Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.

Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1. People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

A．learn the latest news

B．meet their own different needs

C．read the short stories

D．find the morning news

2.From the passage we can see that           when people get newspapers.

A．they read them very carefully

B．they just read the headlines

C．not everyone reads all the pages

D．they have no time to read them

3. Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .

A．more and more people like to read them

B．people enjoy reading something different

C．newspapers become cheaper

D．more pages mean more money

4. Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.

A．in English                             B．in Chinese

C．in other language                       D．with many pages

5.According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.

A．magazines                             B．Advertisements

C．e-mails                               D．Internet

The aim of students who come to school is to study. But to study requires a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.

In studying we must have patience. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one until we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

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2.When is the best time to read?

    __________________________________________.

3.How many ways for studying are mentioned in the passage?

                                         .

4.Why must we always ask “whys” in our study?

                                         .

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Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick loot at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of te passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world, The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21^st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with internet.
【小题1】People read newspapers in order to            .

In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, and then if you can, ask someone else to go through(检查)what you have written and tell you what is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn’t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings, or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.

1.For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.

A．more important than reading and writing     B．not so important as reading and writing

C．as important as reading and writing          D．not so useful in learning English

2.When you are speaking, _______.

A．you shouldn’t make any mistakes          B．you must speak slowly

C．it doesn’t matter if you make any mistakes   D．you had better take a dictionary with you

3.One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to______.

A．speak as much as possible                 B．write notes or letters

C．ask some Americans to speak with you       D．read more English books

4.If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something_____.

A．difficult to read aloud                    B．easy to read to yourself

C．interesting to read to yourself              D．important to read aloud

5.In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better_______.

A．stop to look it up                        B．not look it up and just go on reading

C．stop reading at once                     D．not stop to look it up