Question

A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is unusual for what it contains: the news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the comments and special features(特寫)as well, from editorial page to feature articles, from interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre, and music. A newspaper is even more unusual 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, that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than temporary value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. 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(意識) as you change and apply the techniques of reading.

1.What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean ?

A．wide coverage B．speed in reporting news

C．various style　　D．popularity among readers

2.According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that ___________.

A．people are interested in the same kind of news

B．different people prefer different newspapers

C．people scan for the news they are interested in

D．people have different views about what a good newspaper is

3.A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because ___________.

A．readers like to read different newspapers

B．it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

C．readers are difficult to please

D．it tries to serve different readers

4.The best title for this passage would be ___________.

A．The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper

B．The Importance of a good Newspaper

C．Good Newspapers and Bad Newspapers

D．Some Advice on How to Read a Newspaper

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：不同讀者對報紙有著不同的需求，本文就向我們講述什么樣的報紙才是優(yōu)秀的報紙。

1.詞義猜測題。根據“topicality”所在的句子…. that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production…直接涉及到你的世界和周邊正在發(fā)生的事情， 但是這種直接聯(lián)系及伴隨的快速發(fā)行方式…故topicality指“快速報道新聞，實事性新聞”。所以答案選B。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段句子no two people really read the same paper…h(huán)is own selection and order, his own newspaper.可知，每個人在看報紙的時候都會按照自己的順序跳躍著找自己感興趣的部分，所以一定程度上說沒有兩個人會看同樣的報紙。故答案選C。
3.細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段開頭句子A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in.可知，一份好報紙?zhí)峁└鞣N不同的內容是為了吸引不同的讀者，所以答案選D。

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考點：考查說明文閱讀。