1、Unit 4 Making the newsSection Prereading (Warming Up therefore the quality of articles is not the same.The only thing that we know for sure is that print newspapers are facing a crisis due to lack of revenues (收入 ) from traditional advertising and the appearance of the Internet.篇章导读：本文是一篇新闻报道。报纸会从人们
2、的生活中消失而成为历史吗？由于因特网和其他各种新闻媒介的出现以及人们快节奏的生活方式使得报纸的发展前景不容乐观。1The first two paragraphs mainly imply that print newspapers _.Aare facing a greater opportunityBare always part of peoples lifestylesCare suffering a dreadful challengeDhave been a leading medium答案：C 推理判断题。从文章第一、二段的内容可知，由于因特网和一些其他媒体的迅速发展，报纸已经不
3、再是主流媒体，从 30 年前开始，它的发行量就在不断下降。所以，C 项“正在经历可怕的挑战”符合题意。2According to the passage, the people aged 1835 _.Aarent ready to use other media to replace newspapersBregard the Internet as a main source of newsCare the regular readers of print newspapersDare growing up using the traditional medium答案：B 细节理解题。由第
4、三段第三句可知，这群从 18 至 35 岁的年轻人不愿意取代以前那些由报纸伴随长大的人。由此可知 A、C 、D 三项均是对原文的误解。又由本段的第四句可知，他们喜欢上网来搜索信息，故 B 项正确。3We can know the following from the passage EXCEPT that _.Aprint newspapers have been gradually losing their readers since the 1980sBit is believed by some experts that newspapers will disappear in many
5、 countries by 2043Carticles of online editions can increase newspapers revenuesDsome newspapers provide articles of online editions due to the growing use of the Internet答案：C 细节理解题。C 项的表述在文章中并没有提及。由第二段第一句可知，A 项正确；由第三段的最后一句可知，B 项正确；由第五段的第一句可知，D 项正确。4We can most probably read this passage _.Ain a news
6、paper Bin a textbookCin a novel Din a comic book答案：A 推理判断题。从文章内容来看，本文是在介绍报纸不乐观的发展前景和一些专家的评论。这样的文章最可能出现在报纸上。.完形填空I was a paperboywell actually, the first papergirl in Seattle. When I was 12, I talked my way into a job delivering The Seattle Times. I remember the boss looking this _1_ girl over and te
7、lling me I had a week to _2_ I could do it.So after school, I would _3_ over to the hut down the street, pick up my bundles, lift them onto the back of my _4_ and ride my route. Sunday morning papers were too _5_ for me to carry. I tried, and it took me three hours to _6_ them as I had to keep comin
8、g back to reload. So, my mother volunteered to get up at 5：30 am and drive me around. She _7_ herself to my employment.What I learned as a _8_ was to find out where each of my customers wanted their papers. I didnt just throw them on their _9_. If they wanted them on their porch, or mailbox or insid
9、e the gate, that was _10_ they got them. When a customer went out of town, he would tell me and I would make sure that the papers didnt _11_ up to flag thieves. In return, I got big _12_.Somewhere the paperboys are _13_ by modern services. We put our orders, our vacation holds, our moves into online
10、 forms that then tell a service that _14_ a guy in a truck to throw the paper onto the lawn.The people that run and own newspapers have the _15_ to deliver news to us in a large number of forms, and we should be able to get it any way we want. We should be able to _16_ for the form we want it _17_，
11、including how it is distributed. I would _18_ pay to have a papergirl or boy deliver the _19_ on the right day in the right way, and I would tip for that privilege.Lets bring back the paperboy and with it _20_ employment for our children.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者自己当报童的时候送报的经历和现代发布信息的方式的变化等。1A.strong Bne
12、rvousCstubborn Dthin答案：D 结合前面的“When I was 12”和后面的“Sunday morning papers were too _5_ for me to carry.”可知，作者应该是一个瘦弱的 (thin)女孩。2A.prove BconfirmCinform Dadmit答案：A此处指老板看到作者是一个瘦弱的女孩，因此给了她一周的时间，让她来证明(prove) 她可以从事这个工作。confirm “证实，确认”(尤指需要提供证据) ；inform “通知” ；admit “承认”均不符合语境。3A.watch BheadCtake Dturn答案：B 结
13、合空格前面的“So after school”和后面的“over to the hut down the street, pick up my bundles”可知，作者放学之后，就直奔(head over to)街边的报亭去取报。4A.car BcartCbike Dtruck答案：C根据后面的“ride my route”可知，此处指作者把报纸放到了自行车后架子上面。5A.heavy BdirtyCtidy Drough答案：A结合前面的“Sunday morning papers were”和后面的“for me to carry”可知，此处表示这些报纸对于十二岁的作者来说太重(heav
14、y)了。6A.read BcopyCpack Ddeliver答案：D此处与第一段中提到的“I talked my way into a job delivering”呼应，指作者去送(deliver)报。7A.enjoyed BdevotedCforced Dengaged答案：B结合空格前面的“So, my mother volunteered to get up at 5：30 am and drive me around.”可知，作者的母亲每天早上五点半就起床帮助作者，因此这里表示作者的母亲把自己的时间倾注于作者的工作中。devote oneself to sth. “专心致力于某事”
15、 。8A.student BdaughterCpapergirl Dreader答案：C根据第一段第一句中的“the first papergirl in Seattle”可知，这里表示作者作为一个送报的女童(papergirl)。9A.lawn BhouseCfloor Droof答案：A根据后面的“If they wanted them on their porch, or mailbox or inside the gate”可知，此处表示把报纸扔到草坪(lawn) 上。第 14 空后的“the lawn”也是提示。10A.why BhowCwhen Dwhere答案：D前面提到的“on
16、 their porch, or mailbox or inside the gate”都是地点，因此这些都是他们拿到报纸的地方，此处 where 引导名词性从句作表语。11A.take BpileCgive Dbreak答案：B根据语境可知，此处指作者确保不把报纸堆积到那里，以免堆积的报纸成为让贼知道家中无人的标志。pile up “堆积 ”。12A.smiles BcandiesCtips D praises答案：C根据 in return “作为回报”可知，tip “小费” ，符合语境。13A.replaced BcontrolledCguided Ddefeated答案：A根据下文中的
17、“We put our orders, our vacation holds, our moves into online forms that then tell a service that _14_ a guy in a truck”可知，此处表示现在在某些地方报童的任务已经被现代化的服务取代(replaced)了。14A.makes BpullsCthreats Dsends答案：D此处表示服务点派(sends) 一个人去把报纸扔到草坪上。15A.right BopportunityCduty Dmethod答案：B由语境可知，此处表示报纸的经营者有机会 (opportunity)以多
18、种方式向我们传递信息。16A.look BdesireCpay Dhope答案：C结合语境可知，此处是表示为了我们想要的 (传递信息的)形式而付款。pay for “为而付钱 ”。第 18 空后的“pay to have a . boy deliver . ”也是提示。17A.at BwithCon Din答案：D此处与前面的 form 呼应，in . form ，指“以形式” 。18A.gladly BslightlyCparticularly Dtotally答案：A由语境可知，让报童们在正确的时间，以正确的方式递送报纸，作者乐意(gladly)为这种信息递送方式付费。19A.bread BpaperCmilk Dspeech答案：B此处指报童们送报纸。20A.fortunate BpositiveCuseless Dmeaningful答案：D由语境可知，作者认为报童送报还是一份有意义的(meaningful)工作。