1、阅读理解ANewspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past.There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day.Most people only read the sports pages, the advice or the gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements.Most people dont take time
2、to read real news.Editors attempt to catch readers interest with pictures and exciting headlines.These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper.The first page attracts attention and encourages readers to look through the rest of the paper
3、.This is why editors always look for a good first page story and a headline to make them stop and look.If the headline is horrible enough, frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page.They may read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page
4、, or comics, or advertisements.It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore.They say they get the news on television now.More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper.What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper? Do yo
5、u think it is easier to get news from television? Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?本文讲述了报纸的地位今不如昔的情况。1According to the passage, newspapers are _.Amore popular todayBless popular todayCas popular as beforeDgetting more and more popular答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一句“Newspap
6、ers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past.”可知，如今报纸的地位已不如从前。2We can know from the passage that newspaper editors think the important part of a newspaper is _.Athe front pageBthe sports pageCthe headlines Dthe classified advertisements答案：A解析：推理判断题。文章第一段提到新闻编辑往往采用一些图片和令人兴奋的标题来吸引读者注意，
7、而这些技巧一般被用在报纸的头版。3According to the author, which of the following newspapers will most probably attract readers attention?AThe ones with interesting pictures and exciting headlines on the front page.BThe ones with sports news on the front page.CThe ones with classified ads on the front page.DThe ones
8、 with gossip columns on the front page.答案：A解析：推理判断题。由第一段可知，报纸编辑往往用一些图片和令人兴奋的标题来吸引读者注意。4The authors attitude toward newspapers is _.Asympathetic BcriticalCnegative Dundetermined答案：A解析：作者态度题。由文章的第一句话可知作者对报纸今不如昔的状况似乎有点感慨，作者认为报纸应该受到人们更多的关注。BLloyd asked the other day whether we should show more big green
9、 houses on TreeHugger.After all, while we may like to talk about living simply as an alternative American Dream and tiny homes being the next big thing, it seems likely that many folksparticularly in Americawill continue to see increased square meters as an indicator of quality of life.In fact, the
10、muchadvertised recessiondriven shift to smaller houses may not be happening at all.Listening to NPRs Marketplace Money this weekend, I was struck by a report that claimed that the era of McMansions is by no means over.While increased energy costs have, to a degree, made people learn more about, and
11、more interested in, energy efficiency, there is apparently little evidence to suggest that this has translated into a desire for smaller homeswhich finally would be the biggest step toward energyefficient housing we could take.Steven East, an analyst for Ticonderoga Securities, put it in pretty plai
12、n terms：“There has been a lot of talk in the press that the McMansion is dead and consumers are now permanently wanting smaller homes, etc.Theres nothing in our research that indicates thats the truth.”Some people may be happy in their tiny apartment, but I guess this is just one more reminder that
13、activism beats prophecy, and wishful thinking is not a strategy.If we TreeHuggers want to encourage people to live in smaller houses, we need to find ways to make it an attractive and convincing suggestion.Dont hope that the recession or high energy prices will do the job for us.媒体炒作的因经济萧条而引起的消费者对面积
14、较小的住房的青睐并没有事实依据，大房时代尚未结束。5How is life quality measured by many Americans?AThe size of houses.BThe style of living.CThe income of the family.DThe increase of energy prices.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的many folksparticularly in Americawill continue to see increased square meters as an indicator of quality of l
15、ife可知，很多美国人仍然把房子面积的大小作为衡量生活质量的一个标准。故选A。6What do some people think makes consumers want tiny homes?AThe alternative American Dream.BMuchadvertised smaller houses.CSlightly decreased energy costs.DAwareness of energy efficiency.答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中的While increased energy costs have, to a degree, made p
16、eople learn more about, and more interested in, energy efficiency, there is apparently little evidence to suggest that this has translated into a desire for smaller homes可推知，一些人认为节能意识会是人们想要在小房子里居住的一个因素(然而事实上这是没有多少根据的)。故选D。7Which would be the best title of the text?ATiny Apartments Are the Next Big ThingBWays to Make Smaller Homes AttractiveCThe Era of McMansion Is Not Over YetDThe New Standard of Quality of Life答案：C解析：主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，本文作者主要讲的是媒体炒作的因经济萧条而引起的消费者对面积较小的住房的青睐并没有事实依据，大房时代尚未结束。故C项为本文最佳标题。第二段中的the era of McMansions is by no means over亦是提示。