Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some peopl

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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 pasd by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events 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 uful information. There are weather repets, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stones, anra ox cour, auwmments. There are a sorts of advertiments. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For tho who produce newspapers, advertiments are also very important. Money earned from advertiments makes it possible for them to ll their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit. Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion, as well as a small but very popular ction on jokes and cartoons.41. The habit of reading newspapers is A. widespread   B. found among a few families C. not popular   D. uncommon42. In the past, news was A. nt by telegraph    B. nt by letter C. nt by telephone    D. pasd from one person to another43. The money spent on advertiments is A. wasted   B. not much C. worthwhile    D. of no u to anyone44. Which of the following statements is not tree? A. Five hundred years ago news didn't take a long time to reach other countries. B. Large companies put big advertiments in the newspapers becau they want to draw people's attention to their products. C. The news that we need in our newspapers in up-to-date. D. Though the newspapers are sold at a low price, people still gain profit.45. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. Here the phra "subscribe to"means   .A. contribute to   B. write toC. agree to buy for a specified time   D. appreciate 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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41—45  ADCAC

解析

本文主要从新闻的来源和它的信息包含范围来说明它在人们日常生活生活中的重要性及人们订阅它的原因。41. A 推断题。从第一段可知几乎每一个家庭至少都会订阅一份报纸，所以由此推断阅读报纸的习惯很“普及（widespread）”。42. D 细节题。由The news pasd by word of mouth and was never accurate可知，古代新闻是通过人与人之间的交谈口头传播的。43. C 推断题。根据it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country可知对广告商而言投入的广告费是“值得的（worthwhile）”；同时从后文可以知道其它选项不符合文意。44. A 细节题。从took months and even years to travel from one country to another知，500年前新闻从一个国家传到另一个国家需要很长时间。其它的都能从文中找到相应介绍支持。45. C 词义题。作者先在第一句介绍，每个家庭至少买一份报纸；由此我们可以推出后面的一些家庭与三四份报纸的关系是“订阅（subscribe）”即agree to buy for a specified time。

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据考高分专家说，试题“ Almost every family.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。