题目内容

　　The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B.C. In the 700's the world's first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regularly（定期的）published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

　　The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant（每日新闻）.It came out in March 1702.

　　In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started the Boston Newsletter（波士顿新闻通讯）, the first newspaper published daily in the American colonies（殖民地）. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

　　Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation（发行额）in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shim bun（朝日新闻）. It sells more than eleven million copies every day.

(1) The first daily newspaper came out in ____.

[　　]

A．59 B.C.
B．700's
C．1609
D．1620

(2) The first regularly published newspaper in Europe was printed in_____.

[　　]

A．England
B．Germany
C．France
D．Sweden

(3) The first English daily newspaper was started in______.

[　　]

A．London
B．Rome
C．Amsterdam
D．Boston

(4) The fast printed newspaper in America came out in _____.

[　　]

A．Washington
B．New York
C．Boston
D．New Orleans
答案：A;B;C;C
解析：

(1)在文章第一段得知最早的日报于公元前59年在罗马创办．

(2)从第一段可以得知．

(3)从第二段可以得知．

(4)从第三段可以得知．


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Beijing, China’s cultural center is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people by reducing ticket prices and organizing more colorful performances.

Attending a performance or concert at weekends should no longer be a luxury, said Zhang Heping, director of the Beijing Municipal(市政府的) Cultural Bureau, at the government department’s yearly work conference. Zhang put into a number of changes last year to increase audiences, such as designing some low-cost performances, the most popular of which was a show called“Open the Door of the Music”, aiming at students on summer vacation.

Previously, performances had tickets priced at above 100 yuan—more than one tenth of the average monthly salary of a Beijing resident. But the low-cost shows would limit prices between 5 yuan and 30 yuan.

Zhang said it was wrong to believe that few people remained interested in cultural performances. Tickets had simply been out of most people’s reach, Zhang said. More than 10 Beijing professional performance bodies have gradually been taken off government funding in recent years and have been left to fend for themselves. Zhang said“less profit, more audience”is better than“no profit and no audience”.

Beijing has planned to become an international city, but needs first-class cultural performances as well as firs-rate infrastructure(基础设施). Zhang also emphasizes the importance of large-scale activities, promising to organize more of them this year like open-air concerts performed by various amateur(业余) groups.

1. Beijing is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people because__________.

A. it agrees with the development of modern society

B. Beijing is trying its best to host the 2008 Olympic Games

C. people can enjoy themselves there without paying money

D. ticket prices are reduced and performances are more colorful

2. The underlined word “fend for” here means “__________”.

A. support　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. search

C. promise　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       D. find

3. The best title for the passage is “__________”.

A. Door to art and music opens wider in Beijing

B. Making art more popular

C. Beijing is improving its infrastructure

D. Attract audience with special culture

 

Beijing, China’s cultural center is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people by reducing ticket prices and organizing more colorful performances.

Attending a performance or concert at weekends should no longer be a luxury, said Zhang Heping, director of the Beijing Municipal(市政府的) Cultural Bureau, at the government department’s yearly work conference. Zhang put into a number of changes last year to increase audiences, such as designing some low-cost performances, the most popular of which was a show called“Open the Door of the Music”, aiming at students on summer vacation.

Previously, performances had tickets priced at above 100 yuan—more than one tenth of the average monthly salary of a Beijing resident. But the low-cost shows would limit prices between 5 yuan and 30 yuan.

Zhang said it was wrong to believe that few people remained interested in cultural performances. Tickets had simply been out of most people’s reach, Zhang said. More than 10 Beijing professional performance bodies have gradually been taken off government funding in recent years and have been left to fend for themselves. Zhang said“less profit, more audience”is better than“no profit and no audience”.

Beijing has planned to become an international city, but needs first-class cultural performances as well as firs-rate infrastructure(基础设施). Zhang also emphasizes the importance of large-scale activities, promising to organize more of them this year like open-air concerts performed by various amateur(业余) groups.

1. Beijing is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people because__________.

A. it agrees with the development of modern society

B. Beijing is trying its best to host the 2008 Olympic Games

C. people can enjoy themselves there without paying money

D. ticket prices are reduced and performances are more colorful

2. The underlined word “fend for” here means “__________”.

A. support　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. search

C. promise　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       D. find

3. The best title for the passage is “__________”.

A. Door to art and music opens wider in Beijing

B. Making art more popular

C. Beijing is improving its infrastructure

D. Attract audience with special culture

 

－Hi, Mark．How was the musical evening?

－Excellent!Ales and Andy performed ________ and they won the firs prize．

[　　]

A．skillfully

B．commonly

C．willingly

D．nervously

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　　Step into Pat Lundin's home and you'll be greeted by 500 smiling faces of dolls．Lundin, 82, describes herself as “doll crazy”．And she's not alone．

　　As a member of Timeless Treasures Doll Club of Largo, she frequently meets with 25 other women who share her hobby．Once a month, they gather at the Palms of Largo to show off their latest finds and catch up on news in the world of doll collecting．

　　On Saturday, the club will hold the Palms of Largo Fifth Annual Doll Show．The program will include 37 vendors(卖主)with both classic and contemporary dolls for sale．

　　“Timeless Treasures is a club that's open to doll lovers regardless of the age of the doll,” said Judy Smith, president of the organization．“Some doll clubs require members have a certain number of antique dolls, but we don't．we make sure we are not terribly formal．”

　　Smith, 71, is a retired schoolteacher who owns Judy's Doll Hospital, a part-time business she operates out of her home．She will have a table offering repair and appraisal(鉴定)services．

　　Smith firs began studying and collecting dolls in her early 20s,in Glassboro, New Jersey, she does not know how many dolls she owns, or how many repairs she has made over the years．But she does know the age of her oldest doll．

　　“She's 129,” Smith said．“It is a German-made doll that belonged to my grandmother, and it sits in my living room．”

　　The show is for both the beginner as well as the experienced collector, said Anita Munson, one of the show's organizers．

　　Over the years, Munson, 82, has learned how to identify a valuable doll．“Generally speaking porcelain(瓷制的)dolls are the most valuable,” she said．“But the porcelain will not be shiny．”

　　Smith believes many people will attend to find out how much their dolls are worth．She wants them to know more．

　　“Because the dolls reflect what the children were wearing and doing at a particular period of time, they can be a great history lesson for children now,” she said．

(1)

According to the passage, Timeless Treasures is _______．

[　　]

A．

a club for doll lovers

B．

a company selling dolls

C．

a group of retired teachers

D．

an organization repairing toys

(2)

We can infer that the show has been held _______．

[　　]

A．

twice

B．

four times

C．

six times

D．

eight times

(3)

What can we learn about Smith?

[　　]

A．

She owns the oldest doll in the world．

B．

She has collected about five hundred dolls

C．

She has studied dolls for about fifty years

D．

She worked as a businesswoman before retirement

(4)

Smith wants people to know _______．

[　　]

A．

porcelain dolls are not valuable

B．

collecting dolls is a way to make money

C．

dolls have nothing to do with tradition

D．

dolls may help children learn about history

(5)

The passage is written mainly to _______．

[　　]

A．

describe the colorful life of a group of elderly women

B．

explain why some people like collecting old dolls

C．

introduce a recent doll show and its host organization

D．

offer knowledge and experience about doll collecting

— Hi, Mark. How was the musical evening?

— Excellent! Ales and Andy performed ________ and they won the firs prize.

A. skillfully          　　 B. commonly       　　　 C. willingly           　　 D. nervously

 

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