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The editor must never forget that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising. He is usually anxious to keep the good will of local businessmen for this reason. But if the newspaper is well written and the news items have been carefully chosen to attract local readers, the businessmen are thankful for the opportunity to keep their products in the public eye.

Local newspapers do not often comment on problems of national importance and editors rarely take sides on political questions. But they can often be of service to the community in expressing public feeling on local issues. A newspaper can sometimes persuade the council to take action to provide better shopping facilities, improve transport in the area and preserve local monuments and places of interest.

These papers often sound rather dull and it seems surprising that they all make a profit, but for many people in small towns and villages the death of someone known to them or the fix of traffic lights at a busy corner nearby can sometimes be more important than a disaster in a foreign country.

1. What should the editor remember according to the first paragraph?

   A. Money.               B. Newspaper.

   C. People.               D. Advertising.

2. What is the local newspapers' attitude on national political questions?

   A. They seldom have their own ideas.

   B. They often express their ideas.

   C. They are against one side.

   D. They are for another side.

3. Do businessmen like the local newspapers?

   A. No, they are for business.

   B. Yes, from the advertising on the newspapers they can sell well.

   C. Yes, they can write for the newspaper.

   D. No, they can't get much money from the newspaper.

4. A local newspaper can persuade the council ________.

  A. to provide better shopping facilities

  B. to preserve local monuments

  C. to improve transport in the area

  D. all above

 

Poetry is an interesting form of writing. It is very free, has few restrictions and can be a great way to express feelings. Writing a poem is all about observing the world within you or around you.

To write a poem, first you should begin with an idea or inspiration. Inspiration may come at any time unexpectedly. It may be a specific person, place or thing that causes some sort of strong emotion. It may be more of an abstract idea or release of emotion.

After getting the idea, you can write down everything that comes to mind. Don’t think much and let all feelings pour out. Remember everything can be thrown out later.

Then, you can think about its form and begin to organize thoughts. Poetry comes in many forms, from epic poetry that has a story to dramatic poetry intended to be performed. Try them all out. One will come naturally. Maybe different poems fit different forms. When you write a poem, think about both meter (韵律) and rhythm carefully, which are equally important in poetry. Meter is the fixed pattern of the poem, while rhythm refers to the sound when it is spoken. It is also important to use a lot of descriptive words. Create imagery (意象) with words, trying to make them attractive to all the senses. For auditory (听觉的) interest, try repeating of similar sounds in a sentence or phrase. All of this adds life and interest to a poem.

After you finish your work, don’t be afraid to share your work with others. When others point out your weakness, accept and grow from it.

1.What does the underlined word “restriction” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?_______

A.Change.

B.Order.

C.Limitation.

D.Organization.

2.When you begin to write a poem, you should first    .

A.begin with some specific persons

B.come up with an idea

C.describe a famous place

D.organize your thoughts

3.We can infer from the text that    .

A.writing poems needs imagination and the ability to use language well

B.people can get more ideas if they often share their poems with others

C.people should first learn to write epic poetry, then dramatic poetry

D.people need to write down every feeling they want to release at a time

4.What’s the purpose of the text?_________

A.To tell readers how to write a poem.

B.To encourage more people to write poems.

C.To show what quality a good poem should have.

D.To teach people how to appreciate poems.

 

Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometers away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to Europe just for watching a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then attend a college far across the country. When he has entered business, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, is a very common practice in the United States. Job-hopping is good to workers, because every change of a job gives them a chance to move up to a higher position and to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills that different people bring to their companies and factories.

1. According to this passage, Americans often travel_______.

A. in order to have dinner with their friends

B. in order to watch football matches

C. to enjoy themselves

D. in order to find a new job

2. In some places in America, ________ for more than five years.

A. most people stay in one place

B. about 20% of the people live in one place

C. the owners of houses stay in one place

D. the owners of five house stay in one place

3. In the USA, job-hopping_______.

A. has become the custom (习惯)

B. has helped young people to attend to college

C. has helped students to enter business

D. has helped worker in traveling

4. The writer thinks________.

A. job-hopping does good either to workers or to the bosses

B. job-hopping does good neither to the workers nor to the bosses

C. little of the job-hopping

D. highly of the job-hopping

 

 

We each have a memory. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1. Some people can easily learn many things by heart because ________.

A.they always sleep very well   B.they often eat good food

C.they read a lot of books      D.they have very good memories

2. Before a child can speak, he must ________.

A.read and write                 B.make sentences

C.hear and remember the sounds    D.think hard

3. In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because________ .

A.they have no good memories     B.they have no recorders

C.they have too much time for it    D.they are busy with other subjects

4. Your memory will become better and better ________.

A.if you have plenty of good food

B.if you do more and more exercises

C.if you do morning exercises every day

D.if you get up early

 

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