Question

Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.

The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785, and has a high reputation for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.

Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper. These parts of the Times are always interesting. Most of the letters are serious subjects. But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with manners of thirty years ago.

1.If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself .

A. a serious newspaper

B. foreign newspaper

C. any independent paper

D. a popular newspaper

2.The Times has been famous to outside Great Britain for years.

A. 19 B. 85 C. 221 D. 229

3.The Times is an independent paper because .

A. it supports no political parties

B. it is not controlled by the British Government

C. it gives special support to all the political parties.

D. the editor’s opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper

4.The writer tells us in this passage.

A. all kinds of newspapers in Britain

B. all kinds of news in English papers

C. how Times is liked by people

D. why Times is well-known

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 在英國(guó)有各種各樣的報(bào)紙，如果人們想了解國(guó)內(nèi)外新聞則可以看一些像《泰晤士報(bào)》《衛(wèi)報(bào)》等嚴(yán)肅性報(bào)紙； 而如果只是想放松娛樂(lè)，則可以看以?shī)蕵?lè)性、生活性為主的大眾化報(bào)紙。

1.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第一段There are popular papers for those who prefer entertainment to information.判斷大眾化報(bào)紙是以?shī)蕵?lè)性、生活性和社會(huì)新聞為主，由此可知D為正確選項(xiàng)

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785,可知?jiǎng)?chuàng)始于1785年，故選D項(xiàng)。

3.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party.可知獨(dú)立的報(bào)紙指的是不支持任何政治黨派，所以答案選A項(xiàng)。

4.D 主旨大意。在英國(guó)有各種各樣的報(bào)紙，如果人們想了解國(guó)內(nèi)外新聞則可以看一些像《泰晤士報(bào)》《衛(wèi)報(bào)》等嚴(yán)肅性報(bào)紙； 而如果只是想放松娛樂(lè)，則可以看以?shī)蕵?lè)性、生活性為主的大眾化報(bào)紙。在本文中作者對(duì)英國(guó)的報(bào)紙做了簡(jiǎn)單的介紹，故選D項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：文化類(lèi)閱讀。