高中英语Unit4Makingthenews课时追踪练习1新人教版必修5

1、高中英语Unit4Makingthenews课时追踪练习1新人教版必修5高中英语Unit4Makingthenews课时追踪练习1新人教版必修5PAGE PAGE 14高中英语Unit4Makingthenews课时追踪练习1新人教版必修5Unit 4 Making the news 课时跟踪 1。阅读理解AWhen people find out that I am a journalist，they often ask me：What do you think about the future of newspapers？I tell them that I think the futur

2、e of communications is moving online。People expect me to be fearful for the future of print。After all，in some peoples minds I wouldnt be able to build a career in journalism(新闻业) if it all moves online.However,strangely enough，Im actually comforted by the fact that online journalism is becoming usua

3、l.I am a blogger who has always been able to find a home for my writing online。Since I began writing blogs，I have become aware of how many people you can reach with online writing.Compare this to the newspapers circulation base（发行基地)，and you will have a strong reason for online journalism.In her suc

4、cessful blog post titled The Job I Have Spent the Last Year Learning Is Not the One I Will Have，author Jenny Surane states，“Print is an expensive product to love.And general managers,publishers and editors must now figure out a profitable way to get their news into readers heads.” She goes on to sta

5、te that people dont feel like picking up a newspaper now and would rather scroll(滚屏） through their Twitter feed，and get news from many different sources。If print is dying，then a new form of communicating information is being born。The need for information has not died.If anything，it has increased.Wha

6、t has died，rather，is the way in which information is presented。Now more than ever,in this age of information，there is a desire for stories on the same topic from different points of view。The printing industry can keep pace with the need of providing a variety of sources，if it chooses to。Is the futur

7、e of print grim？Maybe。But is the future of journalism of communicating information to people grim as well？Definitely not。语篇解读本文是一篇议论文，主要探讨了在互联网日益发达的今天，报纸的未来堪忧，但是新闻行业会不会也没有前途呢？1According to Paragraph 2，the author feels 。Aconfident about the future of his careerBworried about the future of printCtired

8、 of being a newspaper journalistDembarrassed about online writing答案A解析推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句“However,strangely enough，Im actually comforted by the fact that online journalism is becoming usual.I am a blogger who has always been able to find a home for my writing online。可推断，作者对自己职业的未来充满信心。2What information

9、is conveyed in Jennys blog post？ATwitter is not very popular。BIt is hard to manage online journalism.CPrint still has its own advantages.DPeople have more options（选择) to get information。答案D解析细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“。.。people dont feel like picking up a newspaper now.。.get news from many different sources。”可

10、知,Jenny认为人们现在并不愿意购买报纸，他们希望通过许多不同的来源获取信息。3What does the underlined word “grim” in the last paragraph probably mean？APromising。 BWorrying。CUnforgiving。 DEncouraging.答案B解析词义猜测题。根据上文内容可知，人们购买报纸的意愿不强，他们更喜欢通过网络来获取信息。由此可知，报纸的未来是令人担心的。BThe American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years.In

11、1721，the printer James Franklin，Benjamins older brother，started New England Courant，and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper.He filled his paper with stories of adventure，articles on art,on famous people，and on all sorts of political subjects。Three centuries after the appearanc

12、e of Franklins Courant,few believe that newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for long.Newspaper companies are losing advertisers（广告商)，readers，market value and，in some cases，their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago。The chief ed

13、itor(主编） of The Times said recently，“At places where they gather，editors ask one another，How are you？，as if they have just come out of the hospital or lost a law case.” An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of The Guardian,under the headline “NOT DEAD YET”Perhaps not，but the rise of

14、 the Internet，which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world,has brought about a real sense of death。Some American newspapers have lost 42 of their market value in the past three years。The New York Times Company has seen its stock（股票) drop by 54 since the end of 2004，wit

15、h much of the loss coming in the past year。A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock.holders sell off their Times stock.The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education，and its testing and testpreparation service now brings in at least ha

16、lf the companys income.eq x（语篇解读本文主要讲述了美国报纸的由来、现在面临的挑战和报纸企业做出的调整。)4What can we learn about New England Courant？AIt is mainly about the stock market。BIt marks the beginning of the American newspaper。CIt remains a successful newspaper in America.DIt carries articles by political leaders。答案B解析推理判断题。根据第

17、一段第二句“In 1721，the printer James Franklin，Benjamins older brother，started New England Courant，and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper。可推知，新英格兰报标志着美国报纸的开始。5What can we infer about the newspaper editors？AThey often accept readers suggestions。BThey care a lot about each others hea

18、lth。CThey stop doing business with advertisers.DThey face great difficulties in their business。答案D解析推理判断题.根据第二段的内容可知，报纸失去了广告商、读者、市场价值。由此推知，他们的生意遇到了困难。6Which of the following found a new way for its development？AThe Washington Post.BThe Guardian。CThe New York Times.DNew England Courant。答案A解析细节理解题。根据最

19、后一段的“The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education。.”可知，华盛顿邮报公司通过扩展教育业务来帮助自己发展。故选A项。7How does the author seem to feel about the future of newspapers？ASatisfied. BHopeful。CWorried. DSurprised。答案C解析推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Perhaps not，but the rise of the

20、 Internet，which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world，has brought about a real sense of death.可知,作者对于报纸的前景比较担心。故选C项。CSharing E Umbrella，a new umbrella sharing company based in Shenzhen，China，recently announced that it had lost most of the 300，000 umbrellas since it wa

21、s set up.Chinas sharing economy has been growing rapidly，with companies offering anything from bicycles and basketballs to phone batteries for people to rent。Customers make a small deposit（押金） and get to use the thing for a daily cost,with a fine put in place for every day if they fail to return the

22、 product in time.Its a simple business model，and market data shows that people see sharing as a cheap and convenient way to cut down waste。Zhao Shuping founded the Sharing E Umbrella，an umbrella sharing service,in April.By the end of June，he had already started in 11 major Chinese cities，including S

23、hanghai，Nanjing and Guangzhou。While picking up the umbrellas was relatively simple,as they were made available（可得到的） at bus and subway stations,the return system turned out to be a different matter.“Umbrellas are different from bicycles,Mr Zhao told Chinese news site TheP。“Bikes can be parked anywhe

24、re，but with an umbrella you need something to hang it on.”So instead of bothering to return the umbrellas back to a station，a lot of people just took them home，and Sharing E Umbrella has reportedly lost track of most of the 300，000 umbrellas.Considering that borrowing umbrellas requires a 19 yuan de

25、posit，with a fee of 0。50 yuan per half an hour usage，Zhao says that he suffers a loss of 60 yuan per lost umbrella,so the company is now in the red,but he is not ready to stop it just yet.Zhao announces that Sharing E Umbrella still plans to roll out（推出） 30 million nationwide by the end of the year。

26、语篇解读在中国深圳赵书平创办了共享雨伞。然而，共享雨伞出现不久,就遭遇了尴尬的局面。但赵将继续他的雨伞共享服务。8What do we know about Sharing E Umbrella？AIt makes people learn to help each other。BIt needs people to make a small deposit first。CIt developed faster in the western countries.DIt produces more waste and causes disorder.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“Cus

27、tomers make a small deposit（押金) and get to use the thing for a daily cost，with a fine put in place for every day if they fail to return the product in time。可知，关于共享雨伞我们知道它需要人们先交小额押金。故选B.9What problem did Sharing E Umbrella meet after it was founded？AThe company had no money to produce umbrellas。BUmbr

28、ellas are not allowed to hang anywhere。CLots of customers didnt give the umbrellas back.DPeople refuse to pay deposit for the umbrellas.答案C解析推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知，很多人不愿把雨伞送回共享站，而是直接带回家中。据报道，市面上投放的30万把雨伞大部分已经难觅踪影。由此可推知,很多顾客没有把伞还回去。故选C.10How much did his company lose if an umbrella was lost？A0.5 yuan。 B19

29、 yuan.C60 yuan。 D120 yuan.答案C解析细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句可知,丢失一把雨伞会损失60元.故选C。11We can infer from the last paragraph that 。AZhao has found a way to get the umbrellas backBZhao will continue his umbrella sharing serviceCMost of Zhaos companies have been closedDSharing E Umbrella is a failure for Zhao答案B解析推理判断题。根

30、据最后一段最后两句可知，赵将继续他的雨伞共享服务。故选B。.七选五Johannes Gutenberg was chosen to be the most important figure of the past millennium by the media。You may not be familiar with him. 12 Gutenberg was praised for having invented the printing press and therefore preparing the way for printing books.He was born into a w

31、ealthy family in the city of Mainz，Germany.In 1428,he moved to Strasbourg and lived there for almost 20 years. 13 Gutenberg used his skills in metalwork for the mass production of books。 14 That means each copy of the Catholic Bible and all of its 73 books were handwritten by penmen.Gutenberg fashio

32、ned a font of over 300 characters，far larger than the fonts of today.To make this possible，he invented the variable。width mold and perfected the mixture of materials used by type factories up to the present century. 15 Between 1450 and 1455，while preparing to produce a large Latin Bible，Gutenberg wa

33、s thought to have printed a number of smaller books，a calendar，and so on.The 42。line Bible，the oldest surviving printed book in the western world，was completed by August 15，1456。The discovery of the modern printing press changed the way information was delivered. 16 Even today in the computer age，we rely heavily