阅读理解
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing
to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what
is happening in the world.
Sometimes,we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page.
At other times,we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passage .
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world.We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities,but
in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (也版) once a week,but most of the papers are published once a day with many
pages,some even published twice a day!You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers.Some like
world news, and others prefer short stories.They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular
that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 2lst Century. Also they bring us
more and more information with Internet.
1. People read newspapers in order to _____.
A. learn the latest news
B. meet their own different needs
C. read the short stories
D. find the morning news
2. From the passage we can see that_____when people get newspapers.
A. they read them very carefully
B. they just read the headlines
C. not everyone reads all the pages
D. they have no time to read them
3. Newspapers have so many pages because_____.
A. more and more people like to read them
B. people enjoy reading something different
C. newspapers become cheaper
D. more pages mean more money
4. Newspapers_____are the most popular in the world.
A. in English
B. in Chinese
C. in other language
D. in the many pages
5. According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from_____.
A. magazines
B. advertisements
C. e-mails
D. Internet
