The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in pubic places．The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC．In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China．The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens．Europe didn’t have a regularly  published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The fist regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in 1620．In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly．The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant, which didn’t appear until March 1702.

In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston．But the local government soon stopped its publication．In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston News-letter, the first newspaper to be published daily in America．By 1760, the whole America had more than thirty daily newspapers．There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world．The largest circulation for a newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which sells over eleven million copies every day.

In Europe, the newspaper was first regularly published_____.

A .in England                B．in Germany

C．in France                        D．in London

The first English newspaper printed and sold every day appeared _________.

A．in 1620                B．in 1609  

C．at the end of the 17^th century  D．at the beginning of the 18^th century.

How many years earlier was the newspaper printed in China than in America?

A．9 or 10 centuries．     

B．More than 1000 years.

C．700 years or so         

D．Less than 800 years.

Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A．The World’s First Newspaper.

B．History of Newspaper.

C．The First Daily Newspaper in American.

D．A Remarkable Man-Benjamin Harris.

第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节{共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳

项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

  Benjamin Banneker was a farmer，inventor，astronomer writer and antislavery supporter．He created the first American—built striking clock．

    That fall，as usual，Benjamin rode to the nearby town for supplies．He couldn’t wait to get to the end of the road and buy the things his mother wanted．Then he could have a good talk with the folks in town．The truth was，as much as Benjamin loved his mother and father and three sisters，what he really enjoyed was talking about books or math problems or what was happening in other parts of the colonies(殖民地)．

    It was about l0 o’clock by the sun when Benjamin arrived at a store．He ordered a bolt(一卷)of white cloth for his mother and looked around for someone to taik to．Benjamin’s heart jumped like a rabbit when he saw a friend holding a gold watch．Benjamin had always wanted to figure out how clocks and watches worked．The friend saw Benjamin and let him sit down for a good talk．

    Late that afternoon，Benjamin rode home，slowly．He didn’t want to harm the watch that his friend had let him borrow．That nigh after supper，Benjamin carefully laid the watch on the table and pulled the candle closer．“This is a watch，”he said．“A man in fown lent it to me，and now I’m going to take it apart and draw the pieces．Then 1’11 put it back together again．Benjamin held his breath and gently took the back off the watch．

    Every evening for a week，Benjamin sat at the table with the watch．He copied eaeh tiny

wheel and pin．When the week was up，he put the pieces back togelher and returned the watch to its owner．Then Benjamin got a good night’s sleep．

    The next day when the farm work was done，Benjamin went into the woods to 1ook for just the right pieces of wood．Not too old，not too dry，not too green，not too soft．

    For two years，Benjamin farmed all day and worked on his wood pieces at night．In1753，two years after he had borrowed the watch，Benjamin put all the pieces together．Benjamin had made his own clock．

1．The most likely reason the author wrote the passage was to__________．

  A．show the influence Benjamin Banneker’s family had on him

  B．present reasons for Benjamin Banneker’s fascination with clocks

  C．explain Benjamin Banneker’s reason for becoming an inventor

  D．give an example of Benjamin Banneker’s strong will and intelligence

2.Benjamin especially looked forward to going to the store to __________.

 A．avoid work on the farm    B．purchase white cloth

 C．meet interesring people    D．show his new clock to others

3．Why did Benjamin most likely hold his breath when he took the back off the watch?

  A．He feared his friend might want to get the watch back．

  B．He was very nervous about taking apart a precious object.

  C．He wanted to time how long it would take to finish the job．

  D．He was afraid that broken watch parts would fly into his face．

The 　　　of Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics will allow Beijing to become the focal point for tourists fr.m across the globe.

A. theme　　　 B. purpose　　　　　 C. task　　　　　 D. brand

I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back when working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He   1  space in a little strip mall and gave his shop the fancy   2   of Mr.Ben’s Coiffure.The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three  4   a week,which meant getting up at 3 am.To  5    rubbish,Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I  6   

garbage cans and picked up litter by hand.   7  took two to three hours to clean the lot.I’d  8

in the car on the way home.?

I did this for two years,  9  the lessons I learned there have lasted a lifetime.I  10 discipline and a strong work ethic,and learned at an early age the importance of   11  life’s competing interests —in my case,school, homework and a job.This really 12 during my senior year of high school,    13     I worked 40 hours a week flipping (翻动) burgers at a fast-?food joint while 14  a full load of college-prep courses.?

The hard work   15   off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to  16    graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. Later,I    17   a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly.In these   18   and in everything else I’ve done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The    19   taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to   20   for themselves and their families,that is something we should honor. ?

1. A.bought           B.had          C.rented                         D.built?

2. A.sign               B.mark         C.name                   D.board?

3. A.discount         B.bill?        C.praise                  D.punishment?

4. A.days               B.hours         C.mornings             D.nights?

5. A.make up            B.fill up?    C.pick up                     D.take off?

6. A.emptied                 B.collected C.carried                   D.filled?

7. A.This                B.That       C.I                    D.It

8. A.cry                        B.laugh    C.complain               D.sleep?

9. A.though                  B.but       C.so                    D.then?

10. A.acquired              B.wanted        C.liked                   D.called?

11. A.gaining                B.balancing?C.avoiding            D.abandoning?

12. A.worked                B.did      C.happened                     D.helped?

13. A.then                    B.when     C.while                   D.as?

14. A.having                 B.joining    C.taking                 D.doing?

15. A.paid                    B.took      C.laid                     D.kicked?

16. A.ask                   B.seek     C.accept                     D.receive?

17. A.went                    B.joined     C.opened                 D.charged?

18. A.ways                   B.jobs      C.schools                D.firms?

19. A.lessons                 B.memory?C.experience                  D.teachers?

20. A.support                B.earn      C.give                           D.provide?

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706 in Boston，America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia；he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries；he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman；he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital；he also organized the country’s first subscription library (收费图书馆)．
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight  and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on，so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today，we call them bifocals (双光眼镜)．Another invention of his，an iron stove，allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning (闪电) and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson，the third president of America，called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”．To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”．
【小题1】Benjamin Franklin was NOT a________.