The only lucid arguments printed in the newspaper concerning the new bond proposal was put forth by the high school principal in a series of letters to the newspaper’s editor.
The principal of the high school wrote a series of letters to the newspaper’s editor that put forth the only lucid argument concerning the new bond proposal that was printed in the newspaper.
In a series of letters to the newspaper’s editor, the principal of the high school put forth the only lucid argument concerning the new bond proposal to be printed in the newspaper.
The high schoolh principal’s series of letters to the newspaper’s editor lucidly put forth the only arguments concerning the new bond proposal to be printed in the newspaper.
Putting forth the only lucid arguments concerning the new bond proposal to be printed in the newspaper, the series of letters to the newspaper’s editor were written by the high school’s principal.
第1题：
The person who told the story is probably a______.
A. policeman
B. farmer
C. newspaper reporter
D. country doctor
第2题：
根据下面 ，回答 53 ~56 题：D
The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin. Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's Courant. few believe that newspapers in their present printed form. will remain alive for long Newspaper complies are losing advertisers （广告商）, readers, market value. and in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago The chief editor （主编） of the times said recently, "At places where they gather, editors ask one another, 'How are you?', as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law came. “An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.”
Perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death. Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past thee years The New York Times Company has seen its stock （股票） drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders sell off their Times stock The Washington Post Comply has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education its testing and test-preparation service now brings in at least half the company's income.
第13题：What can we learn about the New England Curran?
A．It is mainly about the stock market.
B．It marks the beginning of the American newspaper.
C．It remains a successful newspaper in America.
D．It comes articles by political leaders.
第3题：
Mr. Hodges was the owner and editor of a small newspaper.He always tried to bring his readers the latest news.
One day, he received an exciting telephone call from someone who claimed that he had just come through a big flood in a village it in his paper that evening. He was delighted to see that no other paper had got hold of the story.
Unfortunately, however, angry telephone calls soon showed that he had been tricked, so in the next day's paper he wrote: "We were the first and only newspaper to report yesterday that the village of Greenbridge had been destroyed by a flood. Today, we are proud to say that our newspaper is the first one to bring our readers the news that yesterday's story was quite false."
6.Mr. Hodges always tries to bring to his readers a lot of pleasure.
A.T
B.F
7.A big flood up in the mountains was the news that someone gave Mr. Hodges one day.
A.T
B.F
8.After Mr. Hodges received the news, he published it right away.
A.T
B.F
9.Mr. Hodges found later the flood was really terrible.
A.T
B.F
10.Mr. Hodges is a good editor.
A.T
B.F
第4题：
A./
B.on
C.at
D.in
第5题：
A、The newspaper is reading by John.
B、The newspaper is by John reading.
C、The newspaper is being read by John.
D、The newspaper is being readed byJohn.
第6题：
What do we know about the girl?
A．She is new to she school.
B．She wriers for the school newspaper.
C．She seldom asks questions in class.
第7题：
A、employ
B、retain
C、use
第8题：
D
The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin. Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's Courant. few believe that newspapers in their present printed form. will remain alive for long Newspaper complies are losing advertisers （广告商）, readers, market value. and. in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago The chief editor （主编） of the times said recently, "At places where they gather, editors ask one another, 'How are you?', as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law came. “An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.”
perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death. Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past thee years The New York Times Company has seen its stock （股票） drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders sell off their Times stock The Washington Post Comply has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education its testing and test-preparation service now brings in at least half the company's income.
53. What can we learn about the New England Curran?
A. It is mainly about the stock market.
B. It marks the beginning of the American newspaper.
C. It remains a successful newspaper in America.
D. It comes articles by political leaders.
第9题：
第10题：
(阅读理解题)Advertisements make us want too much, so we get the idea that the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods.But it is not completely right.Advertisement has another equally important function—to inform.A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read.Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about.Supposing you wanted to buy a washer, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted.It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days.And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements.Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway byelaws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of bad news.We must not forget that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets.Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue.The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers.Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price! Another thing we mustn’t forget is the ‘small ads.’ in virtually every newspaper and magazine.What a tremendously useful service they perform. for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns.For instance, you can find a job; buy or sell a house; announce a birth, marriage, or death in these small ads.
(1).What will you possibly want to know from a washer advertisement?
A、some details
B、how much it will cost
C、its functions
D、all of the above.
(2).What is the author’s attitude towards most people’s claim that they never read advertisements?
A、doubt
B、agreement
C、acceptance
D、in favor of
(3).According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A、only TV commercials are useful in daily life
B、advertisements help to change our life
C、advertisements should be serious
D、advertisements make us spend more money on newspaper, magazines and broadcast programs
(4).In the passage, the author is focusing on ____________.
A、how people buy things through advertisements
B、the useful service of advertisements to the community
C、how advertisers spend their money
D、the advantages and disadvantages of advertisements
(5).According to the passage, advertisements will NOT make us ____________.
A、buy something
B、know the functions of some new goods
C、learn some knowledge
D、forget the old things that are already known by people