1、版权所有:中国好课堂 NewspapersThe printed newspaper first appeared in 1450 in Europe. The daily was published for the first time in 1650.News of Frankfort ( 法 兰 克 福 新 闻 ) published in 1615 is regarded as the first “real newspaper”. Wai zhong xin bao ( 外 中 新 报 ) was the first published Chinese newspaper in 18
2、58. It was established in Hong Kong. TVJohn Logie Baird, the Scottish inventor, obtained the worlds first real television picture in his laboratory in October, 1925, and showed it to the British public on January 26, 1926. He is remembered as the father of mechanical (机械式) television.版权所有:中国好课堂 Webs
3、itesThe story of the Internet begins in the late 1950s. The Pentagon set up a research team in 1958 to create a computer network to operate during disasters like a nuclear war.In 1985, the National Science Foundation created a network which provided a free national service to any U S. research and e
4、ducation institution. All those networks finally joined the Pentagons network to form the Internet.In the 1990s, anyone with a computer, a modern, and Internet software could link up to the Internet.版权所有:中国好课堂 Section_ Warming Up not happening often3unusual Cgive a plan, piece of writing etc.to some
5、one in authority for them to consider or approve4assist Dworthy of admiration5submit Every pleased; happy6profession Fwanting very much to do something7eager Gdecide or fix the value of (sth.)8update Hgain sth.by your own efforts, ability or behaviour9acquire Ia job; an occupation which needs specia
6、l training10assess Jbring sth.up to date; modernize11inform Kfeeling ashamed12meanwhile Lsay strongly that you must have sth.版权所有:中国好课堂 13guilty Mgive information or knowledge to14demand Nat the same time15 _ 610 _ 1114 _答案：15 EDBAC 610 IFJHG 1114 MNKLLeadinHow do you know what is happening around u
7、s or even abroad?WhilereadingFastreading1What is the purpose of the writer to write the passage?To show us the necessary skills to become a good reporter.2Match each section with their main meanings according to the duties of a journalist.Section 1 Ato protect a story from accusationsSection 2 Bto g
8、et an accurate storySection 3 Cto work in a team_ _ _答案：C B ACarefulreading版权所有:中国好课堂 Read the text and choose the best answers.1Which one is FALSE about “what a reporter needs to remember when going out to cover a story？”AHe needs to be curious.BA good reporter must have a camera.CHe has to listen
9、to the detailed facts.DIf necessary he can use a recorder.2 “A good reporter must have a nose for a story.” probably means a reporter _.Ahas a sense about what is going to happenBis able to hide a story that may reflect badly on himCis able to ask the truth from the one who is interviewedDcovers a w
10、hole story from the interviewee3According to Hu Xin, which statement doesnt belong to the list of donts?ADont miss the deadline.BDont talk too much.CDont be rude.DDont take any notes while listening.4Why can not Zhou Yang go out on a story at once?ABecause he is not experienced yet.BBecause he cant
11、get a scoop.CBecause he is not curious enough.DBecause he doesnt know the list of dos and donts.答案：14 BADA版权所有:中国好课堂 StudyreadingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1Suppose you were to be a journalist for China Daily, do you know what kinds of jobs they have?句式分析 这是一个主从复合句。Suppose
12、 you were to be a journalist for China Daily 实际是一个条件状语从句，并采用与现在事实相反的虚拟语气；后面的 do you know .是主句。尝试翻译 假设你要成为一名中国日报的记者，你知道他们有哪些工种吗？2Youll find your colleagues very eager to assist you, so you may be able to concentrate on photography later if youre interested.句式分析 尝试翻译 你将发现你的同事们会很热情地帮助你。因此如果你对摄影感兴趣，也许以后
13、你可以集中精力去研究它。3Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills.句式分析 本句中 not only .but (also) .连接两个并列分句，且 not only 后的分句采用了部分倒装结构。尝试翻译 对摄影我不仅只是感兴趣，在大学里我还选修过业余摄影课来更新我的摄影技术。4Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the informatio
14、n you need to know.句式分析 本句是倒装句，其正常语序是 You will acquire all the information you need to know only if you ask many different questions.。版权所有:中国好课堂 尝试翻译 只有提很多不同的问题，你才能获得你需要的信息。.阅读理解AThe first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started
15、in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700s the worlds first printed newspaper was published. Europe didnt have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspape
16、r was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March, 1702.In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1
17、704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest
18、 circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun (读卖新闻 ). It sells more than 10 million copies every day.语篇解读：本文主要讲述了报纸的发展史。1The first regularly published newspaper in Europe was printed in _.AEngland BGermanyCFrance DSwed
19、en解析：选 B 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句 “Europe didnt have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.”可推知答案。2The first printed newspaper in America came out in _.AWashington BNew York版权所有:中国好课堂 CBoston DNew Orleans解析：选 C 细节理解题。由第三段第一句 “In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first Ame
20、rican newspaper in Boston.”可知选 C。3Which is NOT true according to the passage?AThe first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam.BEnglish language newspapers sell more than 10 million copies every day.CEurope didnt have a regularly published newspaper in 1608.DT
21、he first daily English newspaper came out in March, 1702.解析：选 B 细节理解题。由最后一段可知，日本的 读卖新闻发行量每天超过 10 000 000 份，而不是英语报纸。BNewspapers 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, th
22、e advice or the gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people dont take time to read real news. Newspapers attempt to catch the readers interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you se
23、e when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. 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 or frightening enough or wild eno
24、ugh, perhaps they will go on to read the front page. However, they may read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper any more. They say they get the news on television now. More people
25、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 you 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?语 篇 解 读 ： 现 如 今 网 络 的 发 展 对 纸 质 报
26、 纸 的 冲 击 很 大 。 本 文 作 者 呼 吁 大 家 更 多 地 关 注 报 纸 。版权所有:中国好课堂 4According to the passage, newspapers are _.Amore popular todayBless popular todayCas popular as beforeDgetting more and more popular解 析 ： 选 B 细 节 理 解 题 。 关 键 是 理 解 文 章 的 第 一 句 话 ， 由 此 可 知 报 纸 的 地 位 已 不 如 从前 。5According to the author, which of
27、 the following newspapers will most probably attract the 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 with gossip columns on the front page.解析：选 A
28、推理判断题。由第一段第五句可知，新闻往往用一些图片和令人感兴趣的标题来吸引读者注意。6According to the passage, most people read all of the following EXCEPT _.Athe sports page BcomicsCadvertisements Dreal news解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的第三、四句可以找到答案。7The authors attitude towards newspapers is _.Asympathetic BcriticalCnegative Dundetermined解析：选 A 作者态
29、度题。由文章的第一句话可知作者对报纸今非昔比的状况有点感版权所有:中国好课堂 慨，作者认为报纸应该受到人们更多的关注。CDuring an airport delay (延误 ) the man to the left, a Korean perhaps, starts talking to the man opposite, who might be Colombian, and soon they are chatting away in what seems to be English. But the native English speaker sitting between the
30、m cannot understand what they are saying.The Korean and the Colombian are actually speaking Globish, the latest addition to the 6,800 languages that are said to be spoken across the world. Not that its inventor, JeanPaul Nerrire, considers it a proper language.“It is not a language; it is a tool， ”
31、he says. “A language is the vehicle of a culture. Globish doesnt want to be that at all.” It is a means of simplifying the English language and giving it rules so it can be understood by all.Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words, short sentences, basic grammar rules, and many hand ges
32、tures to get the point across. The word list goes from “able” to “zero”. “Niece and nephew are not included, but you can replace them with the children of my brother， ” Nerrire says.The seeds for Globish came about in the 1980s when Nerrire was working for IBM in Paris with colleagues of about 40 na
33、tionalities. At a meeting where they were to be addressed (演讲) by two Americans whose flight had been delayed, they started talking in their lowquality English. Then the Americans arrived and beyond their opening phrases, “Call me Jim， ” “Call me Bill， ” no one understood a word. And Jim and Bill, n
34、eedless to say, did not understand the audiences English.“My colleagues all, like me, spoke lowquality English. One might have a vocabulary of 2,000 words, another of 1,200 and not the same words. One of the things of interest in Globish is that with 1,500 words you can express everything. People al
35、l over the world will speak with the same limited vocabulary， ” says Nerrire.Nerrire believes that with 182 hours learning the student should be able to communicate in Globish. It is not a pretty language full of redundancies (冗语) but Nerrire repeats that it is nothing but a tool. “It is not the lan
36、guage of great writers such as Shakespeare, Faulkner or Virginia Woolf， ” he explains.语 篇 解 读 ： 本 文 是 一 篇 说 明 文 。 文 章 介 绍 了 一 种 只 有 1 500 个 单 词 的 国 际 辅 助 语 全 球 语 。版权所有:中国好课堂 8The native English speaker mentioned in the first paragraph _.Aknows the Colombian Bcant speak GlobishCdoesnt like chatting D
37、can speak Korean解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第一段的最后一句 “But the native English speaker sitting between them cannot understand what they are saying.”可知，这个以英语为母语的人不懂全球语。9According to Nerrire, Globish is _.Aa proper language Bthe vehicle of a cultureCa means of communication Dthe rule of the English language解析：选 C 细节
38、理解题。根据第三段的 “It is not a language; it is a tool”和“It is a means . so it can be understood by all.”可知，Nerrire 认为全球语只是一种交流的工具。10Which of the following words can be used to describe the meeting in the 1980s?AInteresting. BAmazing.CUnimportant. DUnsuccessful.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第五段可知， Nerrire 和他的同事们听不懂两个美国人的演
39、讲，美国人也听不懂观众的英语，由此可见这次会议很不成功。11What can we learn about Globish?AIt creates many new words.BIt is very difficult to learn.CIt doesnt require grammar rules.DIt contains a list of 1,500 words.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第四段的 “Globish involves a vocabulary limited to 1,500 words”可知。版权所有:中国好课堂 .阅读七选五For better grades
40、use your brain!If youre like most students, you probably started this new school year with an air of determination to study harder. Now science can help you. Recent discoveries in brain research point to better ways to learn.Think of the last time you looked up a number in the telephone book and dia
41、led it. Could you remember that number five minutes later? Probably not! _1_ But if you can put the phone number into longterm memory, youll remember that same phone number next week.When you study, you transfer (转移) new information into longterm memory. Every time we learn something new, the struct
42、ure of the brain actually changes, as we build new connections to information that we already know. _2_Brain researchers have discovered three key points for better study._3_ Your brain can process only a limited amount of information at one time, so dont try to remember every detail. When studying
43、a textbook, look for titles and headings to show you the main ideas.Make the new brain connections stronger. _4_ This is the most powerful way to transfer information from shortterm to longterm memory. Another way is drawing a picture of the information, to make the visual (视觉的) part of the brain ac
44、tive.Give the new material time to soak in (渗入) your brain has to build new physical connections. _5_ And cramming (突击式学习) the night before a big test doesnt help.ATry to make an effort.BThats because its in your shortterm memory.CWe know we will need the information in the future.DFind the most imp
45、ortant information and organize it.EOne method is to recite the ideas out loud in your own words.FFor this reason, its better to study for several short periods than one long one.GWhen there are more connections to the new information, its easier to find it again.版权所有:中国好课堂 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了如何使用大脑
46、更好地学习。1选 B 根据上文的“Probably not！”可知，五分钟以后你忘记了刚拨过的电话号码，那是因为这组号码是以短期记忆的形式被储存的。2选 G G 项中的“more connections to the new information”与上文中的“we learn something new . we build new connections to information that we already know”相呼应。3选 D 根据下文中的“dont try to remember every detail”可知，学习时应该是寻找最重要的信息。4选 E 根据下文的“This is the most powerful way”和“Another way”可知，本段是大脑研究者提出的“Make the new brain connections stronger”的两种方法。5选 F 本段的“Give the new material time to soak in”是对 F 项中的“better to study for several short periods than one long one”的解释。
