Every morning, the newspaper chief editor (主编) holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover (报道) the events.
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework.”
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day’s paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the new desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.
The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered (发送) by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.What is the work in a newspaper office like?
| A．Interesting and confusing. |
| B．Important and patient. |
| C．Particular and necessary. |
| D．Fast and busy. |
According to the passage, the right order for a reporter’s work is .
a. writing stories
b. doing interviews
c. joining in a discussion
d. doing homework
e. handing stories to the editor
| A．c-b-a-d-e | B．c-d-e-a-b |
| C．c-b-d-a-e | D．c-a-d-b-e |
The front page contents (内容) are decided by .
| A．the importance of the events |
| B．how well the stories are written |
| C．the knowledge of the chief editor |
| D．whether they are the latest |
The best title for the passage is .
| A．How a newspaper is produced |
| B．How newspapers are delivered |
| C．What kind of papers readers like |
| D．Whose work is more important |
If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you may get lost. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends, but let them find you instead（相反）. You can help them find you by（通过）staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle（吹口哨）three times. Stop for a while. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal（信号）given three times is a help.
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches（树枝）. Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.
When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop（扔下）them as you walk in order to（为了，以便于）go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is stay in one place. If you get lost in the forest, you should .
| A．try to find your friends |
| B．stay in one place and make signals |
| C．walk around the forest |
| D．shout as loudly as possible |
Which signal is a call for help?
| A．Shouting here and there. |
| B．Crying and shouting twice. |
| C．Shouting or whistling three times together. |
| D．Whistling everywhere in the forest. |
When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that .
| A．someone is afraid of an animal. |
| B．people will come to help you. |
| C．someone needs help. |
| D．something terrible will happen. |
Which of the following statement is RIGHT?
| A．If you get lost in the forest, you should try your best to find your friends. |
| B．When you hear whistles for twice, that means someone needs help. |
| C．If you leave branches to look for water, you can find your way back easily. |
| D．When you are lost, the important thing to do is to cry. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence（画线句子）？
| A．leave branches to find your way back. |
| B．Pick off branches to build another house. |
| C．Use branches to make a bed. |
| D．Drop branches to look for water. |
It was May 5. It was Mary’s birthday. She came home, and saw a card on the table. It said, “There’s a present for you, Mary. Go and look for it in your room.” Mary ran to her room. Her parents were watching her. They were smiling. On her bed she saw a new red box. She thought, “What’s in the box?” She opened it. There was nothing but a card in it. Mary took it out and read.
“Dear Mary, I’m your present. My first letter is in the word ‘book’, but not in ‘look’. My second letter is in ‘ink’, but not in ‘thank’. You can find my third letter in both ‘ink’ and ‘book’. And my last letter is in ‘she’, but not in ‘ship’. What am I?”
Mary thought hard. B-I-K-E! She smiled and said, “Aha, I know, Mom. But where is it?” Her mother said, “Look at the back of the card.” Mary turned it over and read, “Come and look for me in the garden.”
Mary hurried to the garden. There under a big tree she found her present—a nice new bike!
“Happy birthday, Mary!” her parents said.
“Thank you, Mom and Dad.”Mary’s birthday was on .
| A．March the fifteenth |
| B．May the fifth |
| C．March the fifth |
| D．May the fifteenth |
Mary’s birthday present was .
| A．a beautiful card |
| B．a beautiful box |
| C．a beautiful bike |
| D．a comfortable bed |
The first card was on the table. The second card was .
| A．on the bed | B．on the desk |
| C．in the box | D．in a book |
Mary’s present was .
| A．on the back of the card | B．on her bed |
| C．in her room | D．in the garden |
Mary’s parents were .
| A．very kind and funny |
| B．very poor |
| C．very rich |
| D．very young |
English people have porridge for breakfast, too. But their porridge is made of oats（燕麦）, not rice. Many English people put sugar in their porridge, but the Scottish always put salt in it.
English people always drink tea out of cups, not out of glasses. They usually drink tea with sugar and milk. When you go to an English family for tea, the host（男主人）or hostess（女主人）always asks you, “How many lumps（块）of sugar do you want in your tea?”
In ordinary（平常的） English families, the main meal is in the evening, because most of the families are away during the day. But on Sunday when everyone is at home, they make the midday（正午）meal, and in the evening they have a much lighter supper.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。English people like eating porridge and only put sugar in their porridge..
All English people always drink tea with coffee and sugar.
Lunch is the main meal for English people.
Most English families aren’t at home during the daytime.
English people have the main meal in the evening on Sunday.
Dear Maria．
I'm in Beijing now. It's a big and very funny city. You can eat many kinds of food here. A lot of boys and girls like to eat them . We can have Beijing duck and like it very much. We also have hamburgers and French fries, too.
Many people like to see Beijing Opera. I think it's very interesting and I often go to see it with
and girls know them well.I have many DVDs of action movies.I often watch them on TV at home. Do you often go to see the movies on weekends? Do you know Jackie Chen and Jet Li? Do you like action naovies?
Please write back soon.
Yours
Sally依据短文内容完成句子。This letter is _Sally _____Maria.
依据短文内容完成句子。We can know from the passage, the foreign friends like Beijing____and Beijing____.
回答问题：
What does Maria and her parents often do on weekends?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。
_ _ _ _ _ _ _根据短文内容回答问题。
What does Maria think of Beijing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mr. White lives on the 20th floor in a tall building in Beijing. His office is about ten kilometers from home. His wife and his children are now in America for holidays.
Today Mr. White leaves his home at eight in the moming. He takes the lift down to the first floor, gets out of the lift and walks to his car. Oh, dear! His car is broken. He waits for a taxi but there's not any empty one. So he has to go by bus.
Mr. White gets to his office at nine twenty. He is very late. Today he has a lot of work to do. He does it quickly and he has only one hamburger and a cup oforange juice for his lunch. Mr. White leaves his office at half past six. When he gets to his building, he quickly gets into the lift. Oh, dear! The lift doesn't work! He has to walk up to the 20th floor. But when he gets there, he finds he forgets to take the key with him.
What can he do now? Poor Mr. White!Mr. White goes to work by bus because_
| A．he doesn't have a car |
| B．he doesn't like to take a taxi |
| C．there's something wrong with his car |
| D．his key is in the office |
Today Mr. White _ .
| A．must be very tired | B．doesn't work hard in the office |
| C．isn't late for work | D．eats lunch outside the office |
The word " poor" in the last paragraph means_" in Chinese.
| A．穷苦的 | B．可怜的 | C．愤怒的 | D．忙碌 |
From the passage we can see Mr. White _.
| A．is not healthy | B．is now in China |
| C．can't drive a car | D．likes Chinese food |
Which is wrong?
| A．Mr. White's home is far from his work place. |
| B．Mr. White works very hard. |
| C．Mr. White works in China. |
| D．The lift is broken early in the morning. |