“If there is one thing I’m sure about，it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers．It is not that newspapers are a necessity．Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio．Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday．But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation．

    The nature of what is news may change．What basically makes news is what affects our lives—the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters，will continue much the same．I think there will be more coverage of scientific research，though．It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives，like genetic (基因) engineering．In the future，I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do—as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are．

It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home．In fact，I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future．You will probably be able to choose from a menu，making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read——sports and international news，etc．

    I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media(媒体)．They actually feed off each other．Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened．What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air．And as for the Internet，it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen．

What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Best Way to Get News            B．The Changes of Media

 C．Make Your Own Newspaper           D．The Future of Newspaper

What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?

A．Sports and political news．          B．A menu of important news．

C．The most important news．          D．What you are interested in．

From the passage，we can infer ________．

A．newspapers will win the competition among the different media

B．newspapers will stay with us together with other media

C．television will take the place of newspaper

D．the writer believe some media will die out

The underlined phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means _________

A．depend on    B．compete with     C．fight with    D．kill off

These people, getting ready to travel across the desert to look for a new place to live in, must water their camels. The camel driver tries to get each camel to drink as much water as possible because the little water that these people take along will be needed by themselves.

A very big camel can hold more water than some cars can hold gasoline (汽油). That's why the camel can go for many days without having to drink. It's a good thing that camel can do this, because it may have to in the great, dry desert.

Nomads (游牧民) never keep their homes in one place very long. They're always moving. That's what Nomads are—people who wander around instead of living in one place.

Every time the Arab Nomads set out across the hot, sandy desert, it is a new adventure. They must find food for the animals, or the animals will die.

1．The water the camel has drunk can be enough for _____________.

  A．only one day        B．about a month     C．a moment          D．some time

2．People who move their homes here and there are called _____________.

  A．Nomads              B．adventures         C．Arabs              D．camel drivers

3．Camels drink as much water as possible before going to another place because ___________.

  A．they are animals                           B．they are thirsty

  C．the drivers will need water                  D．they will cross the great, waterless desert

4．To those who travel across the hot and sandy desert, the travel is _____________.

  A．something new                            B．hard and dangerous

  C．pleasant and exciting                            D．an interesting thing

5．The Nomads wander from one place to another because _____________.

  A．They are used to such a way of life       B．they have to feed their camels

  C．They want to look for better jobs          D．they want to train their camels