Part III. News （） A. Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about

Passage Five

Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around

this dry part are large sheep and cow farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states: of America.

Often the nearest neighbours are several hundred kilometers away.

The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a

telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and then gives an answer. For example, people on

the large farms could talk to a doctor far away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was ill,

and the doctor could let them know how to look after the sick person.

As the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school. Radio schools were

started for them in some places. At a certain time each day, boys and girls turn on their radios and

listen to teachers in cities far away.

Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbours. The programme Round Robin

Talks by radio was started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was

going away and who was iii. The men could talk about their sheep and cows and how much money

the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.

52. In the passage "the two-way radio" is______.

A. important to Americans

B. useful for children only

C. used as a telephone

D. only used by doctors

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.A.Her friend Erika.

B.Her grandfather.

C.Her little brother.

D.Her grandmother.

2.

A.By taking pictures for passers-by.

B.By selling lemonade and pictures.

C.By working part time at a hospital.

D.By asking for help on social media.

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

A.I, III, and IV

B.II and IV

C.II only

D.IV only

Newspapers have one basic purpose – to get news as quickly as possible from their source, from those who make it to those who want to know it. Radio, television, and other inventions brought competition for newspapers, so did the development of magazines and other means of communication. However, this competition merely stimulated the newspapers to quickly make use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the speed of their own operations. Today more newspapers are printed and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers informed of the latest news, today’s newspapers educate and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.

Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices through advertising. Most depend on advertising for their very existence. Newspapers are sold at a price that fails to cover even a small part of the production cost. The main source of income for most newspapers is advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’s value to advertisers. This is measured in terms of circulation (发行量): How many people read the newspaper？ Circulation depends, to some extent, on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment offered in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information about the community, city, country, state, nation, and world – and even outer space.

45.According to the passage, the basic purpose of newspapers is to ________.

A.cover the cost of production

B.inform. readers of the latest news

C.influence readers’ economic choices

D.educate readers about important matters

46.What does the author try to tell us in the first paragraph？()

A.Important events take place every day

B.Newspapers should give details to the public

C.Newspapers tell us what happens in the world

D.Reporters should go to the spot to collect news

47.Which of the following is a consequence of competition for newspapers？()

A.Newspapers serve other purposes than reporting news

B.Newspapers are read by less people than ever before

C.Newspapers have to have entertainment pages

D.Newspapers have to sell at a very low price

48.The most important factor in selling newspapers successfully is to ________.

A.improve the work of the circulation department

B.provide attractive and special services to readers

C.offer more interesting and entertaining information

D.provide valuable information to attract more readers

49.What can we learn about advertising in newspapers？()

A.Advertising adds a lot of value to newspapers

B.Newspapers would not exist without advertising

C.Newspapers depend on advertising to keep going

D.Advertising makes newspapers sell at a good price

us，the father of all Greek gods and goddesses.The festival and games(3) in Olympia，a religious Sanctuary.

In the ancient games，athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money.In fact the。word“athlete”is an ancient Greek word， (4) “one who competes(5) fl prize”.The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games.The marathon is a modern event that was first (6) in the Olympic Games in l896.It was (7) village called Marathon (8)the Persians (9) by a small Greek army.The news of the victory was brought t0.Athens by a soldier，who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital.26 miles was (10) adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.

1.A.is B.were C.was

2.A.for B.after C.of

3.A.are hold B.held C.were held

4.A.meaning B.mean C.meant

5.A.of B.for C.in

6.A.introduced B.introducing C.introduce

7.A.name for B.named after C.named of

8.A.that B.which C.where

9.A.were defeated B.defeats C.defeated

10.A.because B.furthermore C.therefore

根据以下材料回答题

Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front gate will disappear．

And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you．You&39; 11 get up and turn on the computernewspaper just like switching on the TV．An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latestevents, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want．You&39; 11 even get to choose thekind of voice you want to hear．Want more information on the brief story？ A simple touch makesthe entire text appear．Save it in your own personal computer if you like．These are among the pre-dictions from communication experts working on the newspapers of the future．Pictured as part ofbroader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print andbroadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events．

Most of the technology is available (可用的 ) now, but convincing (说服) more people thatthey don&39; t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step．But resistance to computer newspapersmay be stronger from within journalism．

Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and pub-lishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper industry is no lon-ger a newspaper industry．Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable．

Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computerscreens．It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy com-puters and because newspapers have established financial(财经的) interests in the paper industry．

What is the best title for this passage？ 查看材料

A.Computer Newspapers Are Well Liked

B.Newspapers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computer

C.Newspapers Are out of Fashion

D.New Communication Technology

The ancient Olympic Games (1) () part of a religious festival in honor (2) () the Greek god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and games (3) () in Olympia, a religious Sanctuary. In the ancient games, athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money. In fact the word "athlete" is an ancient Greek word, (4) () "one who competes (5) () a prize". The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games. The marathon is a modern event that was first (6) () in the Olympic Games in 1896. It was (7) () a village called Marathon (8)() the Persians (9) () by a small Greek army. The news of the victory was brought to Athens by a soldier, who ran the 26 miles from the village of Marathon to the capital. 26 miles was (10) () adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.

(1).A、is

B、were

C、was

(2).A、for

B、after

C、of

(3).A、are hold

B、held

C、were held

(4).A、meaning

B、mean

C、meant

(5).A、of

B、for

C、in

(6).A、introduced

B、introducing

C、introduce

(7).A、name for

B、named after

C、named of

(8).A、that

B、which

C、where

(9).A、were defeated

B、defeats

C、defeated

(10).A、because

B、furthermore

C、therefore

Small teahouses existed long before in China.During the Song Dynasty, Chasi and Chafang were places where tea was sold.During the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu people from high society often spent their time in teahouses.As a result, teahouses became important meeting places for people from all walks of life.

To the Chinese people, teahouses are similar to the cafés in western countries.They are social places.People gather and spread all kinds of social information; customers taste tea and talk about news and daily things there.In order to attract customers, some teahouses build stages for shows like Chinese drumming, Storytelling and Beijing Opera.

The rise of teahouses is closely related with Chinese tea culture.After several thousand years of development, the teahouse has become a part of life for the Chinese people.Now, those who come to Beijing will be attracted to the famous teahouses to experience Chinese tea culture.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each statement based on Passage A.

21.The teahouse is a place for the Chinese people to ______ tea.

A.process

B.buy

C.sell

D.drink

22.______ was a place to sell tea.

A.Chalou

B.Chafang

C.Chating

D.Chatan

23.Finally, teahouses became important meeting places for ______.

A.all kinds of people

B.important people

C.upper class

D.the Manchu people

24.The word “similar to” means ______.

A.different from

B.the same as

C.close to

D.related to

25.People come to teahouses not to ________.

A.share social information

B.taste tea

C.eat

D.chat

Improvement in reading efficiency has several major benefits. We need reading skills to benefit from the wealth of information that is now available in printed form. Most people get the rough outlines of their daily news from television and radio. However, the printed word still provides the in-depth coverage of topics that really produces well-informed people. Reading is also a great source of entertainment for many people. For students, it is the primary method of studying.

The time you now spend reading can be made much more productive by increasing your reading rate. For some people this will mean that they can obtain more information in the same length of time. For others it will mean that time now devoted to reading can be used in other more interesting and profitable ways.

To determine how fast you are reading, you first have to get some idea of the number of words in a given passage. Then you simply divide the number of words by the number of minutes it takes to read. That will give your rate in words per minute.

1、The passage is taken from.()

A、a story book

B、a news report

C、a report on a scientific research

D、a book on reading

2、Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit from reading according to the passage？()

A、Reading will help readers get more information

B、By reading readers will have an in-depth coverage of daily news

C、Students must read so that they can master knowledge

D、Improvement of reading helps readers get outlines of daily news

3、This passage mainly discusses.()

A、different kinds of reading

B、the importance of improving reading skills and how to calculate reading rate

C、reading as a source of entertainment

D、different ways to improve reading speed

4、"reading efficiency" in Paragraph 2 means.()

A、the average reading rate

B、the ability of reading fast with a good understanding

C、reading materials readers like

D、reading habits

5、Reading speed can be calculated by.()

A、counting how many words a reader has read

B、dividing the total number of words a reader read by the time he spends on reading

C、timing how many minutes a reader has read

D、asking help from the teacher

A.news

B. problems

C. effects

D. opinions