Passage Four Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day, Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important e vents that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen. Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful in formation. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and, of course, advertisements. There are all sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their advertising space, but it is worth the money
A. Five hundred years ago news did not take a long time to reach other countries.
B. Large companies put big advertisements in the newspapers to make their products known.
C. The news that we need in Our newspapers is up-to-date.
D. Though the newspapers are sold at a low price, their owners still gain profit.
Passage Four Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day, Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important e vents that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen. Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful in formation. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and, of course, advertisements. There are all sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their advertising space, but it is worth the money
A. sent by telegraph
B. sent by letter
C. passed from one person to another
D. sent by telephone
Passage Four
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day, Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important e vents that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful in formation. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and, of course, advertisements. There are all sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their advertising space, b
A. Five hundred years ago news did not take a long time to reach other countries.
B. Large companies put big advertisements in the newspapers to make their products known.
C. The news that we need in Our newspapers is up-to-date.
D. Though the newspapers are sold at a low price, their owners still gain profit.
Passage One
In May 1927, at least four different people were planning to fly between New York and Paris. On the morning of 20 May, none of them had done so, yet Lindbergh took off from New York in his small plane. It was heavy with fuel and it seemed it would never get off the ground. Lindbergh hit several wet spots on the airfield and bounced dangerously. He got into the air just in time to avoid a tractor and some telegraph wires at the end of the field.
For the first eleven hours he flew along the Atlantic coastline. When he turned towards the open ocean, he had flown almost as far and as long as Alcook and Brown had in 1919.It was getting dark and the worst part of the flight was just beginning.
First, there was a freezing fog. For a time he avoided this by flying lower over the water. But then the fog came down to the tops of the waves. Lindbergh flew higher but it was so cold that ice formed on the wings. In the black darkness he shook the ice
A. He had forgotten to bring any food with him.
B. He was afraid he would fall asleep if he should eat anything.
C. He was not hungry.
D. It was difficult to eat while flying a plane.
Passage One
Almost two-thirds of overseas students studying in the UK have few or no British friends, according to a survey among 5,000 overseas students, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported last week.
The survey was carried out by the British Council, the council for international education, and Universities UK, an organization supporting the work of all the country’s universities.
The survey revealed only 7 percent of the students said most of their friends were from the UK; 32 percent said they had a mixture of UK and international student friends; and 59 percent said their only friends were international.
Some student leaders say one reason fox’ the trend is that overseas students are dedicate to their courses instead of their social lives.
In addition, many foreign students weren’t interested in the pub-centered drinking culture on British campuses, according to Will MacFarlane, student union general se
A. the number of overseas students is reduced in recent years
B. overseas students are not willing to make friends with British students
C. no overseas students have time to go to pubs in spare time
D. most overseas students have few British friends
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