The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in pubic places．The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC．In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China．The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens．Europe didn’t have a regularly  published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The fist regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in 1620．In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly．The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant, which didn’t appear until March 1702.

In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston．But the local government soon stopped its publication．In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston News-letter, the first newspaper to be published daily in America．By 1760, the whole America had more than thirty daily newspapers．There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world．The largest circulation for a newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which sells over eleven million copies every day.

In Europe, the newspaper was first regularly published_____.

A .in England                B．in Germany

C．in France                        D．in London

The first English newspaper printed and sold every day appeared _________.

A．in 1620                B．in 1609  

C．a(chǎn)t the end of the 17^th century  D．a(chǎn)t the beginning of the 18^th century.

How many years earlier was the newspaper printed in China than in America?

A．9 or 10 centuries．     

B．More than 1000 years.

C．700 years or so         

D．Less than 800 years.

Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A．The World’s First Newspaper.

B．History of Newspaper.

C．The First Daily Newspaper in American.

D．A Remarkable Man-Benjamin Harris.

He insisted that he _________ nothing wrong and ________free .

   A．should do ; should be set   B．should do; had been set

   C．had done; should be set     D．had done; had been set[

______ the window, my finger was cut unexpectedly.

A. While I was cleaning    B. To clean    C. Cleaning    D. While cleaning

At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. But what should I do to celebrate my 60th birthday? What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica. I began my almost 400-mile journey on November 1st, 1997,a few days before my birthday. I walked and skied alone. My dog team were not with me to pull my sled. Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin.

The first days the weather was very good. The wind was icy but not very strong and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. But changes were just around the corner. On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather and during the nest week the wind grew stronger and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.

I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that threatened to blow me and the tent away, but none of that happened.

from the text we know the writer was born on ___.

A. 1st November 1937                B. 12th November 1937

C. 22nd November 1947                    D .1st November 1957

Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin. “ Another journey” here means ___.

A. the travel to the North Pole.                         B. another journey to Antarctica.

C .400- mile journey on November 1st 1997.      D. a new trip that she was planning.

After reading the short passage, we can guess that ___.

A. the trip to the North Pole must be the same hard as that to the South Pole.

B. The trip to the Antarctica may be more dangerous than that to the Arctic

C. There was no danger though the trip to the South Pole was hard.

D. During the trip to the Antarctica, the weather, most of the time, was not so bad.

Do you think which kind of people the writer is?

  A .mean          B .generous           C .brave          D .handsome

短文改錯(共10小題；每小題1分,滿分10分)

下面短文中共有10處錯誤,每句最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧）,并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處,多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Last week, I met a stranger who seemed to be losing. I offered to guide him to a

place where he wanted to go, but to my surprise, he refused my offer to helping. I asked

him why not. He told me that he was afraid I would ask him money if I helped him in

this way. Then I fell into deep thought: Was it money that came between us? I agreed

that money is become more and more important in our society, and it should not be

    everything. We should try my best to help others and trust each other. If everyone

does this, our society will be good and better.

--- What do you think about        Chinese knot in the shop window?

       --- Oh, it’s so beautiful. You may give it to Debbie as        gift for the Dragon Boat Festival.

A. a; a                 B. the; a             C. a; the              D. the; the

Liu came _____ first by two seconds, breaking _______ record set by Li last year.

   A. the ; /        B. /; the       C. the; a       D. /; /    

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________ cold, he covered his blanket, _____ only his arms _____ .

A. Felt, left, uncovered           B. Feeling, left, uncovered  

C.Feeling, leaving, uncovered      D. Felt, left, uncovering

The boy was lucky enough to have escaped _____for being late for school .

  A. being punished          B. to be punished

C. punishing              D. to have been punished