题目内容
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There are many types of reports. A report is simply an account of something that has happened. The commonest are news reports. We get them in newspapers, over the radio and on television Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels.
The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news. If you examine a newspaper closely, you will find that there are all types of news, accidents, floods, fires, wars, fashions, spoils,
books, etc. The news covers everything that happens to people and their surroundings. Some-
times there are news items which are very amusing.
A news report is usually very short, except when it is about something very important, but it contains a lot of information. It is also written in short paragraphs. The first paragraph is in fact
a summary of the news item. It gives all the necessary information -what, when, where, how
and why. The other paragraphs give full details of the subjects. There may also be interviews
with people. The words actually spoken by them are written in inverted commas(引号).
Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more interesting.
53. The easiest way to get today's news is _______
A. to go to the cinema B. to watch a color TV
C. to read today's newspapers D. to listen to music over the radio
54. Newspapers sell well mainly because _______
A. they cost very little
B. they are easy to get
C. they have got pictures to go with the news
D. they provide all sorts of news in them
55. If you want to get enough information about yesterday's traffic accident within a very short time, you can __
A. read the first paragraph of the news report in today's newspaper
B. start with the second paragraph of the news report in today' s newspaper
C. look through the whole news report in today' s newspaper
D. talk with people who have seen the accident
56. To interest more people, a news report __
A. usually produces amusing news
B. always writes very short news reports
C. often prints pictures to go with the news
D. sometimes provides long and important news
57. This passage mainly talks about __
A. different types of reports B. news reports
C. happenings to people and their surroundings D. the length of a news report
53---57 CDACB
Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city, 41_was very near the countryside. She worked 42 a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of. 43__. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she 44 her classes exciting. But she had a 45 point. Some of her notes (音调) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed 46 . In order to improve her notes, she took 47 chance that she could find to practise.
As her house was not big, she couldn't practise 48__ in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing 49 the country road. She practised her high notes 50 walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car 51 along the road, she 52 singing. She did not want her high notes to be 53 , for she was shy.
One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so 54 and so fast that she didn't 55 it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her 56 and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a 57 expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to 58 all the tires (轮胎) carefully.
Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the 59 he had heard really was. The driver found 60 wrong, got back into the car and drove off.
A. that | B. which | C. where | D. there |
A. as | B. like | C. with | D. on |
A. books | B. pictures | C. sports | D. music |
A. got | B. supported | C. made | D. forced |
A. weak | B. strong | C. good | D. special |
A. painting | B. locking | C. cleaning | D. oiling |
A. some | B. each | C. a | D. other |
A. operating | B. listening | C. singing | D. other |
A. across | B. beside | C. close to | D. along |
A. as soon as | B. while | C. after | D. before |
A. coming | B. disappearing | C. leaving | D. driving |
A. kept | B. went on | C. stopped | D. began |
A. found | B. made | C. hearing | D. heard |
A. quietly | B. quickly | C. carefully | D. slowly |
A. recognize | B. catch | C. realize | D. provide |
A. biggest | B. highest | C. nice | D. largest |
A. puzzled | B. sad | C. serious | D. happy |
A. watch | B. examine | C. control | D. notice |
A. fact | B. note | C. noise | D. music |
A. the tires | B. everything | C. something | D. nothing |