Newspapers are dying.Electronic devices like mobile phones,pads,TVs and car radios can all be the killers.Most people believe in the long run,there is no reason• no practical reason for newspapers to survive.No matter what we do may only buy time.
Can anything save newspapers?I decided to have a try.
Many years ago,Bonnier,a Swedish publisher,set a newspaper in the former Soviet countries .After a few years,they had more newspapers in central and eastern Europe.However,these newspapers were run by a group of inexperienced people,and they didn't have enough money.In many places there were not even art directors.
I got a position in Bonnier's newspaper as an art director.
It was very difficult at first.I was really disappointed,until one day,in Londonn,when I saw performance by Cirque du Soleil. "These guys took some run﹣down entertainment,and put it to the highest possible level of performance art.M Inspiration lighted me up, "Why can't we do the same with the newspapers.We started to redesign the newspapers,one by one.
We used our imagination.We treated the whole newspaper as one piece,one composition - like music.
Music has a rhythm,has ups and downs.Design is responsible for this experience.Flipping through pages was readers' experience and I was responsible for this experience.
The front page became my personal channel to talk to the readers.My approach was simple and direct.I wanted to show my understanding of art,and of reality.I wanted to make posters,not newspapers.Not even magazines:posters.
We had determination,and we kept on trying.We experimented with type,with illustration and with photos.We kept asking:Why do we do it?What's our goal?
Design was not only about the front page.It was a part of the process.To be good was not enough.The process we made was about improving the product completely.
We adjusted the content accordingly.We improved everything to what our readers thought it should be and how they liked reading it.We kept improving and we had fun.
Soon in Poland ,our pages were named "Covers of the Year" three times in a row.One year later this newspaper,in the same country,they named it the "World's Best﹣Designed Newspaper".Two years later,the same award came to Estonia.The circulation of the newspapers kept going up.They became more and more popular.
Someone may think we are buying time,but our newspapers are alive,and growing.
(1)According to the passage,most people think newspapers .
A. |
will be replaced |
B. |
should be improved |
C. |
need to be saved |
D. |
may die immediately |
(2)Why did the writer go to work in Bonnier's newspaper?
A. |
Art director was a well﹣paid position. |
B. |
It would die and he was going to save it. |
C. |
He hoped to get more working experience. |
D. |
It was a big publishing company in Europe. |
(3)Which of the following is probably the writer's opinion?
A. |
Newspapers can be alive if they are designed as posters. |
B. |
The other newspapers can develop as quickly as Bonnier. |
C. |
We may only buy time no matter how we save newspapers. |
D. |
Newspapers won't survive unless we keep improving them. |
(4)What makes the writer's newspapers survive and grow?(请用约 40 词回答)
________________________
阅读下面短文,完成相关任务。
Microsoft has stopped providing service for Windows XP since April 8,2014. Microsoft has provided support for WindowsXP for the past 12 years. 【1】The computers that use the XP system are not as safe as before.
The "demise"(停用) of Windows XP will have the greatest influence on China because it has about 210 million XP users, who make up about 70.percent of the PC market in the world. Microsoft's decision to "kill" Windows XP, a product with hundreds of millions of users, has a certain purpose to show its strong position in the operating system market.
At the same time, the "death" of XP has created opportunities for China's IT companies to grow and develop. China can break the monopoly(垄断)of international IT giants and protect the internet security(安全) by having information technology and a policy that encourages innovation. 把划线部分翻译成汉语:
根据短文内容回答第2—4题:In which year, Windwos XP started to provid support?
According to the passage,how many XP users are there in the world?
How can China break the monopoly of international IT giants and protect the internet security?
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.How to protect our XP system? |
B.How to change your computer? |
C.Why did Mirosoft stopped providing service for Windows XP |
D.The influenc about the “demise” of Windows XP. |
Useful Information in Australia
Useful Numbers
All the telephone numbers are useful and free.
。Fire/ Police/ Ambulance(救护车)—000 Telephone information—12455
。Medical(医学的) Care—1300369359 Taxi—1800421113
Surfing the Internet
With so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, it’s easy to surf the Internet in Australia.
Also it’s very cheap for you to surf the Internet.
。Public libraries offer free Internet every day even during public holidays.
。Many travel managers provide connection which is cheap or free.
Post Service
All post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.
。Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
。It costs 50 cents to send a standard(标准的) letter in Australia.
Public Holidays
On public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.
。New Year’s Day—1st January
。Australia Day—26th January
。Christmas Day—25th DecemberIf there is a fire, you can call________ in Australia.
A.1300369359 | B.180042113 | C.000 | D.12455 |
Which is the right time to send a letter in a post office in Australia?
A.At 8:30 on Tuesday. | B.At 9:30 on Sunday. |
C.At 8:30 on Saturday. | D.At 9:30 on Monday. |
Mr. Green lives alone in Australia and he isn’t in good health. He needs a nurse to look after him. What should he do?
A.Go to an Internet tearoom. | B.Send a letter to his son. |
C.Call 1300369359. | D.Go to a hospital. |
Which one might be open on public holidays?
A.Public libraries. | B.Shops. | C.Banks. | D.Post offices. |
Which one is not right according to(根据)the above passage?
A.Surfing the Internet is cheap in Australia. |
B.It costs 50 cents to send a standard letter. |
C.Australians go to work on 26th January. |
D.Australians don't go shopping on public holidays. |
It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(调查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(欧洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工资)for one more vacation day. ____________ U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.
A.All | B.Most | C.Some | D.Few |
How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?
A.9 | B.12 | C.15 | D.23 |
Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?
A.America. | B.France. | C.Sweden. | D.great Britain. |
What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?
A.Use up. | B.Put up. | C.Take up. | D.Give up. |
Which of the following is true?
A.Some American workers are too busy to leave their work. |
B.French workers can take one Three-to-four week days. |
C.Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days. |
D.British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed. |
In the past month,we’ve been holding our breath for news about a Boeing 777 plane,MH 370.
It took off from Kuala Lumpur(吉隆坡),Malaysia.On March 8.It was heading to Beijing.But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing.
There were 239 people on the flight,including 154 Chinese.
A total of 12 countries including China and the US have joined the search for the plane.
Did it crash? We know that the weather was clear that day.The pilots didn’t make any distress calls(求救信号).And as of March l3,experts have not found any broken parts of the plane。
Was it hijacked(劫机)? Two Iranians(伊朗人)used stolen passports to get into the flight.But now they do not appear to be linked to any possible hijacking of the plane,international police agency Interpol(国际刑警组织)official said on March 11.
The search is still going on.It could take months or even years to find out what happened
to the flight.When did MH370 go missing?
A.March 8 | B.March 9 | C.March ll | D.April 8 |
How many Chinese are there on the flight?
A.239 | B.1 54 | C.1 45 | D.85 |
What was the weather like that day?
A.cloudy | B.rainy | C.fine | D.windy |
Did the pilots make any distress calls before the plane went missing?
A.Yes,they did. | B.No,they didn’t. | C.We don’t know. | D.Maybe |
How long could it take to find out what happened to the flight?
A.several months | B.several years | C.months or years | D.3 months |
阅读下面短文,简要回答所给问题。
It was near Christmas during my first semester teaching at a new school.I loved my small special class more than any group I had taught in the past.They were hungry for knowledge and I was enjoying teaching.
Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child to bring a Christmas gift.In fact,I wasn't expecting any gifts.
Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break.First,I got a muchloved stuffed monkey from a shy girl.I was told,“He is my favorite,but I love you and I want him to be with you,Miss Taylor.”How thrilled I was!
Next came a new set of Christmas tree lights that was “missing” from a mother's cupboard.
Finally,I came to one little boy's gift which I had never received.It was an old,dirty and broken Christmas story book.Just when I wanted to express my happiness,I was interrupted(打断)by the giver,“And see,it is new!It still has the price tag.”
When other children laughed at him,I stopped them and said,“Oh,books are good in that way.The story is always new if you have not read it before.Now,let's share one together.”Everyone listened quietly as I read the most wonderful Christmas story of my life.
I still keep those Christmas gifts.They always remind me of my lovely kids.
Why did the teacher like her small special class?
____________________________________________________
When did the children bring their teacher gifts?
__________________________________________________________
Who sent a stuffed monkey to the teacher?
_______________________________________________________
Was the Christmas story book new?
________________________________________________________
How did the teacher feel when she got the gifts?