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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.

He insisted that he _________ nothing wrong and ________free .

A．should do ; should be set B．should do; had been set

C．had done; should be set D．had done; had been set[

______ the window, my finger was cut unexpectedly.

A. While I was cleaning B. To clean C. Cleaning D. While cleaning

At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. But what should I do to celebrate my 60th birthday? What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica. I began my almost 400-mile journey on November 1st, 1997,a few days before my birthday. I walked and skied alone. My dog team were not with me to pull my sled. Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin.

The first days the weather was very good. The wind was icy but not very strong and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. But changes were just around the corner. On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather and during the nest week the wind grew stronger and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.

I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that threatened to blow me and the tent away, but none of that happened.

from the text we know the writer was born on ___.

A. 1st November 1937 B. 12th November 1937

C. 22nd November 1947 D .1st November 1957

Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin. “ Another journey” here means ___.

A. the travel to the North Pole. B. another journey to Antarctica.

C .400- mile journey on November 1st 1997. D. a new trip that she was planning.

After reading the short passage, we can guess that ___.

A. the trip to the North Pole must be the same hard as that to the South Pole.

B. The trip to the Antarctica may be more dangerous than that to the Arctic

C. There was no danger though the trip to the South Pole was hard.

D. During the trip to the Antarctica, the weather, most of the time, was not so bad.

Do you think which kind of people the writer is?

A .mean B .generous C .brave D .handsome

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分)

下面短文中共有10处错误,每句最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last week, I met a stranger who seemed to be losing. I offered to guide him to a

place where he wanted to go, but to my surprise, he refused my offer to helping. I asked

him why not. He told me that he was afraid I would ask him money if I helped him in

this way. Then I fell into deep thought: Was it money that came between us? I agreed

that money is become more and more important in our society, and it should not be

everything. We should try my best to help others and trust each other. If everyone

does this, our society will be good and better.

--- What do you think about Chinese knot in the shop window?

--- Oh, it’s so beautiful. You may give it to Debbie as gift for the Dragon Boat Festival.

A. a; a B. the; a C. a; the D. the; the

Liu came _____ first by two seconds, breaking _______ record set by Li last year.

A. the ; / B. /; the C. the; a D. /; /

阅读下面短讯，谈谈你对网吧（Internet Bar）现象的看法。（不必把短讯译成英文）

短讯1、最近上海关闭了许多网吧，但仍有学生周末一早乘车去郊区上网。

短讯2、武汉市一位母亲哭求着一位网吧老板，叫他关闭网吧。

短讯3、吉林省长春市6000余学生举行集体签名仪式，保证远离网吧。

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________ cold, he covered his blanket, _____ only his arms _____ .

A. Felt, left, uncovered B. Feeling, left, uncovered

C.Feeling, leaving, uncovered D. Felt, left, uncovering

The boy was lucky enough to have escaped _____for being late for school .

A. being punished B. to be punished

C. punishing D. to have been punished

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