题目内容
1. About three hundred years ago the newspaper was_______.
A. white B. black C. black and white
2. Why did the newspaper become very important in the writer’s life later?
A. Because he had nothing to do with the newspaper.
B. Because he had been a writer for more than twenty years.
C. Because he had been a newspaper reporter for more than twenty years.
3. The first newspaper that had only one issue was printed_______.
A. in Boston in 1790
B. in Boston in 1690
C. in New York in 1690
提示：
When I was young and going to school, a joke was played to me. My friend said, “What is black and white and read all over?” Of course I said, “I do not know!” My friend said, “The newspaper!” and started to laugh. Those were the days before I read the newspaper. That was before I knew what was ahead and how important the newspaper would become in my life. The first American newspaper was published in Boston in 1690. The paper had only one issue. The next newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, printed in 1704, during the following years several other papers were printed in different parts of America. Today there are thousands of newspapers throughout the world that report world, national and local news in many different languages. There are morning and evening papers, all of which have material for every reader. But what is a newspaper? A newspaper is a printed paper that presents the current news in the local community as well as news of national and world events. The world events and important local events are usually reported on the front page. As you go through the paper, you can find sports news, comics, news on deaths, and news of social events. The heart of the newspaper is the reporter, since without news there would not be a newspaper. I have been a reporter for more than twenty years. I love to get the story and report it to you. I am your eyes and ears in this community.
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Goats are being hired to do the work of people near SanDiego. The fires that occurred in Hillborbough four years ago destroyed thirty homes, most of which have been rebuilt. While people were rebuilding the homes, the grasses and bushes were growing back. The area is now so overgrown in bushes that there is again a major danger of fire.
The city council asked for offers to remove the bushes. The lowest bid they received was $50,000-----and that was if the city provided breakfast and lunch for the workers for thr six weeks it would take to clear the overgrown area. The city only wanted to give unlimited coffee and a piece of bread a day for each person. When that offer was rejected, the city asked for help on its website.
A sheepherder（养绵羊的人） in Montanta and a goatherder（养山羊的人） in San Bernardino read about the city’s plight （困境）while surfing the Web on their laptops. They both offered to do the job for $25,000. The council chosed the goatherder because he lived closer. When he was told that the city dump（垃圾场） was overflowing , the gotherder said, “No problem. My goats will eat everything in your dump, except the car engines, of course.” So ,for another $5,000, the city killed two birds with one stone. If all goes well, they will invite the goatherder and his “family” back every three years. The goatherder said that he would probably visit San Diego while his goats were in the dump. “I want to go there by plane, I just hope we don’t crash. My goats will miss me a lot.” He said.
【小题1】Why did the city council want to remove the bush?
| A．Because the fires in hillborbough destroyed 30 homes. |
| B．Because people wanted to build their homes there. |
| C．Because the overgrown bushes could cause fires again. |
| D．Because two sheeherder offered to do the job. |
| A．He offered to do it for the lower price |
| B．It was easier to transport his goat |
| C．Goats can do the job better than the job |
| D．The city wanted to raise more goats |
A．the sheepherder off ered to do the job for $50.000 |
| B．the lowest bid to remove the bushes was $50,000 |
| C．the sheepherder and the goatherder were both addicted to surfing the Internet. |
| D．hiring goats to do the job saved the government lots of money. |
| A．the city will remove the bushes in this area regularly |
| B．the goatherder asked for $50,000 to kill the birds with stones. |
| C．the goatherder was invited to San Diego to do some sightseeing. |
| D．the city council was not kind to the people who worked for it. |