Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse, which took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their mother country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.

　　Newspaper have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print?

　　Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

　　Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may, print completely different stories to those on TV.

　　Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don't want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about China.

　　Another factor is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspaper are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

(1) In old days it was hard to get news, because ________.

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A．people didn't care about news

B．the transportation was not as fast as now

C．nobody paid for news

D．there wasn't anything so interesting as today

(2) According to the passage, newspapers ________.

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A．report news faster than TV

B．give the same thing about the same story as TV

C．give the same ideas about the news as TV

D．sometimes choose different stories from TV

(3) According to the passage, which story will a newspaper editor choose to print on newspaper?

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A．A train arrived at the station on time

B．Students liked to go to school

C．The advertisement of a TV program.

D．A bus fell into the river

(4) If we are in French, what will see in the newspaper?

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A．A Chinese leader gave an important speech about

B．An Englishman was lost in the rain forest

C．The French team won the champion.

D．The American attacked the Iraq.

(5) A possible title for the passage would be.

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A．The News

B．How to Print News

C．News in the Past and Now

D．Newspapers

　　Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse, which took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their mother country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.

　　Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print?

　　Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

　　Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

　　Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don't want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seen to be“bad”news.

A．people didn't care about news

B．the transportation was not as fast as now

C．nobody paid for news

D．there wasn't anything so interesting as today

A．report news faster than TV

B．give the same thing about the same story as TV

C．give the same ideas about the news as TV

D．sometimes choose different stories from TV

A．A train arrived at the station on time.

B．Students liked to go to school.

C．The advertisement of a TV program.

D．A bus fell into the river．

A．A Chinese leader gave an important speech about China.

B．An Englishman was lost in the rain forest.

C．The French team won the champion.

D．The American attacked the Iraq.

A．The News

B．How to Print News

C．News in the Past and Now

D．Newspapers

When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left.

Before you cross the street, you must look to the right first and then the left.

If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn’t cross.

In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. The traffic is most dangerous then.

When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first or you will go the wrong way.

In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.

1.The traffic in England __________ that in China.

A．is the same with                        B．is different from

C．is better than                          D．is worse than

2.You can cross the road when _____________.

A．there is little traffic                      B．the traffic lights are green

C．you’ve looked to the right               D．the traffic lights are red

3.When are there the most cars, buses and people in the streets?

A. In the morning when people go to work.

B. At noon when people are having lunch.

C. In the evening when people come back from work.

D. Both A and C.

4.If you ride a bicycle in England, you must go __________.

A．on the left side of the road.                B．on the right side of the road.

C．in the middle of the road                  D．very fast

5.The visitors to English cities usually like to _________ when they go by bus.

A．ride a bicycle                          B．take a car

C．sit on the second floor                   D．sit on the first floor