Unit4Makingthenews課時(shí)追蹤練習(xí)1必修5

Unit4Makingthenews課時(shí)跟蹤1Ⅰ.閱讀理解AWhenpeoplefindoutthatIamajournalist，theyoftenaskme：Whatdoyouthinkaboutthefutureofnewspapers？ItellthemthatIthinkthefutureofcommunicationsismovingonline.Peopleexpectmetobefearfulforthefutureofprint.Afterall，insomepeople’smindsIwouldn’tbeabletobuildacareerinjournalism(新聞業(yè))ifitallmovesonline.However，strangelyenough，I’mactuallycomfortedbythefactthatonlinejournalismisbecomingusual.Iamabloggerwhohasalwaysbeenabletofindahomeformywritingonline.SinceIbeganwritingblogs，Ihavebecomeawareofhowmanypeopleyoucanreachwithonlinewriting.Comparethistothenewspaper’scirculationbase(發(fā)行基地)，andyouwillhaveastrongreasonforonlinejournalism.InhersuccessfulblogposttitledTheJobIHaveSpenttheLastYearLearningIsNottheOneIWillHave，authorJennySuranestates，“Printisanexpensiveproducttolove.Andgeneralmanagers，publishersandeditorsmustnowfigureoutaprofitablewaytogettheirnewsintoreaders’heads.”Shegoesontostatethatpeopledon’tfeellikepickingupanewspapernowandwouldratherscroll(滾屏)throughtheirTwitterfeed，andgetnewsfrommanydifferentsources.Ifprintisdying，thenanewformofcommunicatinginformationisbeingborn.Theneedforinformationhasnotdied.Ifanything，ithasincreased.Whathasdied，rather，isthewayinwhichinformationispresented.Nowmorethanever，inthisageofinformation，thereisadesireforstoriesonthesametopicfromdifferentpointsofview.Theprintingindustrycankeeppacewiththeneedofprovidingavarietyofsources，ifitchoosesto.Isthefutureofprintgrim？Maybe.Butisthefutureofjournalismofcommunicatinginformationtopeoplegrimaswell？Definitelynot.語(yǔ)篇解讀本文是一篇議論文，主要探討了在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)日益發(fā)達(dá)的今天，報(bào)紙的未來(lái)堪憂，但是新聞行業(yè)會(huì)不會(huì)也沒(méi)有前途呢？1．AccordingtoParagraph2，theauthorfeels.A．confidentaboutthefutureofhiscareerB．worriedaboutthefutureofprintC．tiredofbeinganewspaperjournalistD．embarrassedaboutonlinewriting答案A解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段最后兩句“However，strangelyenough，I’mactuallycomfortedbythefactthatonlinejournalismisbecomingusual.Iamabloggerwhohasalwaysbeenabletofindahomeformywritingonline.”可推斷，作者對(duì)自己職業(yè)的未來(lái)充滿信心。2．WhatinformationisconveyedinJenny’sblogpost？A．Twitterisnotverypopular.B．Itishardtomanageonlinejournalism.C．Printstillhasitsownadvantages.D．Peoplehavemoreoptions(選擇)togetinformation.答案D解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句“...peopledon’tfeellikepickingupanewspapernow...getnewsfrommanydifferentsources.”可知，Jenny認(rèn)為人們現(xiàn)在并不愿意購(gòu)買報(bào)紙，他們希望通過(guò)許多不同的來(lái)源獲取信息。3．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“grim”inthelastparagraphprobablymean？A．Promising. B．Worrying.C．Unforgiving. D．Encouraging.答案B解析詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知，人們購(gòu)買報(bào)紙的意愿不強(qiáng)，他們更喜歡通過(guò)網(wǎng)絡(luò)來(lái)獲取信息。由此可知，報(bào)紙的未來(lái)是令人擔(dān)心的。BTheAmericannewspaperhasbeenaroundforaboutthreehundredyears.In1721，theprinterJamesFranklin，Benjamin’solderbrother，startedNewEnglandCourant，andthatwaswhatwemightrecognizetodayasarealnewspaper.Hefilledhispaperwithstoriesofadventure，articlesonart，onfamouspeople，andonallsortsofpoliticalsubjects.ThreecenturiesaftertheappearanceofFranklin’sCourant，fewbelievethatnewspapersintheirpresentprintedformwillremainaliveforlong.Newspapercompaniesarelosingadvertisers(廣告商)，readers，marketvalueand，insomecases，theirsenseofpurposeataspeedthatwouldnothavebeenimaginablejustseveralyearsago.Thechiefeditor(主編)ofTheTimessaidrecently，“Atplaceswheretheygather，editorsaskoneanother，‘Howareyou？’，asiftheyhavejustcomeoutofthehospitalorlostalawcase.”AnarticleaboutthenewspaperappearedonthewebsiteofTheGuardian，undertheheadline“NOTDEADYET”．Perhapsnot，buttheriseoftheInternet，whichhasmadethedailynewspaperlookslowandoutofstepwiththeworld，hasbroughtaboutarealsenseofdeath.SomeAmericannewspapershavelost42%oftheirmarketvalueinthepastthreeyears.TheNewYorkTimesCompanyhasseenitsstock(股票)dropby54%sincetheendof2004，withmuchofthelosscominginthepastyear.AmanageratDeutscheBanksuggestedthatstock-holderssellofftheirTimesstock.TheWashingtonPostCompanyhaspreventedthetroubleonlybychangingpartofitsbusinesstoeducation，anditstestingandtest-preparationservicenowbringsinatleasthalfthecompany’sincome.eq\x(語(yǔ)篇解讀本文主要講述了美國(guó)報(bào)紙的由來(lái)、現(xiàn)在面臨的挑戰(zhàn)和報(bào)紙企業(yè)做出的調(diào)整。)4．WhatcanwelearnaboutNewEnglandCourant？A．Itismainlyaboutthestockmarket.B．ItmarksthebeginningoftheAmericannewspaper.C．ItremainsasuccessfulnewspaperinAmerica.D．Itcarriesarticlesbypoliticalleaders.答案B解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第二句“In1721，theprinterJamesFranklin，Benjamin’solderbrother，startedNewEnglandCourant，andthatwaswhatwemightrecognizetodayasarealnewspaper.”可推知，《新英格蘭報(bào)》標(biāo)志著美國(guó)報(bào)紙的開(kāi)始。5．Whatcanweinferaboutthenewspapereditors？A．Theyoftenacceptreaders’suggestions.B．Theycarealotabouteachother’shealth.C．Theystopdoingbusinesswithadvertisers.D．Theyfacegreatdifficultiesintheirbusiness.答案D解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知，報(bào)紙失去了廣告商、讀者、市場(chǎng)價(jià)值。由此推知，他們的生意遇到了困難。6．Whichofthefollowingfoundanewwayforitsdevelopment？A．TheWashingtonPost.B．TheGuardian.C．TheNewYorkTimes.D．NewEnglandCourant.答案A解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的“TheWashingtonPostCompanyhaspreventedthetroubleonlybychangingpartofitsbusinesstoeducation...”可知，華盛頓郵報(bào)公司通過(guò)擴(kuò)展教育業(yè)務(wù)來(lái)幫助自己發(fā)展。故選A項(xiàng)。7．Howdoestheauthorseemtofeelaboutthefutureofnewspapers？A．Satisfied. B．Hopeful.C．Worried. D．Surprised.答案C解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的“Perhapsnot，buttheriseoftheInternet，whichhasmadethedailynewspaperlookslowandoutofstepwiththeworld，hasbroughtaboutarealsenseofdeath.”可知，作者對(duì)于報(bào)紙的前景比較擔(dān)心。故選C項(xiàng)。CSharingEUmbrella，anewumbrellasharingcompanybasedinShenzhen，China，recentlyannouncedthatithadlostmostofthe300，000umbrellassinceitwassetup.China’ssharingeconomyhasbeengrowingrapidly，withcompaniesofferinganythingfrombicyclesandbasketballstophonebatteriesforpeopletorent.Customersmakeasmalldeposit(押金)andgettousethethingforadailycost，withafineputinplaceforeverydayiftheyfailtoreturntheproductintime.It’sasimplebusinessmodel，andmarketdatashowsthatpeopleseesharingasacheapandconvenientwaytocutdownwaste.ZhaoShupingfoundedtheSharingEUmbrella，anumbrellasharingservice，inApril.BytheendofJune，hehadalreadystartedin11majorChinesecities，includingShanghai，NanjingandGuangzhou.Whilepickinguptheumbrellaswasrelativelysimple，astheyweremadeavailable(可得到的)atbusandsubwaystations，thereturnsystemturnedouttobeadifferentmatter.“Umbrellasaredifferentfrombicycles，”MrZhaotoldChinesenewssiteTheP.“Bikescanbeparkedanywhere，butwithanumbrellayouneedsomethingtohangiton.”Soinsteadofbotheringtoreturntheumbrellasbacktoastation，alotofpeoplejusttookthemhome，andSharingEUmbrellahasreportedlylosttrackofmostofthe300，000umbrellas.Consideringthatborrowingumbrellasrequiresa19yuandeposit，withafeeof0.50yuanperhalfanhourusage，Zhaosaysthathesuffersalossof60yuanperlostumbrella，sothecompanyisnowinthered，butheisnotreadytostopitjustyet.ZhaoannouncesthatSharingEUmbrellastillplanstorollout(推出)30millionnationwidebytheendoftheyear.語(yǔ)篇解讀在中國(guó)深圳趙書(shū)平創(chuàng)辦了共享雨傘。然而，共享雨傘出現(xiàn)不久，就遭遇了尷尬的局面。但趙將繼續(xù)他的雨傘共享服務(wù)。8．WhatdoweknowaboutSharingEUmbrella？A．Itmakespeoplelearntohelpeachother.B．Itneedspeopletomakeasmalldepositfirst.C．Itdevelopedfasterinthewesterncountries.D．Itproducesmorewasteandcausesdisorder.答案B解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句“Customersmakeasmalldeposit(押金)andgettousethethingforadailycost，withafineputinplaceforeverydayiftheyfailtoreturntheproductintime.”可知，關(guān)于共享雨傘我們知道它需要人們先交小額押金。故選B。9．WhatproblemdidSharingEUmbrellameetafteritwasfounded？A．Thecompanyhadnomoneytoproduceumbrellas.B．Umbrellasarenotallowedtohanganywhere.C．Lotsofcustomersdidn’tgivetheumbrellasback.D．Peoplerefusetopaydepositfortheumbrellas.答案C解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句可知，很多人不愿把雨傘送回共享站，而是直接帶回家中。據(jù)報(bào)道，市面上投放的30萬(wàn)把雨傘大部分已經(jīng)難覓蹤影。由此可推知，很多顧客沒(méi)有把傘還回去。故選C。10．Howmuchdidhiscompanyloseifanumbrellawaslost？A．0.5yuan. B．19yuan.C．60yuan. D．120yuan.答案C解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句可知，丟失一把雨傘會(huì)損失60元。故選C。11．Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat.A．ZhaohasfoundawaytogettheumbrellasbackB．ZhaowillcontinuehisumbrellasharingserviceC．MostofZhao’scompanieshavebeenclosedD．SharingEUmbrellaisafailureforZhao答案B解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句可知，趙將繼續(xù)他的雨傘共享服務(wù)。故選B。Ⅱ.七選五JohannesGutenbergwaschosentobethemostimportantfigureofthepastmillenniumbythemedia.Youmaynotbefamiliarwithhim.12Gutenbergwaspraisedforhavinginventedtheprintingpressandthereforepreparingthewayforprintingbooks.HewasbornintoawealthyfamilyinthecityofMainz，Germany.In1428，hemovedtoStrasbourgandlivedthereforalmost20years.13Gutenbergusedhisskillsinmetalworkforthemassproductionofbooks.14ThatmeanseachcopyoftheCatholicBibleandallofits73bookswerehandwrittenbypenmen.Gutenbergfashionedafontofover300characters，farlargerthanthefontsoftoday.Tomakethispossible，heinventedthevariable-widthmoldandperfectedthemixtureofmaterialsusedbytypefactoriesuptothepresentcentury.15Between1450and1455，whilepreparingtoproducealargeLatinBible，Gutenbergwasthoughttohaveprintedanumberofsmallerbooks，acalendar，andsoon.The42-lineBible，theoldestsurvivingprintedbookinthewesternworld，wascompletedbyAugust15，1456.Thediscoveryofthemodernprintingpresschangedthewayinformationwasdelivered.16Eventodayinthecomputerage，werelyheavilyontheprintedwordo