A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediately can the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its _______.

A. wide coverage B. uniform style　?

C. speed in reporting news　D. popularity ?

It can be concluded from the passage that the newspaper readers _______.

A. apply reading techniques skillfully

B. jump from one newspaper to another ?

C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

D. usually read a newspaper selectively?

The best title for the passage would be _______.

A. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality ?

B. The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper?

C. The Variety of a Good Newspaper　?

D. Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

Travel to China is a lifetime experience and a better way to understand China. Only when you are there, you may start to appreciate and understand what a difference to live in a nation with a population of 1.3 billion.?

China offers variety choices for visitors. If you are interested in Chinese history, Chinese culture and Chinese scenery, your trip will be very fulfilled and very interesting. If you want to enjoy a peaceful sunshine beach holiday, there are plenty of tourist areas along the coastal line, which have unspoiled beaches and luxury hotels for visitors. In Hainan Island, the beautiful Sanya beaches are opened the whole year around and there is no winter in this island. If you want excitements and nightlife, stay in big cities. There are many places every night for international gathering. If you are adventurers, go to remote areas to watch wild life or visit minorities(少数民族) to see how they live in the hillsides or desert. If you are sporty, take a cycle trip along the countryside, enjoy the rural(田园的) life and meet with Chinese people long the route.?

You may have heard or read a lot about China from books, newspapers, magazines and TV programs. Some of them are true but most of them are out of date, incorrect or even false. China is different from many of your previous experiences and may shock you in many ways. This is what China is!

This country is changing and progressing every day. Yet it is still a developing country. After the economic reform, most of the developments concentrate in major cities and remote areas(边远地区) are still very backward. China is a very populated nation and people have to cope with the crowded environment. Foreign visitors may not get used to the mentality of the people and sometimes become frustrated with the situation, which they never experienced before. Basically Chinese are reserve, peaceful and nice. They are very polite too but in their own way. When a foreigner is willing to take a more positive attitude to recognize the difference, the trip will become worthwhile or you may ruin your trip completely by unreasonable expectation and misjudgment of the people in general.

According to the passage, if you go to China, you can enjoy all but _______.

A. mountain climbing    B. sunshine beach

C. rural life    D. watching wild life

After economic reform, most remote areas in China now _______.

A. also develop fast       B. are very rich?

C. still need developing  D. are very forward

This passage might be from _______.

A. advertising B. newspaper  C. novel  D. news?report

Sometimes,foreigners in China may become frustrated(气恼，沮丧).Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A. They are not used to the crowded environment.?

B. Sometimes, Chinese are not polite enough in foreigners' eyes.?

C. They don't think there are good sceneries in China.?

D. Chinese are reserve.

近年来，我们目睹了人类对地球造成的各种各样的破坏。假设你是一名中学生，名叫李华，根据下面所给的三个提示给社会大众写一封关于环境保护的呼?吁信?。?

①列举目前地球所面临的严重问题(floods, droughts, landslides and dust-storms, etc. );?

②呼吁全社会关注环境；?

③提出你的建议。?

注意：1.信中需包括以上内容，也可以自由发挥；?

2.词数：100左右；?

3.信的开头和结尾已给出。?

A letter of Appeal?

To everyone on our planet, Over the past years,

______________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely yours,

Li Hua

Few pleasures can equal _______ of a cool drink on a hot day.?

A. some  B. any     C. that     D. those?

It was very kind of you to do the washing up, but you _______ it.?

A. mustn't have done     B. wouldn't have done?

C. mightn't have done    D. didn't have to do ?

Stressful environment leads to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _____ increase the risk of heart disease.

       A．by chance               B．in other words         C．in return          D．in turn

—There is a lot of smoke coming out of the teaching-building there.?

—Really?It _________ be a fire,most probably.?

A.can             B.ought to             C.have to        D.must

More than one _________ the people heart and soul.?

A.official has served             B.officials have served?

C.official has served for        D.officials have served for ?

He is such a lazy man _________ nobody wants to work with __________.?

A.as;him        B.that;/           C.as;/             D.whom;him?

________ made me more unhappy was _________ the boy asked my friend to be his girlfriend and she agreed.?

A.What;that　              B.That;that?

C.What;whether　  D.It;that ?