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 as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick loot at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of te passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of 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. Also they bring us more and more information with internet.
【小题1】People read newspapers in order to            .

A．learn the latest news	B．meet their own different needs
C．read the short stories	D．find the morning news

【小题2】From the passage we can see that            when people get newspapers.

A．they read them very carefully	B．they just read the headlines
C．not everyone reads all the pages	D．they have no time to read them

【小题3】According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information        from           .

A．magazines

B．advertisements

C．e-mails

D．internet

As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot. Most of the people feel much safer now. More and more trees are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The change makes the people in the city live a happy life. The small survey below is from the people who live in Chongqing. One hundred persons were chosen to answer the questions last week.

What they want	Health	Safety	Food
	52%	33%	15%
Where they like to live	In a quieter place	In a busier place	In a greener place
	15%	5%	80%
What they think of working in the city	Bad	Good	No idea
	8%	80%	12%
Whether they plan to change their living places	Yes	No	Difficult to say
	39%	41%	20%

【小题1】From the survey, _______ of the people in Chongqing care about health.

A．41%

B．80%

C．39%

D．52%

【小题2】 Most people think working in Chongqing is _______.

A．bad

B．good

C．hard

D．sad

【小题3】 From the survey, we know most people want to live ________.

A．in a busier place	B．in a quieter place
C．in a greener place	D．on the mountain

【小题4】 According to the passage and the survey, we know that ________.

A．most people plan to change their living places

B．in Chongqing all the people have a lot of food

C．the people in Chongqing don’t like planting trees

D．the change in Chongqing makes people enjoy living there

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Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.

Some like reading newspapers and o___1.__ enjoy novels or comic(喜剧的)books. My f__2.___ books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o___3.___ life better.

Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w___4.___ their lives were difficult. They tried to use e___5.___ chance to change their lives and make the world better.

One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has m___6.____ the world a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the r___7.___ why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient(方便的)machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes f___8.____ in the sky.

Whenever I read s___9.___ about great people, I always learn a lot from them and they encourage me to march on.

This is w___10.___ I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.

 

We surveyed 300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the ages of 11-18, one hundred 19-26 and one hundred 27-35. The following shows their answers:

【小题1】The people of 19-26 enjoy ______ most.

A．watching TV	B．going to the movies
C．playing computer games	D．taking a walk

【小题2】 According to the survey, which two activities do most people enjoy doing?

A．Playing computer games and watching TV.

B．Playing computer games and taking a walk.

C．Watching TV and going to the movies.

D．Going to the movies and taking a walk.

【小题3】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the chart?

A．Fewest people like taking a walk.

B．The people of 11-18 like taking a walk most.

C．90 people like going to the movies in the 19-26 group.

D．The people of 27-35 like playing computer games most.

Tourism(旅游业)wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world. That is to say, people now have more money for travelling. Special airplane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive(吸引人的)than ever before.
Different people have different reasons for travelling. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and enjoy new food.
Tourism has many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train local men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places.
【小题1】What makes travel more attractive than before?

A．Modern telegraph (电报)lines make travel less expensive.

B．Travelling by air to other countries is much cheaper today.

C．More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.

D．New hotels and restaurants have been built.

【小题2】Many more people travel today than in the past because ______.

A．travelling today is easier than in the past

B．people now have spare money for travel

C．great changes have taken place in the world

D．people have become more interested in travelling

【小题3】People make journeys to many parts of the world. This is because ______.

A．they want to make a study of geography

B．they want to spend money.

C．they want to meet different people and have new food

D．they don’t want to do anything else except that they visit friends

【小题4】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A．People have some trouble in making journeys.

B．With the development of tourism, great changes will take place in many parts of the world.

C．Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s minds.[来源:Z&xx&k.Com]

D．Tourism causes only some changes in clothing.