阅读理解

　　To write a great news story , you have to make sure it is correct , relevant(相关的)and fresh．

　　For a start, all the information in a story must be correct．Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts．

　　Any mistakes that appear(出现)in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble．

　　For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong．He wasn't the first．The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake．

　　A news story is not only correct ，but also relevant to its readers．People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them．That is why you care more about what happens at your school that at American schools．It is also why newspapers in Beijing don 't talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong．

　　Finally , news must always be fresh．When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day．You don't want to read about news from last week !

　　So , now you know what makes a good news story．Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news．you can try writing a news story for our

　　newspaper like a real reporter．

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完形填空，通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。

“You speak very good English”

　　The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English．“You 　　1　　 very good English．” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor．” The foreigner was quite

　　　　2　　 at the answer．Thinking he had not made himself 　　3　　 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well．” But the Chinese student still 　　4　　 saying “No”．　　5　　 the foreigner gave up and didn't know what to say．

　　What's wrong with the student's answer? It is because he didn't accept a compliment as the American people 　　6　　．He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”．He actually understood what the American had said．But he thought he should be modest．If someone says to a woman, “ You look 　　7　　 beautiful with the new clothes 　　8　　．” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you．” In our country we think 　　9　　 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior．But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 　　10　　 I can't do it well, ” then the others will take it for granted(理所当然)that you 　　11　　 can not do it．If you often say, “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 　　12　　．When 　　13　　 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it．So in the West, one should always be confident．　　14　　 self-confidence, he can't go anywhere．Confidence is of great 　　15　　 to one in a country where competition is quite keen．(激烈)

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阅读理解

　　A man in a very famous restaurant started to take off his jacket．As soon as he saw this, the head waiter rushed over to his table and said, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, because it is not good manners(礼貌)to do it in such a nice restaurant．”

　　“Now, listen,” said the man．“I will let you know that the Queen(女王)of England gave me permission(许可)to take off my jacket here．”

　　“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise．

　　“Sure．” replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine took me to see the Queen．It was very hot．I started taking my coat off．The Queen looked over and said, ‘You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here!’ So I got the Queen’s permission, right?”

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