After reading the article written by the boy, the teacher was very angry, and she_____ many sentences in it.

A. crossed out　　　　     B. cut off

C. put on　　　　　　    D. left off

A. crossed out　　　　     B. cut off

C. put on　　　　　　    D. left off

The first regularly published newspaper in England 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 Courtant, which 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 newspaper, 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(发行量)in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It sells more than eleven million copies every year.

1. The first regularly printed European newspaper started in ________________.

A. Rome in 59 B. C.

B. Germany in 1609

C. Amsterdam in 1620

D. England in 1621

2. The first daily newspaper in English started in________________.

A. 1620　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. 1621

C. 1690　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. 1702

3. From the article, we know that________________.

A. newspapers have the longest history in the United States

B. English language newspaper has the largest circulation in the world

C. the first daily newspaper was printed in Rome in 59 B. C.

D. there are all kinds of newspapers all over the world today

4. The best title for this passage should be________________.

A. History of newspaper

B. History of Daily newspapers

C. The Beginning of newspapers

D. On Reading newspapers

The first newspaper was 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 published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The first regularly published newspaper in England 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 Courtant, which 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 newspaper, 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(发行量)in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It sells more than eleven million copies every year.

1. The first regularly printed European newspaper started in ________________.

A. Rome in 59 B. C.

B. Germany in 1609

C. Amsterdam in 1620

D. England in 1621

2. The first daily newspaper in English started in________________.

A. 1620　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. 1621

C. 1690　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. 1702

3. From the article, we know that________________.

A. newspapers have the longest history in the United States

B. English language newspaper has the largest circulation in the world

C. the first daily newspaper was printed in Rome in 59 B. C.

D. there are all kinds of newspapers all over the world today

4. The best title for this passage should be________________.

A. History of newspaper

B. History of Daily newspapers

C. The Beginning of newspapers

D. On Reading newspapers

Saturday, October 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna Politkovskaya. Two weeks earlier, her father, a retired official in the department of foreign affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskaya’s mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed(诊断) with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husband’s funeral. “Your father will forgive me, because he knows that I have always loved him,” she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was buried. A week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief.

Politkovskaya was supposed to spend the day at the hospital, but her twenty-six-year-old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskaya’s apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby. “Anna had so much on her mind,” Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas. “And she was trying to finish her article.” Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that can be seen all over the southern republic of Chechnya. This time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people faithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of Russia. In the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime; many had been collected in her book “A Small Corner of Hell: reports from Chechnya.” Politkovskaya was far more likely to spend time in a hospital than on a battlefield, and her writing bore frequent witness to robbery, and the uncontrolled cruelty of life in a place that few other Russians—and almost no other reporters—cared to think about.

41. Politkovskaya’s father died of ______.

A. tiredness          B. a heart disease        C. an attack       D. an accident

42. From the text we know that Raisa Mazepa ______.

   A. didn’t love her husband                   

B. didn’t attend her husband’s funeral

C. was having an operation the day her husband was buried

   D. was too sad to attend her husband’s funeral

43. The underlined word “emerged” most likely means ______.

   A. came out        B. went into      C. disappeared      D. left for

44. How many family members of Anna are mentioned in the passage?

   A. Three.           B. Four         C. Five            D. Six

45. Which of the following words can best describe Politkovskaya’s character?

   A. Curious         B. easy-going     C. careless          D. responsible