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1、课时达标(二十四)Unit4Makingthenews建议时间/35分钟(见学用课时P55)Ⅰ阅读理解A课标话题人与社会·文化娱乐与传媒体裁说明文词 数286难度TheAmericannewspaperhasbeenaroundforaboutthreehundredyears.In1721,theprinterJamesFranklin,Benjamin'solderbrother,startedTheNewEnglandCourant,andthatwaswhatwemightrecognizetodayasarealnews
2、paper.Hefilledhispaperwithstoriesofadventure,articlesonart,onfamouspeople,andonallsortsofpoliticalsubjects.ThreecenturiesaftertheappearanceofFranklin'sCourant,fewbelievethatnewspapersintheirpresentprintedformwillremainaliveforlong.Newspapercompaniesarelosingadvertisers
3、,readers,marketvalue,andinsomecases,theirsenseofpurposeataspeedthatwouldnothavebeenimaginablejustseveralyearsago.ThechiefeditorofTheTimessaidrecently,“Atplaceswheretheygather,editorsaskoneanother,‘Howareyou？’，asiftheyhavejustcomeoutofthehospitaloralostlawcase.”Anarticl
4、eaboutthenewspaperappearedonthewebsiteoftheGuardian,undertheheadline“NOTDEADYET.”Perhapsnot,buttheriseoftheInternet,whichhasmadethedailynewspaperlookslowandoutofstepwiththeworld,hasbroughtaboutarealsenseofdeath.SomeAmericannewspapershavelost42%oftheirmarketvalueinthepa
5、stthreeyears.TheNewYorkTimesCompanyhasseenitsstock(股票)dropby54%sincetheendof2004,withmuchofthelosscominginthepastyear.AmanageratDeutscheBanksuggestedthatstockholderssellofftheirTimesstock.TheWashingtonPostCompanyhaspreventedthetroubleonlybychangingpartofitsbusinesstoed
6、ucation;itstestingandtestpreparationservicenowbringsinatleasthalfthecompany'sincome.语篇导读 本文简单介绍了报业的发展历程，且通过数据表达了对这个行业未来的担忧。1．WhatcanwelearnaboutTheNewEnglandCourant?A．Itismainlyaboutthestockmarket.B．Itcarriesarticlesbypoliticalleaders.C．Itmarksthebeginningofnewspapers.
7、D．ItremainsasuccessfulnewspaperinAmerica.解析C 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，《TheNewEnglandCourant》是第一份真正的报纸，即它标志着报业的开端，故选C项。2．Whatcanweinferaboutthenewspapereditors?A．Theyoftenacceptreaders'suggestions.B．Theycarealotabouteachother'shealth.C．Theystopdoingbusinesswithadvertisers.D．The
8、yfacegreatdifficultiesintheirbusiness.解析D 推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句可知，报业在衰落，编辑们的工作面临极大困难，故选D项。3．Whichofthefollowingfoundanewwa
