广东省韶关南雄市黄坑中学2013-2014学年高二下学期期末考试 英语试题
Ⅰ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers？Five hundred years ago, 1 of important happenings—battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed——took months and even years to 2 from one country to another. The news 3 by word of mouth and was never 4 . Today we can read in our newspaper of important events that occur (happen) in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
Besides 5 news from all over the world, newspapers also give us a lot of other usual information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and of course advertisements. There are all kinds of advertisements. The 6 ones are 7 by large companies to 8 attention to their products. They 9 the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is 10 the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who 11 newspapers, advertisements are also very 12 . Money earned from advertisements 13 it possible for them to sell their 14 at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooker and fashion(时装), and a small but very 15 section on jokes and cartoons.
( )1. A．news B．information C．passage D．message
( )2. A．reach B．receive C．broadcast D．travel
( )3. A．passed B．came C．told D．heard
( )4. A．exact B．real C．true D．accurate
( )5. A．supplying B．making C．asking D．depending
( )6. A．richer B．busier C．better D．bigger
