A
These days picture news is very popular with young people.Here is some news chosen from the Internet by Jack.Read on to find out which one you like best.
★SPRING is coming,together with butterflies!On March 31,the Natural History Museum in London,the UK,had a butterfly show.Children came over and played with these beautiful creatures.They also got to know how butterflies grow up.Colourful butterflies flew freely at the show.They sometimes landed on visitors.Look!A large blue butterfly sits on the nose of the girl.
★Earlier in April 2014,Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing.It hoped to encourage more people to read books.
“We welcome everyone who loves to read books at any time.” The general manager of the store told ChinaYouthDaily.
Although many people can now buy books online,many readers still like the feeling in bookstores.They can touch the books and smell the print.
★ In recent years,many children in the UK have had a new language to study:Chinese.
Students aged 7-11 in the UK need to study one of seven foreign languages.They can choose from French,German,Spanish,Italian,Latin,Greek and Chinese.
The British government is offering to train a group of Chinese-language teachers.They will teach Chinese to more than 3,000 primary school students.
China and the UK work together in many fields.So it’s important that the future generation(一代人) can speak Chinese.
【语篇解读】本文是应用文。文章报道了几则图片新闻。
21.Whatcouldchildrengetfromvisitingthebutterflyshow?
A.Beautifulcreatures.
B.Pleasureandknowledge.
C.Colourfulbutterflies.
D.Carebythevisitors.
答案B
解析由第二段可知,孩子们与蝴蝶玩耍,也了解了蝴蝶是如何生长的。因此孩子们可以在蝴蝶展中获得快乐和知识。
22.Which of the following is TRUE according to the second news?
A.You can read in the bookstore only during the daytime.
B.Sanlian Taofen Bookstore opens 24 hours a day.
C.Reading online is more enjoyable than reading in bookstores.
D.Many people read in bookstores in order to save money.
答案B
解析由第二则新闻中的第一句可知,这家书店24小时营业。
23.The best title for the third news should be “ ”.
A.Primary schools in the UK
B.Chinese teachers in the UK
C.Chinese comes to the UK
D.Foreign languages in the UK
答案C
解析由本则新闻可知,汉语在英国受到许多学校的欢迎,政府培训汉语教师,给3000多名小学生教授汉语。因此C项“汉语来到英国”更适合做本条新闻的标题。
24.Which of the following correctly matches the picture with the news?
A.Picture a → Third news
B.Picture b → First news
C.Picture c → Second news
D.Picture d →Second news
答案A
解析a图描述的是学习汉语的情况,与第三则新闻内容吻合。
