A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary(不同寻常的) piece of reading. It is extraordinary first for what it contains: the range of news from crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment(评论) and special features(特写) editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism (评论) of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the text. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性) ,its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality(地点) now.

But being immediate and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people read really the same paper: What each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence(结果) ,his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspaper efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need and without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness(自我觉察) as you are using your techniques of reading.

1. A modern newspaper is extraordinary for all the following EXCEPT its__________.

A. speed in reading news　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. wide coverage

C. popularity　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. uniform(一致的) style

2. According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the “same” newspaper is that__________.

A. different people prefer different newspapers

B. people look through it for the news they are interested in

C. people have different views about what a good newspaper is

D. people are seldom interested in the same kind of news

3. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers__________.

A. use their reading techniques skillfully

B. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

C. usually read a newspaper selectively

D. jump from one newspaper to another

4. A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because__________.

A. it tries to serve different readers

B. readers are difficult to please

C. readers like to read different newspapers

D. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

5. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Some suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

B. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

C. The Variety of a Good newspaper

D. The characteristics of Good Newspaper

 

A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary(不同寻常的) piece of reading. It is extraordinary first for what it contains: the range of news from crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment(评论) and special features(特写) editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism (评论) of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the text. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性) ,its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality(地点) now.

But being immediate and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people read really the same paper: What each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence(结果) ,his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspaper efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need and without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness(自我觉察) as you are using your techniques of reading.

1. A modern newspaper is extraordinary for all the following EXCEPT its__________.

A. speed in reading news　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. wide coverage

C. popularity　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. uniform(一致的) style

2. According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the “same” newspaper is that__________.

A. different people prefer different newspapers

B. people look through it for the news they are interested in

C. people have different views about what a good newspaper is

D. people are seldom interested in the same kind of news

3. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers__________.

A. use their reading techniques skillfully

B. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

C. usually read a newspaper selectively

D. jump from one newspaper to another

4. A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because__________.

A. it tries to serve different readers

B. readers are difficult to please

C. readers like to read different newspapers

D. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

5. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Some suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

B. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

C. The Variety of a Good newspaper

D. The characteristics of Good Newspaper

 

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A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary(不同寻常的) piece of reading. It is extraordinary first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment(评论)and special features (特写) as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism(评论) of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next: A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality(地点) now. But being immediate and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people read really the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence(结果) , his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspaper efficiently (有效地) , which means getting what you want from them without missing things You reed and without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness(自我觉察) as you are using your techniques of reading.

1．A modern newspaper is extraordinary for all the following EXCEPT its ________.

[　　]

A．speed in reporting news

B．wide coverage

C．popularity

D．uniform(一致的) style

2．According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the“same”newspaper is that ________.

[　　]

A．different people prefer different newspapers

B．people look through it for the news they are interested in

C．people have different views about what a good newspaper is

D．people are seldom interested in the same kind d news

3．It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers ________.

[　　]

A．use their reading techniques skillfully

B．appreciate the variety of a newspaper

C．usually read a newspaper selectively

D．jump from one newspaper to another

4．A good newspaper offers“a variety”to readers because ________.

[　　]

A．it tries to serve different readers

B．readers are difficult to please

C．readers like to read different newspapers

D．it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

5．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

[　　]

A．Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper.

B．The Importance of Newspaper Topicality.

C．The Variety of a Good Newspaper.

D．The Characteristics(特点) of a Good Newspaper.

President Lincoln made a speech in Gettysburg （葛底斯堡）．

The speech ended． Lincoln spoke for less than three minutes， and the photographer who was standing in front of him didn't even have time to take a picture． The speech was over almost before it began．

On the platform（讲台） Edward Everett， the great speechmaker， whispered to Seward， the Secretary of State， "It is not what I expected from him． I'm disappointed．" Seward， too， thought that the President had given a poor speech．

Lincoln himself felt badly about his speech． He thought that it didn't have the effect that he hoped it would have， and that in fact it made the listeners disappointed． Later he said， "I ought to have prepared it with more care．"

The newspapers too were not impressed by the President's Gettysburg speech． The nearby Harrisburg paper considered it "silly"， while the reporter of the London Times thought the speech uninteresting． The first favorable comment （好评） came from the Chicago Tribune （论坛报）， and was followed by the Springfield Republican， a Massachusetts newspaper． "It will be studied as a model speech．．．"

6． Lincoln spoke for a short time because ________ ．

A． he was given less than three minutes

B． he didn't think it good to speak in public for a long time

C． he didn't want to speak too much

D． he had really prepared a very short speech

7． Both Everett and Seward considered Lincoln's speech poor because ________ ．

A． they were both disappointed at it

B． it was quite short

C． it was made by Lincoln

D． photographer didn't take a picture for Lincoln

8． Which of the following is NOT true？

A． A photographer wanted to take a picture．

B． Lincoln was not pleased with his own speech．

C． Newspapers paid much attention to Lincoln's speech．

D． No one considered Lincoln's speech a good one．

9． From the news we can see that ________ at first．

A． few people made a careful study of the speech

B． only two famous men didn't praise the speech

C． most people studied Lincoln's speech very carefully

D． many people were against Lincoln as President

10． The main idea of the passage is that ________ ．

A． Lincoln wasn't a good speaker

B． Lincoln was good at making short speeches

C． Lincoln's Gettysburg speech was criticized（批评） by most people then

D． sometimes an important speech is very short

I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.  

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.  

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.  

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!   When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

73. The author asked for room service because _______.

  A. a lot of money would be saved in this way

  B. he didn’t like to eat with other people around

  C. he didn’t wanted to be recognized by the waiters

  D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad

74. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?  

  A. Dissatisfied.        B. Pleased.        C. Surprised.       D. Angry.

75. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.  

  A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant  

  B. found it hard to balance his work and his family  

  C. was getting tired of his present job  

  D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

76. The author wants to tell us that ______.  

  A. people are actually all lonely in their own way   

  B. restaurants should put the need of customers first  

  C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely  

  D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people