Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have   1  . If you still come back to school   2 only these things , you are falling out-of-date(过时的) . Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and   3 to show off these things to   4 . Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries, the list is endless.
Young people think that , living in the 21st century , they must keep up with the times . They don't want to fall   5  . Besides, they think that they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones. They also like to   6  the pop music , so they need CD players . They explain that just like electronic dictionaries, these can be   7  in their study, too. They think that their parents should understand   8  they want these things .
Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they return to school at the beginning of a new term.   9  , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to   10  these high-tech things that they want .
【小题1】
A.changedB.comeC.joined D.stopped
【小题2】
A.toB.from C.of D.with
【小题3】
A.right B.lucky C.nice D.pleased
【小题4】
A.other B.the other C.others D.the others
【小题5】
A.down B.off C.behind D.back
【小题6】
A.hear B.listen to C.read D.play .
【小题7】
A.new B.modern C.latest D.useful
【小题8】
A.where B.which C.what D.why
【小题9】
A.But B.However C.So D.Still
【小题10】
A.borrow B.buy C.lend D.take

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.

Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1. People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

A.learn the latest news

B.meet their own different needs

C.read the short stories

D.find the morning news

2.From the passage we can see that           when people get newspapers.

A.they read them very carefully

B.they just read the headlines

C.not everyone reads all the pages

D.they have no time to read them

3. Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .

A.more and more people like to read them

B.people enjoy reading something different

C.newspapers become cheaper

D.more pages mean more money

4. Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.

A.in English                             B.in Chinese

C.in other language                       D.with many pages

5.According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.

A.magazines                             B.Advertisements

C.e-mails                               D.Internet

 

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