Question

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 when they have free time during the day ,because 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 passages.

We can find newspapers 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 come out once a week, but most of the papers come out once a day with many pages, some even twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others like short stories better. 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. only 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. newspaper become cheaper

D. more pages mean more money

4.The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.

A. in English B. in Chinese

C. in other language D. with many pages

5.From the passage, we know people can also get more information from _______.

A. magazines B. advertisements

C. e-mail D. Internet

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了读报纸已经变成了我们生活中非常重要的一部分。

1. just choose what they are interested in.”可知读报纸只是为了满足他们的需求，选B。

2. we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page.”可知人们读报纸只是想了解周围发生了什么事，若没时间，他们就匆匆扫下标题，故选C。

3. know different people enjoy reading different newspapers.”可知人们的兴趣不一样，所以报纸的页数也会相应增加，故选B。

4. newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world.”可推断出英语报纸是最出名的，故选A。

5. they bring us more and more information with Internet.”可知越来越多的信息也可以从网络上获得，故选D。

考点：生活类短文阅读。