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British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 216 years, The Times (《泰晤士报》) has changed its size to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.
　　In Britain the newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian (《卫报》) and Daily Telegraph (《每日电讯报》) are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.
　　Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's best-selling newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked (裸体的) girl on page three everyday.
　　By changing to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the footsteps of a less famous broadsheet paper the Independent (《独立报》). It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.
　　The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. Instead of calling the new style of their paper tabloid, the paper says its new size is "compact" (紧凑型).(The passage is from 21st century Issue 52 2004.10.07)

In which year was The Times born?
A. 1782      B. 1785      C. 1788     D. 1786
Which is the most correct statement?
A. Broadsheets are larger in size while tabloids are smaller.
B. Tabloids are less serious than broadsheets.
C. Broadsheets contain more news than tabloids.
D. They are different in size, content and the style of language.
In which of the following newspapers would you find more news
about the personal life of the famous soccer star Beckham, ?
A. The Sun    B. The Times   C. The Independent    D. The Guardian
According to the passage we can infer the main reason for The Times' changing into the tabloid is that_____.
A. it wants to become convenient for people to carry.
B. it wants to increase its circulation (发行量).
C. it intends to copy what The Independent has done.
D. it is unlikely to stay in business if it does not change.
Which of the following statements is true according to the given information?
A. There are more tabloids than broadsheets in Britain at present.
B. After the change, there will be no differences between The Sun and The Times.
C. Although The Times has cut its size, it remains a serious paper.
D. All the papers will tend to have the same style in the future.

五、单词拼写。根据句子意思，拼写单词完成句子，首字母已经给出。（共10题，每小题0.5分）

1. A friend in need is a friend i           .

2. Every student is looking f           to the winter vacation.

3. As we know, collecting e              from some witness is one part policemen’s job.

4. Justin found that his sister, Kelly, still didn’t understand what he had said because she looked so p          .

5. Shakespeare ever c ___________ life to the stage(舞台).

6. Mark became hopeless because he could not see any ship except e                water.

7. WTO stands for World Trade O            .

8. Alan, a journalist, will i                 the famous CEO of Coco Cola Corporation.

9. Here at night, there is nothing you can hear but total s               .

10. According to the schedule, this ship will set s             for London tomorrow.
 六．按要求完成句子，每空填一个词。

1．It is every Monday afternoon ___________ Prof. Wang teaches us English.

（填上适当的连接词使句子完整）

2．It didn’t stop raining until midnight.(改为倒装句)

    ___________ midnight ___________ stop raining.

3.----- What will you be ___________ this time tomorrow? (do)

 -----I will be ___________ the football match on TV at home.  (watch)

(用括号内动词的适当形式填空)

4. Your sister thinks you are a clever boy, ___________ ?

(完成该反意疑问句)   

5. 他耽搁了一小时是由于火车出了点事故。

  His delay of an hour ___________ the fact ___________ the train met with a minor(较小的) accident.

07-08学年海中英语强化训练试题英语（必修2）参考答案

单项选择：

21—25  DBCBD         26—30  AABCA       31—35  ADCDB

完型填空

36----40  DACAA、41---45  BDCBC  46---50  ABDBD   51---55  ACBBA

阅读理解

56----60  ABBDD  61---65  BCADD  66---70  DCCAB   71---75  CDABC

单词拼写

1. indeed   2. forward   3. evidence   4. puzzled  5. compared   6. endless 

7. Organization   8. interview   9. silence    10. sail

按要求完成句子，每空填一个词:

1.that   2. Not until   did it     3.doing   watching   4.doesn’t he   5.is due to    that

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