单选题 People usually regard a good modern newspaper as a remarkable material for reading. Because it provides a large range of news contains, from local crime to international politics, from sport to business, from editorial page to feature articles, which aims to attract different readers. Besides, the way people read it also contributes to make the newspaper become more remarkable. The readers tend to glance or skim it, instead of reading it completely or straight through.
The thing that brings the various contains together in one newspaper is its topicality (时事性), which means the immediate relation to what is happening in a certain locality at the moment. However, the rapid speed of production also means that some articles appear in a newspaper only has the transient (短暂的) value. Not two people actually read the same paper. What each person does is to put together his own selection and sequence out of that day"s newspaper to made up for his own newspaper.
Therefore, reading newspapers efficiently means that get what you want from them without missing things you need or wasting time, which demands skills.
单选题 What makes the modern newspaper so remarkable?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推断题。纵观全文,现代报纸有以下几个显著特点:覆盖面广、阅读方式不同、多样性和时效性。D选项提到了其中两项。
单选题 What can be concluded from the passage about the newspaper readers?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推断题。从文章第二段最后一句可以看出,读者喜欢有选择性地阅览报纸。
单选题 Why a good newspaper offers "a variety" to readers?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。从第二段得知,报纸之所以多样化,是因为随时报道各地区的时事。
单选题 Which can be the best title for this passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推断题。纵观全文,作者主要想阐述一份好报纸的特点。