Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been ?????? 21 by a well-known magazine to write an article ?????? 22 the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article?????? 23 , the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article ??? 24: 'Hundreds of steps ?????? 25 the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sent the journalist ????? 26 instructing him to find out ?????? 27 the exact number of steps and the ?????? 28 of the wall. ?????
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these ?????? 29 facts, ?????? 30 he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting?????? 31 , for the magazine would ?????? 32 go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but ?????? 33 no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that?????? 34 he did not reply soon he would be fired.?????? 35 the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had ?????? 36 been written. A week later, the editor ?????? 37 received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been ?????? 38 , but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been ?????? 39 to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested ?????? 40 counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
21. A. ordered B. hoped C. instructed D. suggested
22. A. for B. on C. of D. to
23. A. arrived B. received C. reached D. got
24. A. read B. said C. went D. began
25. A. link to B. point to C. lead to D. connect to
26. A. a letter B. an E-mail C. a message D. a fax
27. A. by all means B. by no means C. by any means D. by means of
28. A. position B. surroundings C. height D. condition
29. A. important B. unimportant C. interesting D. unknown
30. A. so B. but C. otherwise D. moreover
31.. A. impatient B. sorry C. disappointed D. sad
32. A. never B. quickly C. soon D. immediately
33. A. A. received B. accepted C. heard from D. made
34. A. although B. unless C. because D. if
35. A. But B. So C. When D. If
36. A. originally B. badly C. roughly D. firstly
37. A. only B. accidently C. at last D. happily
38. A. arrested B. fired C. refused D. beaten
39. A. managed B. succeeded C. tried D. allowed
40. A. while B. for C. because D. because of
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
To the Editor,
I have been reading your newspaper, the Hometown Gazette, for the past two years, ever since I moved to Smithville. We moved here from New York City, so I am accustomed(习惯的) to reading excellent newspapers such as The New York Times . In fact, we still have the Times delivered on Sundays. The entire family enjoys reading the recipes(食谱) in the magazine, as well as the Styles section.
The Times is great, but the Gazette is another story. I’ve never read an article that doesn’t contain at least three or four spelling or grammatical errors. For instance, in last week’s issue you misspelled the word “secretary”, used a singular verb with a plural noun, and used “it’s” as a possessive (所有格). And that was just in the lead story! In case you never went to elementary school, “it’s” means “it is ”.It’s also a possessive adjective!
It’s a pity that this tiny little hick(乡下) town has only one newspaper, because I’d like to have an alternative(替换物) to the rag you publish. I find it hard to believe your news stories. If you can’t spell correctly. How can you get your facts right?
I’ve been meaning to get this off my chest for some time. Please cancel my subscription(订阅). And buy yourself a dictionary.
Sincerely,
Jane Z, Jones
Which phrase from the passage shows the writer’s prejudice(偏见)?
A. get this off my chest
B. three or four spelling or grammatical errors
C. tiny little hick town
D. reading the recipes in the magazine
The author’s tone in this passage can best be described as
A. happy B. angry C. sympathetic(同情的) D. objective
Which statement of the following is not true according to the passage?
A. The writer once lived in New York City, so he was used to reading the Times.
B. The entire family enjoys reading the Styles section in the mafazine.
C. The writer has long been planning to express his dissatisfaction with the local newspaper
D. It is obvious that the editors of the newspaper are not very careful about their work.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年云南德宏州芒市中学高二下学期期中考试英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!
In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.
Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的) prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.
Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷) an angry note intended for some else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.
The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It's anyone's guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated (整理), we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we've gone?
In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.
【小题1】The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.
A.remind readers of found photographs |
B.advise reader to start a new kind of business |
C.ask readers to find photographs behind sofa |
D.show readers the value of found photographs |
A.is fond of collecting family life photographs |
B.found a complaining not under his car wiper |
C.is working for several self-published magazines |
D.wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs |
A.the readers | B.the editors |
C.the found photographs | D.the self-published magazines |
A.memory of the past is very important to people |
B.found photographs allow people to think freely |
C.the back-story of found photographs is puzzling |
D.the real value of found photographs is questionable |
A.critical | B.doubtful | C.optimistic | D.satisfied |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年陕西省临渭区高一下学期期末考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
To the Editor,
I have been reading your newspaper, the Hometown Gazette, for the past two years, ever since I moved to Smithville. We moved here from New York City, so I am accustomed(习惯的) to reading excellent newspapers such as The New York Times . In fact, we still have the Times delivered on Sundays. The entire family enjoys reading the recipes(食谱) in the magazine, as well as the Styles section.
The Times is great, but the Gazette is another story. I’ve never read an article that doesn’t contain at least three or four spelling or grammatical errors. For instance, in last week’s issue you misspelled the word “secretary”, used a singular verb with a plural noun, and used “it’s” as a possessive (所有格). And that was just in the lead story! In case you never went to elementary school, “it’s” means “it is ”.It’s also a possessive adjective!
It’s a pity that this tiny little hick(乡下) town has only one newspaper, because I’d like to have an alternative(替换物) to the rag you publish. I find it hard to believe your news stories. If you can’t spell correctly. How can you get your facts right?
I’ve been meaning to get this off my chest for some time. Please cancel my subscription(订阅). And buy yourself a dictionary.
Sincerely,
Jane Z, Jones
【小题1】 Which phrase from the passage shows the writer’s prejudice(偏见)?
A.get this off my chest |
B.three or four spelling or grammatical errors |
C.tiny little hick town |
D.reading the recipes in the magazine |
A.happy | B.angry | C.sympathetic(同情的) | D.objective |
A.The writer once lived in New York City, so he was used to reading the Times. |
B.The entire family enjoys reading the Styles section in the mafazine. |
C.The writer has long been planning to express his dissatisfaction with the local newspaper |
D.It is obvious that the editors of the newspaper are not very careful about their work. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010届江西省高三下学期模拟考试(一) 题型:完型填空
第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36——55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
Editors of newspapers have responsible jobs because they have to make sure that their newspaper gets 36 on time ,sells well,and everything that goes into it ,including 37 ,is acceptable.Some newspapers 38 local or national affairs ,some 39 international and economic matters while others are 40 serious and aim to enterain with more human interest stories.
Sometimes particular stories “sell” newspapers. In America and Europe ,ordinary people seem to 41 by the lives of pop stars ,film stars and the remaining 42 families .These people really have two lives ,a public life and a private life.So the reporters can be too interesed in getting a good story and try to 43 famous people in their private lives which can then get their newspaper into trouble 44 they get printed.
There was a recent 45 when a reporter climbed a tree and took a photograph of 46 in a swimming pool without her knowledge .She didn’t 47 being photographed on public 48 but she objected to being photographed while she was spending private time with her personal friends ----and 49 in a swimming pool.
The photograph was in the newspaper 50 ---“The Alganian Princess having a good time in the embassy pool with her friends”----and all hell broke loose .The editor of The BEACON(the newspaper that had printed the photograph)immediately received a strongly worded letter of 51 from the Royal Palace press office 52 that the reporter had been “interfering in her private life” and that “something would be done about this.” Of course the damage had already been done but the newspaper must have sold a lot of 53 copies because of the photograph. All the editor could do was to print 54 on the front page to the Alganian Princess and hope that 55 would be accepted and that he wouldn’t lose his job.
36. A.to print B.printing C. print D.printed
37. A.charts B.photographs C.subtitles D.advertisements
38. A. focus on B.come out C.draw attention to D.look into
39. A. of B. for C.with D.on
40. A. more B.less C.most D.least
41. A be favorite B.appeal to C.be fascinated D.be adapted
42.A.good B.happy C.rich D.royal
43.A.keep an eye on B.take photographs of
C.benefit from D.write fictions about
44. A. if B.even if C. since D. although
45. A. report B.article C.case D.story
46. A.a friend B.a flim star C.a princess D.an officer
47. A.like B.know C.want D.mind
48. A.occasions B.surroundings C.atmosphere D.places
49. A. eventually B.actually C.especially D.angrily
50. A.one day B.the other day C. the next day D.to this day
51. A. comment B.complaint C.attack D.disagreement
52. A.explained B. added C. to stress D.saying
53. A.latest B.interesting C.attracting D.extra
54.A.an apology B. a response C.another picture D.a letter
55.A.she B.he C.it D.there
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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011学年福建省高一下学期第一次月考英语卷 题型:阅读理解
As people were rushing up to get cards for Mother’s Day 2006, the editors of Insparenting. Com had a big question inside their mind, “What is a mother to you?” They feel every person has different opinions about a woman called “mother”.
In one of the designs of Hallmark’s latest Mother’s Day cards, it describs, “mother” is a woman who makes this world a warm and happy place. At the other card, a “mother” is described as a woman who puts her home and family first, and if she is tired, she never lets it out.
What will other people say? To find out that, on this Mother’s Day(May 14th, 2006) , Insparenting. Com launches a new survey “ What Is A Mother to You?”.
According to the editor of Insparenting. Com, Adwina Jackson, Mother’s Day is a special day for everyone! That is why her team uses this day to honor mothers all over the world by launching a survey about “mother”. “This survey is also to express thanks or gratitude and to show appreciation for friends, family who are mothers, as well as other important women who have had a mothering influence,” said Jackson
Using sophisticated database technology(先进的数据库技术), Insparenting. Com will pubish the answer to “ What Is a Mother to You?” once responses to its survey have been tabulated(制成表格)from around the world. This survey is for everyone, all age, all gender and all status. All paricipates in the survey will be added to a special noticification list altering when survey results are published.
1. Insparenting. Com observes Mother’s Day 2006 by______.
A, sending cards to mothers all over the world
B. launching a theme survey around the world
C. publishing people’s opinions about “mother”
D. designing cards with praising words on both sides
2. Which of the following is not the possible reason for Insparenting. Com to launch a survy about “mother”?
A. To honour mothers all over the world.
B. To express thanks for their friends and family who are mothers.
C. To show appriciation for those who have had mothering influence.
D. To find out how many people love their mothers.
3. What does the underlined word “gratitude” probably mean?
A. honor B. respect C. appriciation D. praise
4.What are the results of the survey?
A. People have different opinions about “mother”.
B. “Mother” is a woman who makes the world warm and happy.
C. “Mother” always puts the interest of her family before her owns.
D. The results haven’t been published so far.
5.What is the suitable title for the passage?
A. Mother’s Day 2006, World Survey
B. How to Celebrate Mother’s Day
C. Making Cards for Mother’s Day
D. What Is a Mother to You
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