Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people can have as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, such as battles lost and won, kings or rulers (统治者) overthrown (推翻) or killed, took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by words of mouth. Today we can read in our newspapers of important things that happen in faraway countries at the same time.
Besides giving news from all over the world, newspapers tell us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, as well as radio, television and film guides. There are also book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements (广告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space (广告版面), but it is worth the money because news of what they make in factories goes into almost every home in the country. For those who make newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit (利润).
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Almost all the people all over the world read newspapers.
B. Why do people read newspapers?
C. Newspapers can make a good profit.
D. How did the newspapers come about?
2.What does the word “it” refer to?
A. The newspapers. B. The newspapers space. C. The advertisements. D. The money.
3.Newspapers were created to ______ many years ago.
A. make a profit B. spread information C. overthrow the rulers D. won the battles
4.About the use of newspapers, which one is not mentioned in the passage?
A. Weather reports. B. Tell us about some films.
C. Tell us some stories. D. Help us find people.
5.From the passage, we can know the reason that the newspapers are cheap is ______.
A. many people buy them
B. there is help from the government
C. they can get money from the advertisements
D. they don’t want to make money
At the age of five, Andrea Peterson was saved from a fire in her family’s Los Angeles home. “I thought it was a great adventure.” she says, “1 told the big firefighters that I wanted to be a fireman, too, and they laughed and said that little girls could not do that.”
Pressured by her parents to choose a good job which is fit for a girl, Peterson became a flight attendant. It wasn’t until four years ago, after her husband passed away, that she finally started volunteering at a local fire station. At more than one hundred pounds, she spent a year lifting weights and watching her diet. Later when she began training alongside men in their teens and 20S, she was ready. “At one point the department’s fitness officer asked me to pull him through the station with full gear (装备) and equipment- he weighed about 300 pounds, she says, “I did as he ordered, which perhaps surprised both of us!” Last year she graduated, becoming the only woman of the department’s staff of twenty-seven firefighters.
Peterson has now answered more than 350 emergency calls, helping so many people beat back fires in high temperatures. She says, “I’ve always known that this is the job for me. It doesn’t matter how hard I had to work or how long I had to wait.”
1.Andrea is fit to be a firefighter at first.
A. 对 B. 错
2.Almost everyone think Andrea isn’t fit this job.
A. 对 B. 错
3.Four years ago, Andrea became a firefighter.
A. 对 B. 错
4.Peterson does well in beating back fires now.
A. 对 B. 错
5.To become a firefighter, Peterson needed to lose weight.
A. 对 B. 错
How do you light up the night sky? The answer is by using electricity. ______ did you know that nature can glow (发光), too?
Scientists have found many glowing creatures (生物). Most of them live in the ocean. Some use their lights to talk to each other. Others use them to hunt, to mate (交配) or to protect _____. The vampire squid (幽灵蛸), for example, uses a cloud of light to scare _____.
Scientists around the world are looking at this kind of light for new _____. In 2013, the US company Gleaux said it has created the world’s first light-producing plant, the Daily Mail reported. It is a genetically-modified (转基因的) plant. It can glow like a firefly.
Alexander, the company’s founder (创始人), and other scientists hope that _____ the future, glowing plants could _____ lamps and glowing trees could line highways. Krichevsky also hopes the technology could be used in farming. Farmers could know when their crops need water or are ready to be _____ if they glow.
While Gleaux is working on glowing plants, the French company Glowee is trying to use glowing bacteria (细菌) to _____ up shop windows and street signs. It’s the same type of bacteria that cause a type of squid to light up. New Scientist Online reported.
“Our goal is to _____ the way we produce and use light,” said Glowee founder Sandra Rey. “We want to help ______ the 19 percent of electricity consumption (消耗量) that is used to produce light.”
1.A. And B. But C. Though
2.A. others B. me C. themselves
3.A. themselves B. friends C. enemies
4.A. ideas B. ways C. creatures
5.A. in B. on C. to
6.A. reduce B. increase C. replace
7.A. planted B. watered C. picked
8.A. put B. pull C. light
9.A. find B. learn C. change
10.A. increase B. reduce C. have
1.Where is the parking lot?
A. In front of the hotel. B. Across from the hotel. C. Behind the hotel.
2.How will the tourists go there?
A. By train. B. By bike. C. By bus.
3.What need the tourists show when they have lunch?
A. A blue card. B. A blue ticket. C. A blue key.
4.What season is it now?
A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Spring.
5.Which of the following is right?
A. The tourists will visit Mount Huang.
B. The tourists will have breakfast at eight.
C. The tourists will get on the bus in the parking lot.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1.What time is it now?
A. 7:15. B. 7:45. C. 8:15.
2.Why are the two speakers in a hurry?
A. Because they must catch the flight.
B. Because they may miss the train.
C. Because they have a very important meeting.
3.How will they get to the destination?
A. By bus. B. By train. C. By taxi.
4.What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Wife and husband. B. Friends. C. Student and teacher.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1.When was John reading the novel?
A. From 7:30 to 8:30. B. From 7:30 to 9:30. C. From 8:30 to 9:00.
2.What were his parents doing then?
A. Watching TV. B. Doing homework. C. Writing a letter.
3.Why didn’t the woman go into John’s house?
A. Because his door was closed.
B. Because her parents didn’t allow her to.
C. Because she was on the way to a move.
