Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their country and all over the world every day, by watching TV, reading newspapers or looking through something on the Internet.

     Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18^th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. (1) How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print(印刷)？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

   Firstly, it’s important to report new stories. The Internet and TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the story. They may also look at the story in another way, (2) or they may print completely different stories to those on TV or the Internet.

   Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. (3) life, do, stories, to, not, everyday, read, of, want, people . As a result, many stories are about some kinds of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, (4) newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead of print stories about plane accidents.

  Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, (5) but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

任务一： 请将(1)处变为复合句。

71.   _______________________________________________________？

任务二： 请写出(2)句中 “those” 指代的是什么？(用英语回答)

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任务三： 请将(3)处连词成句。

73.   ________________________________________________________.

任务四： 请将(4)处句中的一个错误找出,并改正在横线上。（不必写全句）

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任务五： 请将(5)处翻译成汉语。

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根据汉语提示，完成英语句子，每空词数不限。（10分）

1.我们决定另找时间参观那家公司

We decided to visit that company .

2.他想呆在家里为物理测试做准备

He wants the physics test at home.

3.这部电影展示了她对家庭、朋友、国家的热爱。

The movie her family, friends and country.

4.工人们将用少量的水植更多的树

The worker will .

5.如果你有一些麻烦和担忧，请从老师或父母那里得到建议。

Get advice from your teachers or parents .