thousand of D．Ten thousand of

 

2.	A．with B．for C．to D．at

 

3.	A．is fired B．fired C．fires D．was firing

 

4.	A．In order to B．So that C．Because of D．If

 

5.	A．put away B．put off C．put up D．put out

 

6.	A．more than B．much more C．many more D．less than

 

7.	A．That B．How C．What an D．Is it

 

8.	A．tomatoes B．them C．themselves D．dishes

 

9.	A．thought B．sure C．all right D．saying

10..

A．on the 1940

B．in the 1940

C．in 1940’s

D．in the 1940S

 

Guo Liqin, 24, works as a primary school teacher in a distant area in Yunnan Province. The Internet offers him the latest news and entertainment from the outside world. And many people like him also depends on the online libraries for the free literature(文学) reading.
A survey in China last year found the online literature is the biggest growth area of Internet entertainment.
Reading for free is also popular in other countries. See what solutions other countries are taking.
Public Libraries
In countries such as Germany, Canada, and the UK, governments pay the authors to have their books in public libraries.
The pay is different from country to country. Some pay according to how many times a book has been borrowed; others pay according to whether the library has bought the book or not.
Google Books
Google Books allow users to see some free parts before buying them.
The author can choose to make from 20% to 100% of the book’s content(内容) for free reading . But you can see a full view of books that are out of copyright(版权).
E-magazines
E-magazines are usually about pop culture, and make money through advertisements. The writers are usually paid by the numbers of words they write.
Digital Library
There are many free online libraries of books which are no longer in copyright.
American and European websites offer classic(古典的) literature and non-fiction texts like dictionaries for download in different languages.
【小题1】Guo Liqin depends on          for free reading.

A．online libraries

B．city bookstores

C．school libraries

D．borrowing books

【小题2】From the passage we know other countries are taking           solutions for reading for free.

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

【小题3】 In some countries, the authors are paid by            to have their books in public libraries.

A．advertisements

B．readers

C．governments

D．the word numbers

【小题4】 Google Books and Digital Library allow users to read the full books           .

A．which are out of copyright	B．which are in copyright
C．which are about pop culture	D．which have some free parts

【小题5】The best title of the passage is          .

A．Enjoy Reading	B．Learn How to Read
C．The Importance of Reading	D．How to Read for Free

I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard (果园), looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are already ripe(成熟的). Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother’s apple pie, and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie since then. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.

The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes. Above me, big white clouds ran across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down.

“Sophie!” calls my grandfather. “Is that you?” I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too.

He puts his rough, brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. “ You know, Sophie,” he says, “ I spent the morning in the attic (阁楼), and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe(烹饪法) for Grandma’s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can’t do it all alone, but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?”

“ But it won’t be the same without Grandma,” I tell him.

“That’s true,” he says, “but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still, I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?” I nod yes, and we walk towards home…toward an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma’s famous apple pie.

1.We learn from the passage that Sophie        .

A. likes to watch clouds in the attic

B. comes to the orchard after school

C. enjoys Grandma’s apple pie very much

D. picks many apples in the orchard

2.Both Sophie and her grandfather used to ______.

A. help Grandma make apple pies

B. spend summer afternoons in the orchard

C. enjoy fresh fruit in the farmhouse kitchen

D. walk alone among the apple trees

3.The underlined part in the last paragraph shows       .

A. how much Sophie’s grandmother loved Sophie   

B. how much Sophie’s grandfather likes apple pies    

C. how much Sophie loves her grandfather’s orchard

D. how much Sophie’s grandfather misses Grandma

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. My grandfather’s orchard                B. My grandmother’s apple pie

C. A morning in the attic                   D. The last days of summer

 

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?

On April 5, the State Council (国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.

Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding (寄宿的) schools to reduce traffic risks. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.

From now on, school buses have a speed limit of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超载的).  

There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first aid kit (急救箱) and a GPS.

Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen the rules for school buses.

The most serious accident happened in November in Gansu, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.

1.Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT true?

A. School buses must not be overloaded.

B. School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on normal roads.

C. School buses can go first when there are other cars.

D. local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.

2.The phrase “keep an eye on” in Paragraph 6 has a similar meaning to “_______”.

   A. look after            B. play with            C. look for     D. chat with

3.According to the new rule, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT ______.

A. a GPS

B. more than seven seats

C. a parent of one of the students

D. a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

4.The government made new rules for school buses because _______.

A. 21 students died in school bus accidents last year

B. the government encourages all students to take school buses

C. 200 million children in China go to school by bus every day

D. school buses in China were not safe enough before