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Chapter 4 News 新闻热点
Part 1九选八题型 Text 1 A.buried F.figure out
Miners work under the earth to collect coal. They have dangerous jobs because occasionally the earth sinks or falls apart. When this happens, miners are __1_____ underground. They are ___2____. If they don’t have (a) _______ to breathe, (b) _______ to eat, and (c) _______ to drink, they will die. They cannot go without any of these things for long, but the first is the most __3____. It is difficult to ___4____ where miners are and ___5____ them in time. Trapped miners dream of being free and don’t give up.
In July 2002, nine miners went to work in Pennsylvania.
All of a sudden, there was a terrible ___6____. A wall __7____ and water flooded the area where the miners were working. It came up to their collars. At first, (d) ______________. Luckily, (e) _____________________. Later, (f) ______________________________. Many people took part in ___8___to save them. After a period of several days, (g) ______________________. 九选八
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Task1: 翻译划线部分句子
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Task2: 填出（a）、（b）、（c）词语：
If they don’t have （a）_______ to breathe, （b）_______ to eat, and （c）_______ to drink, they will die.
Task3: 请按照文章逻辑，把下列句子填入（d）（e）（f）（g）出空格
A. people on the surface figure out where the miner were and dug a breathing holes.
2. 6. 3. 7. 4. 8. B.important G.helping C.reach H.trapped D.accident I.taken E.broke apart B. they brought the tired miners to the surface alive C. the miners shouted, but no one could hear them. D. they gave them message from their families.
Task4:根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误. ( ( ( ( ( Text 2 A. part E. events
Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to ___1___ news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and ___2___ the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important __3__ of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV __4__ can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and __5__. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. __6__, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead, they print stories about plane accidents.
__7__, many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and __8__ in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspaper.
1. 九选八 1. 2. 3. 4. B. realize F. unusual C. stations G. receive D. For example H. all over I. In addition ) 1.It’s very dangerous for miners to collect coal on the surface. ) 2.If miners are covered with earth and rocks, they need food and drink. ) 3.Miners should make room for being free first if they are covered.
) 4.A wall broke apart and the water came up to their heads while the miners were working. ) 5.When people on the surface found out where the miners were, they gave them messages
from their families first.
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Part 2 选择题型 Text 1
6. 7. 8. Most American students have said goodbye to expensive fruits these days. In school, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places. “People are afraid to spend now and they don’t know what the future will bring,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. In many interviews with The Associated Press across the country, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply (1) making ends meet. Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals.
During the financial crisis, several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or
close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods. The USA government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not.
The crisis began last year. Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who
put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders (国界), the whole world was in trouble.
Task1: 猜猜文中划线处(1)的意思：__________
Task2 根据短文内容, 完成以下文章脉络图： Phenomenon Solution Reasons Linda：________________________________ Samira:________________________________ ________________________________ company:_______________________________ US bank:_______________________________ people: _______________________________ the whole world: _______________________
Task3 在原文中找出2个词，概括整篇文章大意：_______________
根据短文内容作选择: ( ( ( ( ( Text 2
Nowadays, the A/H1N1 flu has spread across the world. The experts give us some advice as follows: Firstly, the meat we eat everyday must be cooked until over 71℃. Secondly, we must avoid touching the patients infected respiratory disease. Thirdly, we must often wash our hands with the soaps. Fourthly, we must avoid touching live pigs and going to the crowed public place. When we cough and sneeze, we must cover our mouth and nose with paper towels. Furthermore, we must take more exercise and keep enough sleep because it will be good for us.
BEIJING, May 11--The first case of A/H1N1 influenza was confirmed on the mainland. The man returned from the United States. The 30-year-old patient was at the hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan’s provincial capital.
LHASA. Oct 4---China has reported its first death of A/H1N1 influenza. The 18-year-old girl was taken to the hospital on Saturday for coughing, sore throat and muscular stiffness. Her body
) 1.Why are people in the US afraid to spend?
(A) Because they think it’s unnecessary.
(B) Because they don’t have the habit of spending money. (C) Because they worry about their future. (D) Because they don’t have enough money. (A) worries
(B) conditions
(C) hobbies
(D) experiences
) 2.The underlined word “concerns” probably means _____. ) 3.The third paragraph mainly _____.
(A) tells what it is like in a crisis (B) explains why there is a crisis
(C) warns people of the danger of the crisis (D) asks people not to borrow money from banks
(A) Many of the country’s biggest banks were sold and closed. (B) Linda has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice.
(C) Experts think it was easy to borrow money from the banks in US in the past. (D) People are sure that the US plan to save the market will be helpful soon. (A) Ways to make ends meet
(B) The money problem facing the world (C) Healthy expensive fruits (D) The art of borrowing
) 4.Which of the following is right?
) 5.The best title for the story is _____.