The earliest newspapers started in ancient Rome. They were handwritten news sheets. The first printed newspapers appeared in China during the Tang dynasty, which were printed from carved(雕刻的) wooden blocks. Modern papers first appeared in Venice, Italy in the middle of the 14th century. The newspapers of today, with advertising and a mixture of political, economic, and social news and comments, were started in Britain in the mid-18th century.
The main function of newspapers is to report news. Many newspapers also provide special information to readers, such as weather reports and television timetables. They also provide comments on politics, economics, arts and culture. Almost all newspapers depend on advertising to make money.
Nearly six out of ten adults in the United States and Canada read a newspaper every day. Seven out of ten read a paper each weekend. Readers search newspapers for de-tailed background information(背景資料)and analysis(分析). This is what television and radio news reports seldom offer. Newspapers tell readers what happened, and they also help readers understand what caused an event and how it will affect the world around them.
The workers at large newspaper companies work under a lot of pressure to bring news to readers as soon as possible. Reporters, photographers, artists, and editors collect articles in just a few hours. Page designers select articles, photos, advertisements, and eye-catching headlines to make the pages, and then rush their work to the printer. Printing workers may work overnight around printing presses to churn out more than 60,000 copies per hour.
小題1:Which is the best title for the passage?
A．Production of NewspapersB．Functions of Newspapers
C．Publication of Newspapers D．An Introduction to Newspapers
小題2:Modern newspapers were first made in ______.
A．China B．Ancient RomeC．Italy D．Britain
小題3:What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A．Most adults in America and Canada read newspapers every day.
B．The importance of newspapers in people’s lives.
C．Newspapers offer readers detailed information.
D．The effects of newspapers on readers.
小題4:We can infer everything from the passage EXCEPT that ______.
A．newspapers will become less popular because of the development of TV
B．few newspapers have no advertising
C．many adults in America read newspapers every day
D．people can read about many different issues in newspapers
小題5:The phrase "churn out" in the last paragraph probably means ______.
A．press B．produceC．publish D．sell

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇文章講述了報紙的起源和發(fā)展，以及報紙的功能，表達了報紙在人們的生活中發(fā)揮著非常重要的作用。
小題1:主旨題，這篇文章主要給我們介紹了報紙的起源，發(fā)展及功能。故選D
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章Modern papers first appeared in Venice, Italy in the middle of the 14th century.可知，現(xiàn)代報紙首次出現(xiàn)在意大利，威尼斯。故選C
小題3:細節(jié)題。文章第三段主要講了在美國和加拿大每天都有十分之六的人讀報紙，十分之七的人每周都要讀報紙，報紙給人們提供了很多事件的詳細信息和分析。可知，報紙在人們的生活中有著非常重要的作用。故選B
小題4:細節(jié)題。這篇文章講了所有的報紙都包含廣告，在美國，十分之六的美國人每天都讀報紙，通過報紙，人們能了解很多不同的事情，文章并沒有說隨著電視的發(fā)展，報紙變得不受歡迎了。故選A
小題5:推斷題。根據(jù)文章Printing workers may work overnight around printing presses to churn out more than 60,000 copies per hour.印刷工人在印刷機旁邊工作到深夜，要在每小時印刷出6萬多份的報紙�？芍�，churn out的意思是印刷，生產(chǎn)。故選B
點評：本文文脈清晰，結(jié)構(gòu)很好把握。說明文是歷年高考很常見的文體，對于科技類的說明文比較難，而對于說物的文體較容易。本文中，把握好一個中心即報紙制作的歷史。同時，此類文章細節(jié)題居多，在對文章看懂了的基礎(chǔ)在仔細對比選項和文章，即可得出答案。
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