Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or the gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don’ t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say that their readers are lazy. They say they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the reader’ s interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headline to make them stop and look. If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page. However, they may just read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore. They say they get the news on the television now. More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper? Do you think it is easier to get the news from television? Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?

It was a nice house, but______too small for a family of five. rarely fairly rather pretty

The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they______. were playing were to play have played played

John, look at the time. ______you play the piano at such a late hour? Must Can May Need

Peter______a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls. picked up took up made up turned up

Today, we will begin______we stopped yesterdays so that no point will be left out. when where how what

You______pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important. shouldn’ t cannot mustn’ t needn’ t

Normally a student must attend a number of courses in order to graduate, and each course which he attends gives him a grade which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree is made up of thirty-six courses each lasting for one term. Generally, a course is made up of three classes per week for fifteen weeks: while attending a university a student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester. Normally a student would expect to take four years attending two terms each year. It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period. It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not done as a regular practice. For every course that follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded and available for the student to show to prospective employers. All this sets a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activities in student affairs. The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities. Any student who is thought to have broken the rules, for example, by cheating is to appear before a student court. With the large numbers of students, the operation of the system has something to do with a certain amount of activity. A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and it will be of benefit to him later in his career.

Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or the gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don’ t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say that their readers are lazy. They say they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the reader’ s interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headline to make them stop and look. If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page. However, they may just read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore. They say they get the news on the television now. More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper? Do you think it is easier to get the news from television? Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?

The annual campaign to make Singapore’ s three million people more polite ended yesterday and was immediately followed by another drive to get them to be punctual. Tardiness is not yet a criminal offence in the island republic, and the National Punctuality Working Committee can only use gentle persuasion. “Being on time means being considerate, “ said committee chairman Toh Weng Cheng. Previous drives made little headway in changing a deeply rooted habit that seems oddly out of place in this otherwise efficient city-state. Tardiness at dinner parties is usually attributed to Chinese tradition, a belief that older and more important guests were expected to make an entrance after the others. Meanwhile, officials will assess the results of the 15th annual courtesy campaign, a HK $ 2. 4 million drive to persuade Singaporeans to mind their manners. Earlier courtesy campaigns used posters , films, advertisements in newspapers and magazines to portray considerate behavior. The publicity this year stressed courtesy through examples of discourtesy. Few countries use elaborate public campaigns to change behavior and raise civic consciousness. It has been a way of life in Singapore for more than 30 years. Some, like the courtesy drive, deal with basic habits and culture. October was first declared “Speak Mandarin Month“ in 1978, an effort to wipe out regional Chinese dialects in favor of the official tongue. Others focus on problems of the day. The police launched a drive in 1989 to stop abuse of the emergency phone number 999, because one call in five was of the nuisance or non-emergency variety. Some campaigns have been so successful that they have been reversed. Family planners urged parents to “Stop at Two“ in 1978. Birth rates dropped from 3.5 percent in 1960 to 1. 2 percent in 1980, and families who can afford it are now encouraged to “Have Three or More“. By the early 1980s, the growth of campaigns inspired one exhausted newspaper columnist to suggest a “ take your campaigns seriously campaign“.

—What made him so happy? —______ as the model student in school. He being elected His electing His being elected His been elected

—Did you tell Julia about the result? —Oh, no, I forgot. I______her now. will be calling will call call am to call

—You don’t like this oil painting, do you? —______. I like it better______I look at it. Yes: the moment No: as No: when Yes: the more

During the last Paralympics, all the rooms in the Paralympics Village in Beijing are so designed that they are______to the disabled. accessible available convenient valid

It is not I but you who______the first to run to the goal in that competition. am was is are

Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of possessing a single talent or skill: singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. The successful performer develops a style that is marketed aggressively and gains some popularity. And it is this popularity that usually convinces the performer to continue performing in the same style, since that is what the public seems to want and to enjoy. But in time, the performer becomes bored singing the same songs in the same way year after year, or the painter becomes bored painting similar scenes or portraits, or the actor is tired of playing the same character repeatedly.

Travel Agent: Freedom Travel. How may I help you? Caller: Yes, I’ d like to make a flight reservation for the twenty-third of this month. Travel Agent: Okay.【D1】______ Caller: Well. I’m flying to Helsinki, Finland. Travel Agent: Okay. Let me check what flights are available. And when will you be returning? Caller: Uh, well,【D2】______Oh, and I’d like the cheapest flight available. Travel Agent: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm... Caller: Yeah? Travel Agent: Well, the price for the flight is almost double the price you would pay if you leave the day before. Caller: Whoo. Let’s go with the cheaper flight.【D3】______ Travel Agent: It’ s only $ 955. Caller: Alright. Well,【D4】______ Travel Agent: Okay. That’ s flight 1070 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy Airport, transferring to flight 90 from Kennedy to Helsinki. A. By the way, how much is it? B. What is your destination? C. I’d like to catch a return flight on the twenty-ninth. D. let’ s go with that.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “ How to Handle Stress?“ You should write in no less than 100 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1．常见的压力源； 2．健康的减压方法； 3．你是如何克服压力的。

It seems like every day there’ s some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us. One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer. The next day, maybe not. It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee. Now, there’ s been a lot of research into whether coffee is good for our health. “The results have really been mixed, “ admits Neal Freedman who led the coffee study and published his findings in a medical journal recently. “There’ s been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and there’ s also been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well. “ Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationship between coffee and health. They analyzed data collected from more than 400, 000 Americans ages 50 to 71 participating in the study. “We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than those no-drinkers, “ he said. Here’ s what he means by “modestly“: those who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study. When the researchers looked at specific causes of death, coffee drinking appeared to cut the risk of dying from heart disease, lung disease, injuries, accidents and infections. Now, Freedman stressed that the study doesn’ t prove coffee can make people live longer. A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship. All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation. And even if it turns out that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why.

______, Carolina couldn’t get the door open. Try as she might As she might try She might try as Might as she try

I have to go to work on foot, for my bike needs______. repair to repair repairing being repaired

According to the writer, newspapers are______.

Editors think the important part of the paper is______.

According to the article, most people read all of the following except______.

Today more people get news from______.

A lot of newspaper readers do not even read the front page anymore because______.