Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that’s not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing.“I’m interested in things happening at school.” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There’s also world news： from international (国际的)problems to pop stars.
Read the newspaper carefully, and we’ll find different kinds of article on the pages：
News stories---these stories are about events(事件). Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.
Opinion writing---opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn’t just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth(真相). This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to“Speak Out”on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.
Advertisement---Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products(产品)! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!The underlined sentence “You just need to make clear what you are looking at.” means that the readers“____”.
| A．should understand interesting news stories |
| B．should know which kind of things to read |
| C．need to read the school news first |
| D．must know the contents(内容)of all the news |
Writers use some facts in opinion writings because they want us ____ them.
| A．to understand | B．to remember |
| C．to agree with | D．to speak out |
We can not find the facts of an event____.
| A．in advertisements | B．in the school news |
| C．in opinion writing | D．on the front page |
In the writer’s opinion, we’d better be ____advertisements in newspapers.
| A．interested in | B．against |
| C．worried about | D．careful of |
This passage mainly discusses how____.
| A．reporters write different kinds of news |
| B．teenagers get interested in newspapers |
| C．readers can read newspapers in better ways |
| D．readers can deal with(应付)different kinds of news in newspapers |
There was once a little orphan (孤儿) girl who had no family and no one to love her. She felt sad and lonely.
One day, while she was walking in a garden, she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thornbush (荆棘丛). The more the butterfly tried to free itself, the deeper the thorn cut into its body. The girl carefully helped the butterfly out. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy (仙女).
“For your wonderful kindness,” said the fairy, “I will grant (保证) you any wish you like.”
The little girl thought for a while and replied: “I want to be happy!”
“Very well!” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered (耳语) in her ear. Then the good fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, she stayed happy. Everyone asked her the secret of her happiness. She would only smile and answer: “The secret of happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, her neighbors were afraid that her secret of happiness would die “Tell us, please,” they begged. “Tell us what the good fairy said.”with her.
The lovely old woman simply smiled and said: “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure (安稳的) they seemed, how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
| A．It saved itself. | B．It got cut deeper. |
| C．It got tired. | D．It was killed. |
| A．Because the girl begged her to do so. |
| B．Because it was the fairy’s job. |
| C．Because the girl helped her out. |
| D．Because the girl was too poor. |
| A．By giving her a lot of money. |
| B．By giving her a big house. |
| C．By helping her find her parents. |
| D．By telling her how to stay happy. |
| A．Being needed by others. |
| B．Being rich. |
| C．Being helped by a fairy. |
| D．Being loved by others. |
The shock of the recent earthquake in Pakistan has brought another shock: the rise of a small island coming out from the water.
In the aftershock of the earthquake, people living in Gawadar, near the southwest coast, began to see a strange sight. They looked out into the Arabian Sea and saw a mountain-like shape coming out of the water. “I could see this gray, dome-shaped (穹顶形状的) body in the distance, like a giant whale,” Bahram Baloch, a local journalist, told the BBC. “Hundreds of people had gathered to watch it in disbelief (怀疑).”
So what happened? The earthquake measured 7.7 in magnitude (地震级数). The force was so strong that it moved the sea floor, releasing gas. This gas pushed the seabed, mostly rock and sand, upward and out of the water. This is how mud volcanoes (泥火山) are formed. The island that measures about 20 meters high, 30 meters long and 90 meters wide is actually the tip of the mud volcano.
Is it safe? Although people have visited this new island, scientists have found dangerous gas coming from the newly formed island. “Our team found bubbles rising from the surface of the island, which caught fire when a match was lit,” said Mohammad Danish, a scientist, to Universe Today.
These mud volcanoes are not rare. But it’s striking because this one has popped up(突然出现) in a populated (有人居住的) area, and not far out in the sea. However, it’s not expected to last very long. Most of these mud volcanoes are swept back under the sea within one year.
| A．A strange light. | B．A blue whale. |
| C．A mysterious island. | D．A mountain. |
| A．Dangerous gas was released. |
| B．Rock and sand were mixed. |
| C．The storm blew up the sea. |
| D．Huge waves appeared. |
| A．建议 | B．顶端 | C．小费 | D．倾斜 |
| Beijing Library To Susan Chan, Just to remind you that you have to return 4 books. Books Writer Be returned before Rose Meets Mr. Winter Garden Bob Graham 22/1 My Friend Whale Simon James 23/1 Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles 24/1 Imagine Alison Lester 25/1 Please return the books tomorrow. Other people may be waiting to borrow them. Librarian Mrs. Josie Jones Date 3/2/2005 Note: You may not borrow any new books until these books have been returned. |
| A．the librarian | B．Josie Jones |
| C．Alison Lester | D．Susan Chan |
| A．Alison Lester | B．Bob Graham |
| C．Simon James | D．Sheena Knowles |
| A．22nd, January. | B．23rd, January. |
| C．24th, January. | D．25th, February. |
| Name |
From |
Food |
Drink |
Favorite animal |
Reason(原因) |
 Li Xia |
China |
jiaozi |
orange juice |
tiger |
strong |
 Ben |
England |
hamburger |
apple juice |
panda |
cute |
 Maria |
Cuba |
egg |
milk |
monkey |
clever |
 Kumiko |
Japan |
fish |
apple juice |
elephant |
kind |
阅读表格内容，选择最佳答案。Who is from England? ______.
A.Kumiko B. Ben. C. Maria. Fish is ________ favorite food.
A. Li Xia’s B.Kumiko ’s C. Ben’sLi Xia likes ________ . He thinks it is ________ .
A. tiger, strong B. monkey, cute C. panda, cute
I am Tom. My good friends are John and Ann. John’s house is next to my house, and we are in the same class. He’s thirteen years old and he’s tall. He has blond hair and blue eyes. He is very polite(有礼貌的). His English is very good and he often helps me. He likes white. He likes wearing(穿) a T-shirt, but in the photo he is in a blue shirt.
My friend Ann doesn’t go to school. She is young. She is only seven. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. She likes yellow, and she likes bananas very much. She often buys bananas for her mother. Her mother likes her very much.John is _________ years old.
| A．11. | B．12. | C．13. | D．14. |
What does John look like?____________
| A．He is tall and he has blond hair. |
| B．He is short and he has blue eyes. |
| C．He is tall and he has brown eyes. |
| D．He is short and he has a blue shirt. |
John likes and Ann likes .
| A．brown, blue | B．blue, brown |
| C．white, yellow | D．shirts, bananas |
What does Ann do for her mother?______________
| A．She goes to school. |
| B．She often buys bananas. |
| C．She helps her mother. |
| D．She is very polite. |