Question

Do you know what Street Sense is? It’s a newspaper in Washington D.C. about homeless people and problems that affect them. Homeless, or formerly homeless, Washingtonians write many of the articles. The newspaper’s business model is based on homeless sellers who sell the newspaper. You can hear them call out “Street Sense for sale!” near subway entrances, lunch places and other areas around the city.

The Street Sense newspaper is housed in an office in a Christian church in Washington. Every other Wednesday about fourteen thousand copies are printed. The newspaper expresses the thoughts and experiences of people who call the streets home.

Four staff members work at Street Sense and two of them are paid. The staff members write the first two pages of the paper. Interns--students working as part of their studies--and volunteers help. Homeless writers provide the rest of the material. This includes poems, stories and essays.

Street Sense provides training for the homeless people who want to become part of the sales team. After the training, each student is given ten free copies of Street Sense. Once those are sold, trainees become real salespeople. They buy papers for thirty-five cents each and sell them for a dollar.

Lisa Gillespie is the managing editor of Street Sense, She says the newspaper plays a part in homeless people’s lives that other media can not. With the help of the newspaper, a lot of homeless people have become confident again, and their lives have also been improved a lot.

1.What does the writer mainly tell us in Paragraph 1?

A. Something about the Street Sense.

B. Homeless people in Washington D.C.

C. How Street Sense solves homeless people’s problems.

D. Where you can buy Street Sense.

2.How often is Street Sense printed?

A. Once a week B. Twice a week

C. Every two weeks D. three times a month

3.What do the staff members mainly do at Street Sense?

A. They sell newspapers along the street.

B. They write the first two pages of the paper.

C. They edit the newspaper after they receive articles.

D. They provide the last two pages of the paper.

4.What can we infer from this passage?

A. If you are one of the trainees of Street sense, you can get ten dollars from selling all of your newspapers.

B. There are too many homeless people in Washington D.C. for the government to help.

C. Most articles of Street Sense are about Washingtonians’ lives.

D. If you become real salespeople of Street Sense, you can get thirty-five cents from a copy of the newspaper.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一家特別的報社--Street Sense。Street Sense是華盛頓特區(qū)的一種報紙，它關注的是街上無家可歸人員和他們遇到的麻煩。這個報紙的銷售模式是把流浪者培訓成他們的銷售人員，相當于給流浪者提供了工作。

1.It’s a newspaper in Washington D.C. about homeless people and problems that affect them. ...The newspaper’s business model is based on homeless sellers”可知，第一段主要向讀者介紹什么是“Street Sense”，它的運作模式等信息，故選A。

2.Every other Wednesday about fourteen thousand copies are printed.”可知，每隔一個周三，也就是每兩周的時間出版一期，every other每隔......，故選C。

3.The staff members write the first two pages of the paper.”可知，這家報紙的員工負責寫報紙的前兩頁內容，故選B。

4.After the training, each student is given ten free copies of Street Sense. Once those are sold, trainees become real salespeople. They buy papers for thirty-five cents each and sell them for a dollar.”可知，經過培訓的學生會免費得到十份報紙，全部賣出才能成為銷售人員，報社按每份35美分的價格賣給銷售者，他們再以一美元一份賣給讀者，由此可知，一份報紙賣一美元，故選A。

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