Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that’s not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I’m interested in things happening at school. ” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There’s also world news: from international problems to pop stars.

Read the newspaper carefully, we’ll find different types of articles on the pages:

News stories — these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.

Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn’t just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.

Advertisement — Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!

1.The underlined sentence means that the readers ___________.

A．should understand interesting news stories

B．ought to know which kind of things to read

C．need to look at the school news first

D．must know the contents of all the news

2.In the writer’s opinion, we’d better be ___________ advertisements in newspapers.

A．interested in       B．against            C．worried about      D．careful of

3.This passage mainly discusses how___________.

A．reporters write different kinds of news

B．teenagers get interested in newspapers

C．readers can read newspapers in better ways

D．readers can’t read different news in newspapers

David Moore taught science at the City School. He needed some expensive books, and so he bought them. He put the books in his car in a quiet street. Then he went to other shops to buy something else. At six he came back to the car. One door was open – and the books were not there! David drove home to Fry Road.
On Friday people read this in the newspaper:
Books: Have you any old books? I buy old and modern books.
Open all day on Saturdays. David Moore, 26 Fry Road.
David stayed at home on Saturday. The first man came at eight. David took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“Mr Moore?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” David said. “Can I help you?”
“I’ve got some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table. “Come in now,” David called, “and bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the names on the books and the names on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
【小题1】Mr Moore was a _________.

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in the year.You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam.If you are taking an English exam,do not only learn rules of grammar.

Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can .A few days before the exam you should start going to bed early .Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things .Before you start to answer the questions,read carefully over the question paper.Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pack up your pen to write .When you have at last finished your exam,read over your answers .Correct the mistakes if there are any mistakes and make sure that you have not missed anything out.

1.What is the passage about?

___________________________________________________.

2.What will happen if you work hard only a few days before the exam?

____________________________________________________.

3.What should we do before the exam?

_________________________________________________________.

4.What should we do before answering the questions?

_________________________________________________________.

5..What should we do after finishing the exam?

____________________________________________________.