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(一)
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 newspapers.But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulersoverthrown (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.Today we can read in our newspapersof important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other usefulinformation.There are weather reports, radios, television and film guides, book reviews, storiesand, of course, advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention totheir products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it isworth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country.For thosewho produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important.Money earned from advertise-ments makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion as well as a small butvery popular section on jokes and cartoons ( 漫画).
56、What is the text about?
A.Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.
B.It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.
C.There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.
D.People like newspapers very much.
57、The habit of reading newspapers is __________.
A.uncommon in the world
B.not popular in U.S.A.
C.widespread in the world
D.found among a few families
58、In the past, news was __________.
A.sent by telegraph
B.passed from one person to another
C.sent by letter
D.sent by telephone
59、The money spent on advertisements is __________.
A.wasted
B.not much
C.worthwhile
D.useless
60、The section on jokes and cartoons is __________.
A.read only by children
B.of no value
C.not helpful
D.read by many people
(二)
"New York City is not America." That's what American friends are sure to you when you ar-rive."You must see Boston, visit Niagara Falls, go to Virginia, fly down to Florida, and so on;but first, of course, you will want to see New York.It is not the capital city of the United States( that is Washington, D.C., where the President lives) or even the capital city of New York State(that is Albany), but many people call it 'the greatest city on earth'."
The five parts, or boroughs, of New York City are Manhattan, Queen, Bronz, Richmond andBrooklyn.Although Manhattan is not all of New York, it is the heart of the city.It is an island,
which is only about 13 miles long and 2 miles wide.From the air its shape lookslike a long finger,and from the sea it's just like the picture we all know.Those tall, straight buildings--the skyscrap-ers-packed so close together on that island of rocks are sometimes seen in the distance through aveil of early morning mist.You have imagined it so often that now it's difficult to believe thisbeautiful sight is real, and unless your heart is as hard as a stone, excitement will make it beat a lit-tle faster.Perhaps "greatest", "tallest", "longest", "biggest", "brightest", are words you willfind most often in the city guide books.
61、How many places in America are mentioned in this passage besides New York City?
A.6.
B.4.
C.7.
D.5.
62、Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A.Manhattan is the centre of New York City.
B.New York City is made up of five parts.
C.New York looks like a long finger from the air.
D.Manhattan is an island.
63、In the second paragraph, "excitement will make it beat a little faster" here "it" refersto __________.
A.this beautiful sight
B.you
C.your heart
D.New York City
(三)
Pepys and his wife Jane had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666.
They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, andwhile they were busy they saw the glow(微弱的光)of a fire start in the sky.By 3 o'clock on theSunday morning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch it.Pepysslipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it.It seemed fairly far away, andafter a time he went back to bed.When he got up in the moming, it looked, though the fire wasdying down, as though he could still see some flames.So he set to work to tidy his room and puthis things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one;hundreds of houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning.Pepys wentout to see for himself.He went to the Tower of London and climbed upon a high part of the build-ing so that he could see what was happening.From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, abad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning.The man of the Tower told himthat the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane(小巷) ; the baker's house had caughtfire from the over-heated oven(烤箱) and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses inthe narrow lane.So the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most ofthe old city and ended, as it is said, at Pie Comer.
64、What is the passage about?
A.The Great Fire of London.
B.Who was the first to discover the fire.
C.What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D.The losses caused by the fire.
65、They were up very late because __________.
A.it was Sunday morning
B.they were not very sleepy
C.they were preparing for the dinner
D.they saw the great fire start
66、What was Pepys doing when his wife told him about the fire?
A.He was asleep.
B.He was writing something.
C.He was putting things back.
D.He was looking out of the window.
67、In the sentence" Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown."" slip on" means __________.
A.to be wearing
B.to be pushing
C.to take off
D.to put on
68、Why did the flames spread quickly ?
A.The oven became very hot.
B.The houses were close together.
C.The baker did nothing to stop it.
D.The baker's house was burning quickly.