Question

According to a Pew Research Center report from November 2013, “71% of those 10-18 turn to the internet as a main news source.” Another Pew report found from 2012 says that on an average day, 29 percent of young people were “newsless” meaning they did not get any news, from traditional platforms, mobile phones, or even social networks.

Despite the fact that both my husband and I are in journalism, my husband as a design editor and myself as a writer, I have often wondered if our four sons would grow up to read printed pages with their own children someday.

I got my answer last week when my failure to renew us living in a newspaper desert for two weeks. Normally we get both The Virginian-Pilot (the paper for which my husband works) and The Christian Science Monitor Weekly print edition. Our four sons have grown up with a variety of print newspapers available daily. That has changed slightly since our youngest, Quin, 10, has also become an online news tracker.

However, it wasn’t until the newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week that I learned how deeply attached they all are to the printed, paper, page. That’s when we decided to make a list of what we have come to rely on newspapers to do cheaply and immediately.

Here’s the list we made together of what our newspaper is used for beyond learning the news itself: as an umbrella when caught in rain; to stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry; to stuff in hats to keep their shape; to stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind from coming in; to wallpaper for a doll house (my dad did that once)….

Despite the growing list of household uses, my sons’ love for reading the paper before it becomes cage liner has helped me to realize that there is still hope that our kids and future generations will continue to value the printed news as more than just a means to a crafting project end, but to getting a more touchable grasp on the issues they may face in life.

1.What is the Pew Research Center report probably about?

A. Children’s news source.

B. Quality of journalism.

C. Children’s after-class activities.

D. Parent-child relationships.

2.When did the author learn how deeply attached her children are to newspapers?

A. our four sons would grow up to read printed pages with their own children

B. our youngest, Quin, 10, has also become an online news addict

C. the newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week

D. we decided to make a list of what we have come to rely on newspapers

3.Which is not on the list of using newspapers for household?

A. to wallpaper for a doll house.

B. to get news from social networks.

C. to act as an umbrella when caught in rain.

D. to stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind coming in.

4.How should children and future generations continue to value the newspaper?

A. using it as a means to a crafting project end.

B. relying on it to do cheaply and immediately.

C. growing up with a variety of print newspapers available daily.

D. getting a more touchable grasp on the issues they may face in life.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。根据Pew Research Center2013年11月的一份报告，“在10-18岁的人群中，有71%的人将互联网作为主要的新闻来源。”2012年的另一份Pew Research Center研究报告称，平均每天有29%的年轻人“无新闻”，这意味着他们没有从传统平台、手机甚至社交网络上获得任何新闻。作者决定列出一份清单，列出他们家所依赖的报纸，以廉价和立即的方式进行，从而呼吁年轻人重视报纸。儿童和子孙后代应该对他们在未来生活中可能面临的问题有更大的了解时才能继续重视报纸。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第一句According to a Pew Research Center report from November 2013, “71% of those 10-18 turn to the internet as a main news source.”可知，the Pew Research Center的报告大概是关于孩子们的新闻来源。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句However, it wasn’t until the newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week that I learned how deeply attached they all are to the printed, paper, page.可知，报纸一周七天不来到家门口的时候，作者才知道她的孩子对报纸有多深的依恋。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中Here’s the list we made together of what our newspaper is used for beyond learning the news itself: as an umbrella when caught in rain; to stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry; to stuff in hats to keep their shape; to stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind from coming in; to wallpaper for a doll house (my dad did that once)….由此可知文中没有提到B项。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段中---still hope that our kids and future generations will continue to value the printed news as more than just a means to a crafting project end, but to getting a more touchable grasp on the issues they may face in life.可知，儿童和子孙后代应该对他们在未来生活中可能面临的问题有更大的了解时才能继续重视报纸。故选D。