Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It 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(秒). Billions of people learn about news stories of their own 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(編輯) decide which news stories to print (印刷)? 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 (完全地) 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 seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) 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 (事件) in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
小題1: According (根據(jù)) the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?
A．They carry news stories and tell others from place to place oh foot or by horse.
B．They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.
C．They watch TV or read newspapers.
D．They listen to the radio every day.
小題2:  The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that    .
A．people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper
B．people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper
C．people can read news stories in other countries
D．people can read news’ stories about their own country
小題3: To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?
A．Two.B．Three.C．Five.D．Six.
小題4:According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?
A．You often play football with your friends after school.
B．Your teacher has got a cold.
C．A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught.
D．The bike in the front of your house is lost.
小題5:Which of the following is Not True of this passage?
A．News stories on the front page of every country are always the same.
B．People like to read interesting and unusual news.
C．Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world.
D．Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.

小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:C
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文章講的是新聞的兩種傳途徑：電視和報(bào)紙，并講了如何成就好的報(bào)紙故事的方法。
1. C 細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)either by watching TV or reading newspapers可知有兩種途徑：電視和報(bào)紙，故選C。
2. A 推理題的考查。從newspapers give more about the same story可知報(bào)紙多講的是相同的故事。從TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers電視要比報(bào)紙快一些，故B錯(cuò)。C,D文章并未講，故選A。
3. B 細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章來(lái)看有三個(gè)，文章用了first,second,another factor來(lái)說(shuō)，故三個(gè)方面，選B。
4. C 根據(jù)文章a news story has to be interesting and unusual可知新故事要求趣味性及不尋常性，再?gòu)膍any stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news可知要有一定的危險(xiǎn)性的，故C考慮從動(dòng)物園跑出來(lái)最合適。
5. A 此題考查的也是細(xì)節(jié)題，我們采用排除法來(lái)做。從So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers可知每個(gè)國(guó)家的版面的首頁(yè)是不同的，故A錯(cuò)，其它的正確，故選A。
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