Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?

     Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.

     Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather repets, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stones, anra ox course, auwmments. There are a sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

     Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons.

41. The habit of reading newspapers is

   A. widespread                    B. found among a few families

   C. not popular                    D. uncommon

42. In the past, news was

   A. sent by telegraph                B. sent by letter

   C. sent by telephone                D. passed from one person to another

43. The money spent on advertisements is

    A. wasted                       B. not much

    C. worthwhile                    D. of no use to anyone

 44. Which of the following statements is not tree?

    A. Five hundred years ago news didn't take a long time to reach other countries.

    B. Large companies put big advertisements in the newspapers because they want to draw people's attention to their products.

    C. The news that we need in our newspapers in up-to-date.

    D. Though the newspapers are sold at a low price, people still gain profit.

 45. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. Here the phrase "subscribe to"means           .

    A. contribute to                       B. write to

C. agree to buy for a specified time       D. appreciate

 (10·全国Ⅱ C篇)

Thousands of people living in the Chinese eapital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year by heading for the ski resorts(滑雪场).Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces now. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to the capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this New craze(热潮).

Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed an astonishing increase.There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr.Wei, a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.

Beijing’s sking craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private(私有的)cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs(郊区).which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei,About 40% of the visitors to his resort some in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.

The problem is making money.Starting ski resorturequires quite a lot of money:hiring land from the local government,preparing the hills,buying snow machines,making sure there are enough water and electricity to run them,and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers.The ski resort where Mr.Wei works cost nearly $4m to set up.And,as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea,many others rush in and price wars break out.Beijing now offers some of the cheapest ski training classes in the world,though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.

50.What does this text mainly talk about?

A.Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars

B.Skiing as a new way of enjoying one’s spare time

C.Things to be considered when starting a ski resort

D.A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing

51.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Burope?

A.To visit more ski areas

B.To ski on natrual snow

C.For a large collection of ski suits

D.For better services and equipment

52.The underlined words”leisure industry”in Paragraph 3 refer to        

A.transport to ski resorts

B.production of familycars

C.business of providing spare time enjoyments

D.part-time work for people living in the suburbs

53.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?

A.Difficulty in hiring land

B.Lack of business experience

C.……ski resorts.

D.Shortage of water and electricity

The American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too. A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products.
Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and two of his friends, who met during college at Virginia Tech, where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets. Last year, while living in North Carolina, one of them, Emily Olson, now 24, came up with one idea. She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but didn’t work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets. Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers, either.
Mr LaFAve and the third co-founder, Nik Bauman, both 25, worked in corporate sales and software development. “With business, food and computer science backgrounds, we figured we had everything we needed.” Mr LaFAve said.
The three quit their jobs, and opened this site to the public in December and the site has had 43,000 visitors in the past month. So far, 29 sellers have opened shops and 41 are in the process of opening them. The founders recently hired a fourth employee to help Ms Olson recruit(吸收) new food producers at farmers markets and food shows. Mr LaFAve is convinced that the recession(经济衰退) will not reduce people’s interest in buying locally grown and handmade food. “There is misunderstanding that all these foods are more expensive than mass-produced alternatives,” he said. “People are pouring their heart and soul into these products, and they are of the highest quality. ”
【小题1】 The passage is mainly about _______________.

A.how an online farmers’ market works
B.the American local food movement
C.three youths starting an online farmers’ market
D.the reasons why people are interested in local food
【小题2】Why did the founders start the online farmers’ market?
A.Because it met the need of the market.
B.Because the founders were interested in seasonal food.
C.Because some people wanted to buy locally grown food.
D.Because farmers wanted to sell their foods.
【小题3】 The underlined word in Paragraph 2 can be used to describe ______________.
A.food of high qualityB.terrible foodC.food of low fatD.fried food
【小题4】The founders of the site employed another person to help _______________.
A.open new shops in faraway markets
B.buy locally grown and handmade food
C.find more food outside their local farmers’ markets
D.find more food growers to open shops on their site
【小题5】About the three founders, we know that ________________.
A.they are of the same ageB.to start the website they gave up their work
C.they used to be colleagueD.they majored in farming at college

   C
Thousands of people living in the Chinese eapital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year by heading for the ski resorts(滑雪场).Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces
Now. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to
The capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this
New craze(热潮).
Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed an astonishing increase.There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr.Wei, a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts
In Europe.
Beijing’s sking craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private(私有的)cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs(郊区).which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei,About 40% of the visitors to his resort some in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.
The problem is making money.Starting ski resorturequires quite a lot of money:hiring land from the local government,preparing the hills,buying snow machines,making sure there are enough
water and electricity to run them,and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers.The ski resort where Mr.Wei works cost nearly $4m to set up.And,as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea,many others rush in and price wars break out.Beijing now offers some of
the cheapest ski training classes in the world,though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.
50.What does this text mainly talk about?
A.Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars
B.Skiing as a new way of enjoying one’s spare time
C.Things to be considered when starting a ski resort
D.A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing
51.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Burope?
A.To visit more ski areas
B.To ski on natrual snow
C.For a large collection of ski suits
D.For better services and equipment
52.The underlined words”leisure industry”in Paragraph 3 refer to        
A.transport to ski resorts
B.production of familycars
C.business of providing spare time enjoyments
D.part-time work for people living in the suburbs
53.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?
A.Difficulty in hiring land
B.Lack of business experience
C.……ski resorts.
D.Shortage of water and electricity

 

Thousands of people living in the Chinese eapital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year by heading for the ski resorts(滑雪场).Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces now. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to the capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this New craze(热潮).

Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed an astonishing increase.There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr.Wei, a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.

Beijing’s sking craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private(私有的)cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs(郊区).which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei,About 40% of the visitors to his resort some in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.

The problem is making money.Starting ski resorturequires quite a lot of money:hiring land from the local government,preparing the hills,buying snow machines,making sure there are enough water and electricity to run them,and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers.The ski resort where Mr.Wei works cost nearly $4m to set up.And,as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea,many others rush in and price wars break out.Beijing now offers some of the cheapest ski training classes in the world,though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.

1.What does this text mainly talk about?

A.Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars

B.Skiing as a new way of enjoying one’s spare time

C.Things to be considered when starting a ski resort

D.A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing

2.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Burope?

A.To visit more ski areas

B.To ski on natrual snow

C.For a large collection of ski suits

D.For better services and equipment

3.The underlined words”leisure industry”in Paragraph 3 refer to        

A.transport to ski resorts

B.production of familycars

C.business of providing spare time enjoyments

D.part-time work for people living in the suburbs

4.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?

A.Difficulty in hiring land

B.Lack of business experience

C.……ski resorts.

D.Shortage of water and electricity

 

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