湖北专升本英语每日一练（4月17月）

Passage 1

Newspapers, along with reporting the news, instruct, entertain, and give opinions. An important way for reading a large, big city newspaper is knowing how to take it apart. Can you find these separate sections: world news, national and local news, sports, business, entertainment, opinions, classified ads? Does your paper have other sections?

News stories give facts, not the author’s opinions. Editorials do the opposite, you can expect an editorial to take sides. Some newspaper editorials have a by line with the author’s name, but many newspapers have unsigned editorials. These reflect the opinions of the publisher or editor.

You can be a better reader if you know what to expect in a newspaper. For example, you can expect headlines to omit unnecessary words. You can expect to find the most important facts in the lead paragraph (the first paragraph) of a news story. You can expect important news items to be on the front page. You can expect less important items to be on the inside pages.

Most of all, the more you know about the current news, the more you will understand what is in the newspaper. Important stories are generally presented one day and followed up on following days. So, an important way for reading newspapers is reading one frequently.

81. A good way to read a large newspaper is ______.

A. to do some paper cutting B. to read it from cover to cover

C. to find separate sections D. to predict what is inside the newspaper

82. Which of the following statements about news stories is TRUE?

A. News stories reflect the opinions of the publisher and editor.

B. News stories contain both facts and opinions.

C. News stories tell the facts without any comments.

D. News stories express the writers’ opinions.

83. If you want to read some less important news without any details, you can read ______.

A. the lead paragraphs of the news on the front pages

B. the headlines on the inside pages

C. news items on the front pages

D. the headlines of some current news on the front pages

84. The best way for reading newspapers is to ______.

A. read extensively and thoroughly B. read often and with certain skills

C. read occasionally and carefully D. read them in detail everyday

85. The main idea of the passage is ______.

A. how to find important news stories B. how to read newspapers

C. how to tell apart different news sections D. how to read stories and editorials

81.【答案】C

【解析】细节题。题干：阅读大报的好方法是______。从文章第一段中可找出答案“...how to take it apart. Can you find these separate sections...”(如何把它拆开?你能找到这些单独的部分吗)，很明显能找到C项“分类部分”(to find separate sections)才是读大报的好方法。A项“剪报纸”、B项“从头读到尾”和D项“预测报纸里有什么”，均不符合原文表达意思。故答案选C。

82.【答案】C

【解析】细节题。题干：下列哪一项对新闻报道的陈述是正确的?根据本题关键词“news stories”，可定位至从第二段首句“News stories give facts, not the author’s opinions.”(新闻故事提供的是事实，而不是作者的观点)，即可找到答案C项“新闻故事只讲述事实，不加任何评论”。A项“新闻故事反映了出版商和编辑的想法”、B项“新闻故事包括事实和想法”和D项“新闻故事表达作者的想法”，均是偷换概念，谈论的对象是“editorials”(社论)而非题干中的“news stories”(新闻故事)。故答案选C。

83.【答案】B

【解析】细节题。题干：如果你想看一些不太重要的消息，也不要太多的细节，你可以读______。从第三段中，尤其是第三段的最后一句“You can expect less important items to be on the inside pages.”(你可以在内页看到不太重要的条目)可找到选项B“内页的标题”是正确答案。A项“头版新闻的主要段落”、C项“头版上的新闻条目”和D项“头版上的一些时事新闻的标题”，均不符合题意。故答案选B。

84.【答案】B

【解析】推断题。题干：阅读报纸的最好方法是______。从文章最后一段，特别是最后一句“So, an important way for reading newspapers is reading one frequently.”(所以，阅读报纸的一个重要方式是经常阅读报纸)可以得出结论：阅读报纸的最好方法是B项“常读并且有某些技巧”。A项“广泛而彻底地读”、C项“偶尔仔细地读”和D项“每天详细地读”，均不是作者提倡的读报方式。故答案选B。

85.【答案】B

【解析】主旨题。题干：本文的主旨大意是______。纵观全文，作者论述的都是对报纸的阅读。A项“如何找到重要的新闻故事”、C项“如何区分不同的新闻部分”和D项“怎么读新闻和社论”，均是事实和细节，只有选项B“怎样读报纸”才是本文的主旨大意。故答案选B。