Why Do People Read Newspapers?

　　Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three different newspapers?

　　Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings－battles (战斗) lost and won, kings of rulers overthrown (推翻) or killed－took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate (准确的) . Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur (发生) in faraway countries on the same day they happen.

　　Apart from (除……以外) supplying news from all over the world, newspapers gives us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides (向导), book reviews, stories, and, of course, advertisements (广告) . There are all sorts (种类) of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies (公司) to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also every important. Money earned (挣) from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price (价格) and still make a profit (益处) .

　　Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery (烹调术) and fashion (流行) , as well as a small but every popular section (通俗的部分) on jokes and cartoons (漫画) .

1．The habit of reading newspaper is ________ .

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2．A few hundred years ago news did not _______.

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3．In the past, news was ________ .

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4．Newspapers also give us information on ________ .

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5．The money spent on advertisements is ________ .

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阅读理解

　　Most of people like music. Someone says that music is also a king of“language”. It is true that music goes us lots of funs and helps us understand each other. Sometimes we can really use music to“talk”with each other, People in different countries like different music, but some music is popular(受欢迎的，流行的)the world. In 1960, there was a famous singing group in America. There were two singers in the group, one is the brother, the other is the sister. They were called the carpenters. They liked old music very much and their songs were usually full of sad(伤感的)feelings. The most popular song was“Yesterday Once More”.“When I Was young, I'd listen to the radio, waiting for my favourite songs.”There words ale still familiar(熟悉的)with us today. Today people still like it very much because it can help us remember the happy days in the past. This old song can also make us think of hopes and dreams(梦想)to the future(未来).

阅读短文，判断正误。正确的写T，错误的写F。

1．Music can help us know each other because it is a real language just like English and Chinese.

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2．Chinese people don't like music.

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3．The carpenters were a singing group in England because they sang in English.

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4．“Yesterday Once More”is an old American song.

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5．People like old music because they are not happy.

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现在网上购物很流行，假如你的朋友想在网上买一款MP4， 但她不知如何操作，请你根据表格中的提示写一篇短文， 向他介绍网上购物的益处，购买MP4的过程及网上购物的不利因素。
要求：1.文中谈论网上购物的益处和不利因素均不少于两点。
2.语言规范，80词左右。文章的题目和开头已经给出，不计入总数。

Advantages	1…   2…
Process	1. look through the shopping website 2. choose the thing you want 3. fill in the form (information of credit card, address and so on 4. click “Enter” 5. get the thing by mail
Disadvantages	1…   2…

提示词语：convenient adj. 方便的； in good quality 质量好
Shopping Online
Nowadays shopping online is very popular…