The role of a newspaper is to present and comment on the news. It is vital for keeping people well-informed on current affairs. In most Western countries, journalists try to shape the ideas and opinions of their readers, since in Western countries all newspapers are independent of the government. Some newspaper owners support liberal ideas including economic policies that help poor people. Other owners want policies such as lower taxes for rich people and less money to be given to poor people. You can almost judge the political ideas of a person in the West by looking at the newspaper he reads.
All newspapers report national and international news. They give the facts but also provide opinions on controversial issues in the editorials and columns of opinion. The readers of the newspaper can also comment on these editorials or articles. There are many informative articles too as well as reviews of new films and books, etc. These are very important, for if a film or book gets good reviews it will often become more successful.
All these articles require many journalists who are experts in different areas of life. All these articles come together and are checked by the chief editor of the newspaper. When he or she has made a decision on the articles, the newspaper is prepared for printing. All this work means that the journalists must work together as a team because there is a lot of pressure when you work in a newspaper office. There are constant deadlines and articles have to be fitted round advertisements, photographs and much, much more.
1.What articles comment on controversial issues?
A. Editorials and opinion columns.
B. News stories.
C. Some of the informative articles.
D. Jokes and humor.
2.Which is true about the journalists in Western countries?
A. There’s no time limit for their report articles.
B. They have no right to influence the readers’ opinions.
C. A newspaper can come out with just a journalist working individually.
D. Journalists must submit their articles before the due date.
3.Why are good reviews important to books?
A. Good reviews are excellent introduction to books.
B. Readers especially favor books with good reviews.
C. Good reviews can make readers feel relaxed and comfortable.
D. Good reviews can bring a large circulation of the books reviewed.
4.Which of the following sentences best fits at the end of the last paragraph?
A. The number of people needed to produce a newspaper varies greatly.
B. The staff of a daily newspaper is headed by a publisher.
C. The articles printed in the newspaper should cover national and international affairs.
D. The entire staff must operate as a well-drilled team if the papers are to reach homes and news-stands on schedule.
Let’s say a person gets up at 7:00 in the morning and goes to bed at 11:00 at night. He comes home from work about 6:30, and by the time he has finished with dinner it is after 8:00. He steps outside in the summer to relax — but it’s already getting dark! Not much time to enjoy the summer day.
Now suppose you set the clock ahead one hour. This person still does everything at the same time — but this time, when he steps out at 8:00 there’s still plenty of light to enjoy. An hour of daylight has been “saved” for him!
Daylight saving time doesn’t, of course, add any hours to a day. This is impossible. All it does is to increase the number of useful hours of daylight during the seasons when the sun rises early.
Daylight saving is most popular in cities. It allows the closing of offices, shops, and factories at the end of the working day while the sun is still high. Farmers, who do their work by sun time, usually do not observe daylight saving time. They cannot work in the field before the morning dew(露水) has dried or after it appears in the evening.
Did you know who first thought of daylight saving time? It was Benjamin Franklin! When he was living in France in the 18th century, he suggested the idea to the people in Paris. But it was not adopted then.
Daylight saving laws were first passed during World WarⅠ, when materials for making electricity was hard to find, and when it was necessary to save on artificial light. With daylight saving, the bedtime of many people comes soon after it gets dark, while without it, if people stay up until the same hour they may have to use artificial light.
Germany was the first country to adopt daylight saving time in 1915. Then England used it in 1916, and the United States adopted it in 1918.
1.What does the underlined word “artificial” mean?
A. natural B. man-made
C. bright D. sun
2.What’s the purpose of adopting daylight saving time?
A. To have more artificial light.
B. To have one more hour to work.
C. To make better use of daylight in certain seasons.
D. To have one more hour to rest.
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Once the idea of daylight saving time is proposed, it was adopted.
B. The idea of daylight saving time went through a long process of being adopted.
C. It was a French scientist that put forward the idea of daylight saving time.
D. The idea of daylight saving time didn’t make any difference at all.
4.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Winter is a good season for daylight saving time.
B. Daylight saving time is especially good for wars.
C. Daylight saving time is good for anyone in any places.
D. Not all seasons are good for daylight saving time.
Japan is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. As the Japanese students already know, four main islands and more than 3,000 small ones stretch from north to south for about 1,300 miles. As for the climate of the country, well, it’s hot and humid(潮湿) in summer, but it is quite cold and wet in Japan during winter. Typhoons, which are violent tropical storms, often threaten Japan during the fall. That’s, of course, during the harvest season.
The population of Japan is about 110,5 million. It may seem hard to believe, but the average population density(密度) of the country is about 678 persons per square mile.
About two thirds of the entire population lives in Japan’s cities. The other one third lives in the suburbs or in the countryside. No other country in southern or eastern Asia has such a large urban, or city population. Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is the most density-populated city in the world. At last count there were more than 11.5 million people living in Tokyo.
1.Why is Japan called an island country? Because ______.
A. Japan is a small country
B. it is on the Pacific Ocean
C. it has thousands of big and small islands
D. Japan has hundreds of small islands
2.Typhoons often attack Japan during______.
A. spring B. summer
C. autumn D. winter
3.Most of the people in Japan live_____.
A. in the rural areas B. in the countryside
C. around the cities D. in the cities
4.The most densely-populated city in the world is_____.
A. New York B. Shanghai
C. London D. the capital of Japan
用英文简要描写你的一位好朋友王强
1. 年龄16岁，身材不高，但很聪明。
2. 兴趣广泛，爱好足球，音乐，上网等。
3. 待人谦虚，乐于助人，耐心帮你学英语。
4. 大家都很喜欢他，你也很喜欢他。
注意：1. 词数 120 词左右；
2. 题目：My best friend
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Friendship is very importance. Everyone needs friendship. In all our lives we can’t live without friendship just as we can’t live without air and water. Friendship makes us getting on well with one another to
go ahead under different kind of difficulties in the front of us. But real friendship is no easy to come by. True friendship must be sincerely and be based on understand each other but not on benefits of each other. A good friend can always be a good teacher to us. By his advices we are persuading to go the right way. Therefore more friends we have, the better we can improve ourselves.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m very pleased 1. (see) all of you here because you are my special guests. Welcome to our company’s museum. My name is Brown, George Brown. I’m the general manager of the company. As you all know, we2. (main) make computers in our company, as well as some other electronic products. But we are also quite interested in3. (educate). That’s why we have founded this museum, 4. children can learn how computers have been developed, how they are mad5. how they are used in industry, agriculture, scientific research and many other areas. Children can operate the computers, they can push the buttons and listen to stories6. computers, and they can enjoy video shows. I know you are all teachers and you know7. schoolchildren really need. So I hope you can give me suggestions after you8. (show) around. I want my museum to be the best of its kind 9. it opens to all schoolchildren. This is Mr Tom Silver, my assistant. He will be your guide now. I’ll be with you in an hour and a half. Enjoy10. . See you.
