新鲜阅读空气（上）
掌握阅读技巧
要想做好阅读理解试题，除了具备扎实的基本功外，还要具备一定的阅读技巧。
1.先看问题再看文章。看问题也是对文章进行粗略把握的一种过程，同时，还可以让大家在阅读文章时有的放矢，进行有针对性阅读。
2.要把握住文章的主题句和中心句。主题句一般在文章第一段或者最后一段，每一段也有自己的中心句。只要同学们能够把握主题句和中心句，做阅读理解题就会得心应手。
3.合理分配时间。阅读时应将注意力集中在对文章的整体理解上，不要将过多的时间浪费在那些无关紧要的内容上。
4.不断增加自己的词汇量。多掌握一些词汇可以提高你的阅读速度，使自己看文章时不为某一个单词左右。
阅读理解
Passage A
The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B.C.. In the 700s the worlds first printed newspaper was published. Europe didnt have a regularly published newspaper until 1609， when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620①. In 1621， an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courtant， which came out in March 1702.
In 1690， Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published， the government stopped the paper. In 1704， John Campbell started the Boston Newspaper， the first newspaper published daily in the American Colonies （殖民地）. By 1760， the colonies had had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1，800 daily papers in ed States.
Today， as a group， English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world②. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It sells more than eleven million copies every year.
译注
①The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620.
第一份定期出版的英文报纸于1620年在阿姆斯特丹印刷。
②Today， as a group， English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world.
现在，作为一个整体，英文报纸有着世界上最大的发行量。
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1.The first regularly printed European newspaper started in .
A.Rome in 59 B.C.
B.Germany in 1609
C.Amsterdam in 1620
D.England in 1621
2.The first daily newspaper in English started in .
A.1620B. 1621
C.1590D. 1702
3.From the article， we know that .
A.newspapers have the longest history in the ed States
B.one English language newspaper has the largest circulation in the world
C.the first English newspaper was printed in Rome in 59 B.C.
D.there are all kinds of newspapers all over the world today
4.Which of the following is TRUE？
A.Newspapers started in 59 B.C..
B.Germany had the earliest European printed newspaper.
C.The first English newspaper started in England.
D.The first American newspapers stopped before 1704.
5.The best title for this passage should be .
A.History of Newspaper
B.History of Daily Newspaper
C.The Beginning of Newspapers
D.On Reading Newspapers
Passage B
A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary （非凡的） piece of reading. It is remarkably （显著的） first for what it contains： the range of news from local crime to international politics， from sports to business to fashion to science， and the range of comments and special features as well， from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books， art， theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it： never completely， never straight through， but always by jumping from here to there， in and out glancing at one piece， reading another article all the way through， reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers， but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality （时事性）， its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now①. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient （暂时的） value. For all these reasons， no two people really read the same paper： what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that days paper， his own selection and sequence， his own newspaper. For all these reasons， reading newspaper efficiently， which means getting what you want from it without missing things you need but without wasting time， demands skill and selfawareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading②.
译注
①What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality， its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now.
报纸的时事性以及与当地和世界上正在发生事情的迅速联系性把这些不同的内容整合在一起。
②For all these reasons， reading newspaper efficiently， which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time， demands skill and selfawareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.
因为这些原因，有效地看报意味着既不会漏掉自己需要的又不浪费时间地得到自己想得到的东西，在改进和应用阅读方法时也需要技巧和自我意识。
根据文章内容，在横线上填上适当的词，完成下面的句子：
1.A modern newspaper is remarkable for its ， and its popularity.
2.It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers usually read a newspaper .
3.A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because .
4.The best title for this passage would be .
Passage C
Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation①. The “Daily Mirror” and the “Daily Express” both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and two or three on Sundays.
Besides the national papers， there is， however， another branch （分支） of the British press which sells almost as many copies. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and country area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own financially and many of them are very profitable （赚钱的）.
These papers are written almost entirely for readers interested in local events—births， weddings， deaths， council （地方议会） meetings and sports②. Editors prefer to depend on people who know the district well. A great deal of local news is regularly supplied by clubs and churches in the neighbourhood and it does not get out of date as quickly as national news.