Question

【題目】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 (統治者) 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 (廣告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space (廣告版面), 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 (利潤).

【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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文介紹了人們讀報紙的原因。報紙傳播世界各地的消息，能告訴我們很多其他有用的信息，例如：天氣預報，收音機、電視和電影的導視，書評，故事和廣告。

【1】B

概括歸納題。根據But why do people read newspapers?可知本文主要介紹了人們?yōu)槭裁醋x報紙。故選B。

【2】B

詞義猜測題。根據They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space (廣告版面),可知此處表示廣告版面，故選B。

【3】B

推理判斷題。根據Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, such as battles lost and won, kings or rulers (統治者) overthrown (推翻) or killed, took months and even years to travel from one country to another.可知很多年前，報紙被創(chuàng)造的目的是傳播消息，故選B。

【4】D

細節(jié)理解題。根據There are weather reports, as well as radio, television and film guides. There are also book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements (廣告).可知從報紙上我們可以得知天氣預報，收音機、電視和電影的導視，書評，故事和廣告，因此沒有提到幫助找到人，故選D。

【5】C

推理判斷題。根據Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit (利潤).可知因為報紙可以從廣告上盈利，因此報紙的價格低廉，故選C。

根據題干要求，在文中尋找答案所在的語句或段落，進行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題4，根據There are weather reports, as well as radio, television and film guides. There are also book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements (廣告).可知從報紙上我們可以得知天氣預報，收音機、電視和電影的導視，書評，故事和廣告，因此沒有提到幫助找到人，故選D。