The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B.C.. In the 700s the world's first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was Daily Courant. It came out in March in 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704,John Campbell, started Boston .Newsletter, the first newspaper published daily in the American colonies(殖民地). By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation(发行量)in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun(《朝日新闻》). It sells more than eleven million copies every day.
(1) Boston Newsletter was printed ______.
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A.by Benjamin Harris in 1609
B.in 1704
C.by the government in Boston
D.in 1760
(2) Which newspaper has the largest daily circulation in the world?
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A.A German newspaper.
B.An American newspaper.
C.A Japanese newspaper.
D.An English newspaper.
(3) What's the passage mainly about?
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A.The English language newspaper.
B.How to print newspapers.
C.How to start a newspaper.
D.The history of newspapers.
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Attending a performance or concert at weekends should no longer be a luxury, said Zhang Heping, director of the Beijing Municipal(市政府的) Cultural Bureau, at the government department’s yearly work conference. Zhang put into a number of changes last year to increase audiences, such as designing some low-cost performances, the most popular of which was a show called“Open the Door of the Music”, aiming at students on summer vacation.
Previously, performances had tickets priced at above 100 yuan—more than one tenth of the average monthly salary of a Beijing resident. But the low-cost shows would limit prices between 5 yuan and 30 yuan.
Zhang said it was wrong to believe that few people remained interested in cultural performances. Tickets had simply been out of most people’s reach, Zhang said. More than 10 Beijing professional performance bodies have gradually been taken off government funding in recent years and have been left to fend for themselves. Zhang said“less profit, more audience”is better than“no profit and no audience”.
Beijing has planned to become an international city, but needs first-class cultural performances as well as firs-rate infrastructure(基础设施). Zhang also emphasizes the importance of large-scale activities, promising to organize more of them this year like open-air concerts performed by various amateur(业余) groups.
1. Beijing is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people because__________.
A. it agrees with the development of modern society
B. Beijing is trying its best to host the 2008 Olympic Games
C. people can enjoy themselves there without paying money
D. ticket prices are reduced and performances are more colorful
2. The underlined word “fend for” here means “__________”.
A. support B. search
C. promise D. find
3. The best title for the passage is “__________”.
A. Door to art and music opens wider in Beijing
B. Making art more popular
C. Beijing is improving its infrastructure
D. Attract audience with special culture
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Beijing, China’s cultural center is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people by reducing ticket prices and organizing more colorful performances.
Attending a performance or concert at weekends should no longer be a luxury, said Zhang Heping, director of the Beijing Municipal(市政府的) Cultural Bureau, at the government department’s yearly work conference. Zhang put into a number of changes last year to increase audiences, such as designing some low-cost performances, the most popular of which was a show called“Open the Door of the Music”, aiming at students on summer vacation.
Previously, performances had tickets priced at above 100 yuan—more than one tenth of the average monthly salary of a Beijing resident. But the low-cost shows would limit prices between 5 yuan and 30 yuan.
Zhang said it was wrong to believe that few people remained interested in cultural performances. Tickets had simply been out of most people’s reach, Zhang said. More than 10 Beijing professional performance bodies have gradually been taken off government funding in recent years and have been left to fend for themselves. Zhang said“less profit, more audience”is better than“no profit and no audience”.
Beijing has planned to become an international city, but needs first-class cultural performances as well as firs-rate infrastructure(基础设施). Zhang also emphasizes the importance of large-scale activities, promising to organize more of them this year like open-air concerts performed by various amateur(业余) groups.
1. Beijing is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people because__________.
A. it agrees with the development of modern society
B. Beijing is trying its best to host the 2008 Olympic Games
C. people can enjoy themselves there without paying money
D. ticket prices are reduced and performances are more colorful
2. The underlined word “fend for” here means “__________”.
A. support B. search
C. promise D. find
3. The best title for the passage is “__________”.
A. Door to art and music opens wider in Beijing
B. Making art more popular
C. Beijing is improving its infrastructure
D. Attract audience with special culture
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-Hi, Mark.How was the musical evening?
-Excellent!Ales and Andy performed ________ and they won the firs prize.
A.skillfully
B.commonly
C.willingly
D.nervously
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— Hi, Mark. How was the musical evening?
— Excellent! Ales and Andy performed ________ and they won the firs prize.
A. skillfully B. commonly C. willingly D. nervously
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