1、Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines课时作业.阅读A(2020石家庄市重点高中高三毕业班摸底考试)If you want to know the world, you must know famous global media. Here are four wellknown ones recommended to help you learn about world affairs without leaving home.The Sun (http：/www. thesun. co. uk)The Sun is a popular newspaper owne
2、d by News Corporation founded by Keith Rupert Murdoch. It is filled with the jokes about heads of state and major events both inside and outside Britain such as mayors trousers not being tied properly, politicians sleeping during conferences and so on. Its lively and popular style just meets the tas
3、te of the lower classes. Now its annual circulation (发行量) has reached 23,100,000 copies.Daily Mail (http：/www. dailymail. co. uk)Daily Mail, compared to The Sun, is a little more serious. Reading the Daily Mail can not only understand major political and economic events, but also read some relaxing
4、and helpful contents. Wellknown for female favorite topics, it is extremely popular with middleclass housewives. Now its annual circulation has come to 20,930,000 copies.The Onion (http：/www. theonion. com)Tne Onion is the most popular satirical (讽刺的) magazine in the United States with a circulation
5、 of 6,900,000 copies a year, covering domestic, foreign and local news and including entertaining newspapers and websites. Most onion readers are between 18 and 44 years old.The New Yorker (https：/www. newyorker. com)The New Yorker is a comprehensive magazine of America. It focuses on nonfiction, in
6、cluding reports and comments on politics, international affairs, popular culture, art, science, technology and business. It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as well as humorous sketches (小品) and its unique style of the New Yorker cartoons. Its annual circulation add
7、s up to 10,209,000 copies.篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个世界知名媒体，即太阳报每日邮报洋葱和纽约客，包括这些媒体的内容、特点、阅读对象以及发行量等。1Which medium has the largest annual circulation?AThe Sun.BDaily Mail.CThe New Yorker.DThe Onion.答案：A细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“the largest circulation”定位至每个媒体介绍的发行量处；由第二段中的“23,100,000 copies”，第三段中的“20,930,000 copies”，
8、第四段中的“6,900,000 copies a year”以及第五段中的“10,209,000 copies”可知，太阳报的年发行量最大，故A项正确。2According to the text, who may be the most loyal readers of Daily Mail?AYoung people.BMiddleclass women.CLower classes.DPoliticians.答案：B细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“the most loyal readers of Daily Mail”定位到第三段倒数第二句“Wellknown for female f
9、avorite topics, it is extremely popular with middleclass housewives.”，由该句可知，中产阶级的妇女是每日邮报最忠实的读者，故B项正确。3Which topic is least likely to be published in The New Yorker?AA poem.BA short story.CA humorous sketch.DA novel.答案：D细节理解题。根据尾段倒数第二句“It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and po
10、ems, as well as humorous sketches (小品)”可知，纽约客还出版文学作品，但主要是短篇故事和诗歌，以及幽默小品等，据此可知，小说最没有可能在约纽客发表，故选D。【词汇积累】recommend v. 推荐；举荐；介绍properly adv. 正确地；适当地domestic adj. 本国的；国内的affair n. 事件；事情【难句分析】原文：Reading the Daily Mail can not only understand major political and economic events, but also read some relaxing
11、 and helpful contents.读每日邮报不仅能了解重大的政治和经济事件，还能读到一些轻松有用的内容。(第三段第二句)分析：本句为简单句。not only . but also连接两个并列谓语，Reading the Daily Mail为动名词短语作主语。B(2019全国卷)Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year. Today $8 or $10 seems a small amount of mone
12、y, but at that time these amounts were forbidding to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience. They were dull and visually forbidding. But the revolution
13、 that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.The trend, then, was toward the“penny paper”a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper；perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single copies on the street.Th
14、is development did not take place overnight. It had been possible(but not easy)to buy single copies of newspapers before 1830, but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printers office to purchase a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. However, within a few years, street sales of ne
15、wspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copies was seldom a pennyusually two or three cents was chargedand some of the older wellknown papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase “penny paper” caught the publics fancy, and soon there would be papers that di
16、d indeed sell for only a penny.This new trend of newspapers for“the man on the street” did not begin well. Some of the early ventures (企业) were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few yo
17、uthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国报纸大众化的发展过程。4Which of the following best describes newspapers in America before the 1830s?AAcademic.BUnattractive.CInexpensive.DConfidential.答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句可知，当时的美国报纸既枯燥又在视觉上令人生畏，故选unattractive “不吸引人的”。5What did street sa
18、les mean to newspapers?AThey would be priced higher.BThey would disappear from cities.CThey could have more readers.DThey could regain public trust.答案：C推理判断题。根据第二段和第三段可知，报纸当时的变化趋势是越来越面向大众，变得更便宜，而且在街上就可以买到一份报纸，由此可推断报纸的街头销售意味着“报纸可以拥有更多的读者”，故选C项。6Who were the newspapers of the new trend targeted at?ALo
19、cal politicians.BCommon people.CYoung publishers.DRich businessmen.答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，报纸发展的新趋势的目标读者是普通人，故选B项。7What can we say about the birth of the penny paper?AIt was a difficult process.BIt was a temporary success.CIt was a robbery of the poor.DIt was a disaster for printers.答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，
20、报纸的大众化新趋势进展得并不容易，经过了早期一些企业的失败，然后通过一些年轻而勇敢的商人的努力才成功，由此推知，大众报的出现不是一帆风顺的，故选A项。【词汇积累】subscription n. 订阅，订购refer to指的是；参考；涉及overnight adv. 突然；一夜之间commonplace adj. 平凡的；普通的；普遍的【难句分析】原文：Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition.已经在
21、经营的出版商，也就是那些拥有成功报纸的人，并不想改变这一传统。(最后一段第三句)分析：本句为主从复合句。句中people who were owners of successful papers作Publishers already in business的同位语，其中who又引导定语从句，修饰people。CNEWSPAPERS have certainly been around for a long time. Many New Zealand newspapers are now heading towards their 125th anniversary of the first
22、publication and some New Zealand papers are more than 140 years old. However, some people think that newspapers are yesterdays medium and that new media, like television and even the Internet, will in the very near future cause newspapers to die. What is clear is that the growth of new media, and in
23、 particular the Internet, will cause newspapers to change themselves and change their product to meet customers needs. People read newspapers because of their unique strength. They have a large audience and yet a certain appeal (吸引力). They reach the majority of the population each day through coveri
24、ng national and international news and yet they offer interest to gardeners, cooks and even slaves to fashion. Newspapers also remain strong because of peoples continued love of reading. Reading is an active and involving (专注的) process, but people are able to read at their own speed and return to ne
25、wspapers for reference purposes. Newspapers will certainly not stop the Internet being a competitor. But no newlyintroduced news medium has ever killed an old one, and if best guesses are to be made then it is likely that this will be the case with this new medium as well. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。有些人认为新的媒体将会使
26、得报纸消亡，但作者认为报纸将会和新的传媒共存。8What will cause the “dying” of the newspaper in some peoples opinion?AIts old age. BThe growth of new media. CUnsuccessful business. DInternet millionaires. 答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，有些人认为新的媒体将会使得报纸消亡。9What does the underlined sentence in Para. 3 mean?AFew people like them for the
27、 same reason. BMany people like them for a variety of reasons. CMany people like them for the same reason. DFew people like them for a variety of reasons. 答案：C句意理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，报纸拥有大量读者，很多人喜欢读报都是因为报纸有独特的优势。10Which of the following does NOT refer to newspapers?AUseful for reference. BChanging to meet
28、customers needs. CWidereaching every day. DA passive way of getting information. 答案：D细节理解题。根据第四段第二句中的第二个分句可知A项正确；根据第二段第二句可知B项正确；根据第三段第三句可知C项正确；D项文中没有说明。11What can we infer from the passage?ANewspapers will be killed by the Internet soon. BThe Internet will be killed by newspapers. CNewspapers and th
29、e Internet will coexist. DNewspapers and the Internet will both disappear.答案：C推理判断题。从最后一段可以推断出，作者认为报纸将会和新的传媒共存。【词汇积累】anniversary n. 周年纪念日medium n. (传播信息的)媒介unique adj. 独特的competitor n. 竞争者【难句分析】原文：What is clear is that the growth of new media, and in particular the Internet, will cause newspapers to
30、 change themselves and change their product to meet customers needs. 显而易见的是，新媒体的发展，特别是互联网的发展，将使报纸改变自己、改变产品以满足顾客的需要。(第二段最后一句)分析：本句为主从复合句。what引导主语从句，在主语从句中作主语。从句中，and in particular the Internet为new media的同位语。.语法填空(2020山东省东营市广饶实验中学高三月考)As the old saying goes, a good neighbour is better than a brother f
31、ar off. 1 a summer evening, as usual, my father returned home with his wagon (四轮货车) 2 (load) with tons of bundles (捆) of cloth. Unfortunately, it was not long 3 it began to rain, 4 (upset) my father. If the cloth with glue got wet, it 5 (dissolve). The 6 (anxious) my father was, the more heavily it
32、rained. At 7 urgent moment, Uncle Wang and Uncle Li from our neighbouring shops joined us. Uncle Wang even brought plastic cloth to wrap our cloth. Though wet through, they didnt take it 8 (serious). What friendly 9 (neighbour)! They assisted us in time. 10 ， the cloth would have been damaged.1 2. 3
33、. 4. 5 6. 7. 8. 9 10. 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者家刚进回的一批布料即将被一场雨淋坏时，隔壁店铺的王叔叔和李叔叔冒雨来帮忙卸货的感人故事。1On考查介词。在具体的某一天晚上要用介词on。注意句首大写。2loaded考查非谓语动词。由句意可知wagon与load之间为被动关系，故此处用过去分词loaded。3before考查时间状语从句的连接词。It was not long before . “没过多久，便”。两个易混句型：It was具体的时间when .；Itwas一段时间before . 。4upsetting考查非谓语动词。upsetting为现在
34、分词作结果状语，表必然的结果或者意料之中的结果。5would be dissolved考查动词的时态和语态。此句为含有条件状语从句的复合句，时态遵循主将从现的原则，又因it是dissolve动作的承受者，故要用被动语态。6more anxious考查形容词比较级。“the比较级 . ，the比较级 . ”，表示“越越”。7the/that考查冠词/代词。the表特指，at the urgent moment “在这个紧急的时刻”，是指雨越下越大，眼看布料就要被毁的时刻。也可用指示代词that，表示“在那个紧急的时刻”。8seriously考查词性转换。take sth. seriously “认真对待某事”。9neighbours考查名词。文中提到的邻居不止一个人，故要用复数。10Otherwise考查连词。根据句意可知，此处表示“否则，要不然”，且此空所在句用的是虚拟语气，故填Otherwise。