《大学英语B》统考重点精讲2

There are stories about two U. S. presidents, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, which attempt to explain the American English term OK. We do[a-z] t know if either story is true, but they are both interesting.

这是关于两个美国总统:安德鲁. 杰费逊和马丁. 范布郎的故事,这个故事解释了美国英语短语Ok.我们不知道这两个故事是否是真的,但是它们都很有趣.

The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact, he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson, he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write "all correct" on it. The problem was that he did[a-z] t know how to spell, so what he really wrote was "ol korekt". After a while, he shortened that term to "OK".

第一个故事是根据杰费逊受过很少的教育的事实而来的.事实上, 杰费逊总统在阅读和写作方面都有困难.当有重要文件拿给杰费逊时,他设法读而且会让他的助手们解释.如果他同意这份文件,他会写上”都正确”.问题是他不知道如何拼写,因此他写的实际是”ol korekt”.不久,他就把它缩短为OK.

The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born, Kinderhook, New York.  Van Bure[a-z] [a-z] friends organized a club to help him become President. They called the club the Old Kinderhook Club, and anyone who supported Van Buren was called "OK".

第二个故事是关于范布郎总统的出生地纽约的Kinderhook而来的. 范布郎总统的朋友们组织了一个俱乐部来支持他竞选总统.这个俱乐部叫”the Old Kinderhook Club”,而且每个支持范布郎总统的人都叫OK.

31. The author _________.这个作者不太确定故事的真实性.

A. believes both of the stories    B. does[a-z] t believe a word of the stories

C. is not sure whether the stories are true  D. is telling the stories just for fun

32. According to the passage, President Jackson _______.

根据短文, 杰费逊总统不擅长阅读,写作或拼写.

A. could[a-z] t draw up any documents at all

B. did[a-z] t like to read important papers by himself

C. Often had his assistants sign documents for him

33. According to the first story, the term "OK" _______.

根据第一个故事,短语OK首先是由杰费逊总统使用的.

A. was approved of by President Jackson  B. was the title of some official documents

C. was first used by President Jackson  D. was an old way to spell "all correct"

34. According to the second story, the term "OK" _______.

根据第二个故事,短语OK是用来叫支持范布郎竞选的人.

A. was the short way to say "Old Kinderhook Club"

B. meant the place where President Van Buren was born

C. was the name of Van Bure[a-z] [a-z] club

35. According to the second story, the term "OK" was first used _______.

根据第二个故事,短语OK最先用于总统选举。

A. by Van Buren   B. in a presidential election

C. to organize the Old Kinderhook Club D. by the members of the "Old Kinderhook Club"

 

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely an urban society。 Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry (林业), and most the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas (large cities with their suburbs) of more than a million people each--a larger proportion than in Germany or England, let alone France. The statistics (统计) of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.

尽管美国有大量的土地而且生产的事物超出现有人口的需要，它的人民现在几乎完全是城市化的社会。全国不到1/10的人从事农业和林业，而且其它大多数人都生活在城镇里或附近，不过城镇是大还是小。传统的局面正在改变：每个小镇之间仍然非常相像。典型的小镇代表了国家里被广泛认可的看法，但是大多数美国人不再居住在小城镇。现在将近一半的人口居住在大约30个大城市地区（包括大城市和郊区），每个城市有100多万的人口，占德国，英国的很大一部分，更不用说法国。要小心统计城市和农村的人口因为很多住在城里的人每天开车去附近的城镇上班。由于人们都想搬出城镇，在城镇范围内的农村地区正慢慢地/逐渐盖满了房子，因此很难估计一块农村用地哪天会变成郊区。但是越来越多的典型美国人都住在大都市里而不是小城镇。

A. About 25 million.                     B. More than 25 million.

C. Less than 25 million.                  D. Less than 225 million.

A. United States.    B. Germany.       C. France.         D. England.

A. Of a large city with its suburbs.       B. Of small and large towns.

C. Of urban areas.                       D. Of rural areas.

A. Most small towns become gradually crowded.

C. As the traditional picture is changing, towns are different.

D. Small towns are turning into large cities.

为什么很难估计一块农村用地哪天会变成郊区？

A. Because they are the same.   B. Because the rush takes place too quickly.

D. Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas.

If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.

如果别人问我们一年前正在做的事情,我们可能不得不说我们不记得了.但是如果我们有本笔记而且记下每天做的事情,我们就能够回答这个问题了.

It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4, 000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.

Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call remembered history . Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.

历史也是如此.由于我们没有书面的纪录,许多事情都被遗忘了.有时人们确实纪录了他们国家里的重大事件,但经常由于战争或火灾而没有保存下来.有时根本没有书面纪录因为那个时候那个地方的人们不知道写字。比如，我们非常了解4000年前居住在中国的人们，因为他们为后来人留下了书面纪录。但是我们对200年前生活在中非的人们几乎一无所知，因为他们还没有学会写字。

当然，有时即使人们不会写字，他们也可以知道过去的事情。他们从老一辈那听过来，通常纪录重大事件的是歌曲，舞蹈和故事的形式，而且被许多代人传唱和表演。因为大多数人对讲父辈们的过去感到非常自豪。这我们可以叫做“被记住的历史”，很多这样的历史已经成为书面纪录。它并不象书面的历史那么准确或有价值，因为语言在转述的过程中比抄写更容易受改变。但是假如没有书面纪录，这些流传的故事还是很有帮助的。

41. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?

下列哪个句子文章没有提到？

A. "Remembered history", compared with written history, is less reliable.

B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.

C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.

42. We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because _______.

我们对生活在200年前的中非一无所知是由于

A. there was nothing worth being written down at that time

B. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record

C. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire

43. "Remembered history" refers to _______.“被纪录的历史”是指

A. history based on a perso[a-z] [a-z] imagination

B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth

口头转述的重大事件的故事

C. songs and dances about the most important events 根据重大事件改改编的歌曲和舞蹈            

D. both B and C   B和C

44. "Remembered history" is regarded as valuable only when _______.

“被纪录的历史”只有在没有书面纪录的时候才被认为是有价值。

A. it is written down                    B. no written account is available

C. it proves to be true                   D. people are interested in it

45. The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we

do now if the ancient people had _______.

短文表明如果古代人能纪录过去发生的每件事情那么现代人就可以更多的了解古代。

A. kept a written record of every past event   B. not burnt their written records in wars

C. told exact stories of the most important happenings   D. made more songs and dances

Dr. Harvey Gates, the noted scientist, might never have discovered the Kamron lizard (蜥蜴) in Blovia, if it had not been for a childhood accident. As a boy, he was determined to become a baseball player, but when he broke his arm in practice at the age of fourteen and was forced to stay off the playing field for a while, he took notice of the natural world around him and liked what he saw. After he had recovered from his injury, he caught a squirrel (松鼠) and raised it as a pet. Soon he was bringing home snakes and other creatures from the woods near his school.

如果不是由于儿童时代的一次事故，Harvey Gates博士，著名的科学家，有可能永远也发现不了Kamron蜥蜴。在孩提时代，他决心要当棒球运动员，但是14岁，练习（in practice）棒球时折了手臂，被迫离开球场一段时间。他开始注意到身边的自然世界而且迷上了自然。在他复原以后，他捉到一只松鼠并把它当宠物养。很快他就经常把学校附近森林里的蛇和其它动物（creature）带回家。

In 1962, he entered Blakeford College and majored in biology.  By 1966 he had received his Bachelor (学士) of Science degree and two years later at Drysdale University, he received his Doctor of Science degree. It was while he was doing field research for his doctoral studies in South America in 1967 that he discovered and named the Kamron lizard. This animal was different from others of its kind in that it had only four toes on its front feet. In other respects, it was similar to others of the same family. It could change its color and go for long periods without food.

1962年，他进入Blakeford大学主修生物学。到1966年时，他获得了理科学士学位，两年后他获得了Drysdale大学的博士学位。也就是1967年，他在南美洲博士学习期间，他发现并命名Kamron蜥蜴。这个动物与其它种类的蜥蜴不同是因为它的前脚有四个脚趾。其它方面，它又与蜥蜴家族类似。在没有食物的情况下，它可以改变体色并存活很长的时间。

31. Of the four statements, which one best indicates the autho[a-z] [a-z] idea?

下面哪一句最能表达作者的意思？

A. Dr. Gates is a scientist who can always attract the public attention to his research.

C. Dr. Gates is a scientist who always carries a notebook with him wherever he goes.

D. Dr. Gates is very popular for his determination to become a baseball player.

32. In the first paragraph of the passage, the phrase "in practice" means"        ".

（in practice”的意思是：

A. while doing some practical work   B. while studying animals

C. while making up his mind to become a baseball player 

33. In the second paragraph, the word "creatures" can best be replaced by _______

A. people           B. things           C. animals        D. living things

34. It was _______ that Dr. Gates discovered the Kamron lizard.

在他攻读博士学位期间，Gates博士发现了Kamron蜥蜴，

A. after he had graduated from Drysdale University

B. right after he had finished his study for the docto[a-z] [a-z] degree

C. after he had received his highest degree

35. Which of the following is not mentioned as a feature of the Kamron lizard?

下列哪句不是Kamron蜥蜴的特征。

A. It possesses four toes on its front feet.

B. It can live a long while without eating.

D. It is capable of changing colors.

I was due to take my driving test at 11:30 am. It was a rainy morning with low clouds and as I approached the driving school at 9:50 am, my heart sank. My driving instructor, Stan, said something, trying to drive away my fears, but I was not impressed.

我将在早上11点半参加驾驶考试。天下着雨，当我在9点50快到驾驶学校时，我的心一沉。我的驾驶教练Stan说了些鼓励的话，设法使我放松，但无济于事。

We set off for the test centre with an hour to go. I wanted a run round the test circuit (圈), but we got stuck in a traffic jam, and could only drive no faster than walking.

出发去考试中心还有一个小时。我想绕一下考试圈，但是我们被交通困住了，只能慢吞吞地往前开。

We arrived at the test centre at 11 am. Stan made me watch a group of six learners emerging from the building with their respective (各自的) examiners. Their instructors were looking out from two windows. We watched them drive off. They must have been feeling very nervous.

我们在11点到达考试中心。Stan示意我看六个学员和他们各自的考官走出大楼。他们的教练从两个窗户探出头看。我们看着他们开走。他们肯定非常紧张。

Stan took me round the probable test track, pointing out the traps. The weather became even worse. It seemed to make me feel worse too. I had developed a could[a-z] t-care-less mood, and was almost calm. We returned to the test centre in time to see the six unfortunates returning. Their nerves must have been in a terrible state.

Stan带我去可能的测试道，指出考官所设的机关。天气变得更糟了，我的心情似乎也更糟了。

我已经无所谓了，几乎平静下来。我们及时回到测试中心，正好六个考试的人回来了。他们刚才的心情肯定糟透了。

I sat in the waiting room until six examiners came in to call out our respective names. Mine showed no emotion as he asked me to go to my car. I showed none either, but the tension began mounting again.

我做在等候室里直到六个考官进来叫我们的名字。当他叫我进车时，我的考官面无表情。我也面无表情，但是却又开始紧张了。

36. On their way to the test center, Stan tried to comfort the author _______

在去考试中心的路上，Stan设法安慰作者，但是没有起作用。

A. but it made the autho[a-z] [a-z] heart sink deeper

C. so that the author could drive to the center with no fears 

D. so that they could prepare for all the traps

37. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?下列哪句时对的？

B. The learners were tested in the presence of their instructors.

C. None of the six learners passed the test in the end.

D. The instructors were as nervous as the learners.

38. When the author was sitting in the waiting room, he was quite _______。

当作者坐在等候室时，他相当放松。

A. upset            B. nervous         C. frightened      D. relaxed

39. When it was his turn to take the test, the author went to his car with _______.

当轮到作者考试的时候,作者走进他的车后,越来越紧张.

A. firm confidence                      B. mixed emotions

C. increased nervousness                , D. perfect calmness

40. The passage is mainly about _______.

文章主要是关于参加驾照考试前的心情.

A. the influence of bad weather upon a test taker

C. the preparations before a driving test

D. an unforgettable day

The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.

当我们在设法计划更好的方法来测量对音乐的态度或者寻找教数学的好方法时,图书馆的资源是很有用的.当我们做正式的事情时,图书馆也很有帮助,如写学位论文或者准备在专业期刊上发表论文.无论何种情况,我们的目标是把图书馆当成有用的工具来帮助我们理解问题和解决问题.

The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries. In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully. In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource. Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.

本章接下来的部分将描述图书馆里可利用的具体资源。有时，你可能已经了解资源而且经常成功地使用它。有时，你可能对图书馆地资源完全不熟悉。你的目标是了解什么是可利用的和知道如何使用每一项资源，并帮助你解决问题。

When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues, they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings. It would often be useful to have access to such information, and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information. 

当教育家想与同行分享自己的资料，他们经常会把资料刊登在专业期刊上，或在专业会议上交流。能得到这些资料是非常有用的。本章将描述能帮助我们找到这类资料的特别服务。

41. The library resources can be helpful when we _______

A. want to find a better way to measure attitudes toward music

B. are preparing a paper for a professional journal

C. are writing a dissertation    D. All of the above

42. The familiarity of readers with different resources_______

读者对不同资源的熟悉度是因人而异的。

A. is more or less the same              B. varies slightly

C. differs greatly                        D. should not be different

43. The author believes that_______作者认为读者应该有大量的知识而且能好好利用资源。

A. library resources should be used frequently and completely

B. library resources cannot be made good use of if they are not available to us

C. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually not available

44. When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they often _______

当教育家想与同行分享自己的资料，他们经常把资料刊登在专业期刊上

A. publish it in a professional journal     B. attend professional meetings

C. get access to it in the library          D. make use of some library services

45. The chapter in question _______这章正在被谈论的问题是介绍一些图书馆服务。

A. mainly deals with the ways of dissertation writing

B. presents information on publishing papers in professional journals

D. describes some professional meetings

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?  ....  When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, i[a-z] [a-z] too late. Why do we go wrong about our friends--or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we do[a-z] t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words.

Suppose someone tells you, "yo[a-z] [a-z]e a lucky dog". Is he really on your side? If he says, "Yo[a-z] [a-z]e a lucky guy" or "Yo[a-z] [a-z]e a lucky gal", tha[a-z] [a-z] being friendly. But "lucky dog"? Ther[a-z] [a-z] a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he does[a-z] t see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he does[a-z] t think you deserve your luck.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someon[a-z] [a-z] words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tone of voice? His posture (体态)? The look in his eyes？Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

我们在任何年纪都会犯错误.有些错误是与钱有关的.而大多数是与人有关的。“当我真得与海伦分手,杰瑞真得关心吗?”.. “当我获得好工作时,作为朋友，杰瑞真的为我开心吗?或者他是嫉妒我呢?”当我们回首过去,这些疑问令我们不安。但是当我们回首时，已经太迟了。为什么对于我们的朋友---或者我们的敌人我们会弄错呢？有时人们所说的隐藏了他们的真实感情。如果我们不用心听，我们就会错过话语的真实感情。

假设有人说，你是个幸运儿。他是出自真心真意吗？如果他说，“你是个幸运的家伙”，那么是发自内心的。在这些词语里，幸运儿有妒嫉的含义，可能说话的人自己没有意识到。但是 “dog”这个词放在词语里，就把你贬低了。他可能想表达的是他认为你不应得到如此好的运气。

如何来判断对方话语的真正感情呢？方法是要注视着对方，判断他的话与表情是否一致？与语调是否一致？还有体态？眼神？好好琢磨琢磨！花时间考虑对方说话的真正感情也许可以避免再犯错误。

31. From the questions in the first paragraph we can learn that the speaker _______

根据第一段的问题我们知道作者觉得他可能没有真正的了解朋友的真实感情。

A. feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

C. thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen

D. is sorry that his friends let him down

32. In the second paragraph, the author uses the example of "Yo[a-z] [a-z]e a lucky dog" to show that _______.第二段，作者使用了例子“你是个幸运儿”来表达

A. the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly

B. this saying means the same as "Yo[a-z] [a-z]e a lucky guy" or "Yo[a-z] [a-z]e a lucky gal"

D. the word "dog" should[a-z] t be used to apply to people

33. This passage tries to tell you how to _______

短文设法告诉我们在理解人们说的话时，如何避免犯错误。

A. avoid mistakes about money and friends   B. bring the "dog" bit into our conversation

C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you  D. keep people friendly without trusting them

34. In listening to a person, the important thing is _______

在倾听别人讲话时，最重要的事情是根据对方的举止，语调，体态来判断对方的话。

A. to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eyes

B. to listen to how he pronounces his words

D. not to believe what he says

35. If you followed the advice of the writer, you would _______

如果你听从作者的建议，你将能够读懂别人话语的真实感情。

B. avoid any mistakes while talking with people who envy you

C. not lose real friends who say things that do not please you

D. be able to observe people as they are talking to you

 

 

Why was Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under Charles V.  By the seventeenth century it had stopped to be important for defense. Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison. It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes. Its huge doors closed only on enemies of the King. The Bastill[a-z] [a-z] workings were secret. Prisoners were taken to it in closed vehicles. Soldiers on guard duty had to stand with their faces to the wall. No talking was allowed. Worst of all, a prisoner never knew if he would be there a day, a week, a year, or forever. Only the Kin[a-z] [a-z] letter could set him free.

为什么巴士底狱对巴黎的市民如此重要？它在1370年查尔斯五世时期建造的。在17世纪以前，它一直是重要的国防。Richelieu大主教把它变成了监狱。它不是惩罚普通罪行的普通监狱。它只关国王的敌人。巴士底狱的运行是秘密的。犯人关在密闭的车里带进来。而且守卫必须面朝墙壁。不允许说话。最糟糕的是，犯人永远不知道将被关多久。只有国王的亲笔信才能释放犯人。

Over the years the number of arrests by Kin[a-z] [a-z] letter had become fewer. By the time of its fall, most of the prisoners were writers who had written against the corruptions ( 贪污腐败) of the government. Voltaire, the famous French writer, spent a year there in 1717 ~1718, and another 12 days in 1726.

由国王签发的逮捕越来越少。到它被攻陷的时候，里面多数的犯人是写了反对政府贪污文章的作家。法国著名作家伏尔泰， 1717-1718年在巴士底狱呆了一年，接着在1726年又关了12天。

For those who believed in free speech and free thinking, the Bastille stood for everything evil. The day it was captured, only seven prisoners were found inside. Still, the Bastille was hated by the people. It was a symbol of the Kin[a-z] [a-z] complete power.

对那些崇尚言论自由，思想自由的人来说，巴士底狱代表着邪恶。它被攻陷时，里面只有7个犯人。但是，巴士底狱还是遭人们的唾弃。它是国王绝对权利的象征。

36. The Bastille had been a prison _______

巴士底狱自从Richelieu大主教以来就成了监狱。

A. since the time of Charles V  B. since 1370

C. before the seventeenth century   D. since the time of Cardinal Richelieu

37. According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE?

下列哪个句子是错误的？

B. The Bastille was only for those who were opposed to the King.

C. Things done in the Bastille were hardly known to people outside.

D. Voltaire was twice put in the Bastille.

38. At the time of its fall, the Bastille housed _______在它沦陷时，巴士底狱只关了几个犯人。

A. a large number of prisoners   B. a lot of writers who had been against the government

C. some dozens of people who believed in free speech and free thinking

39. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?哪句是对的？

A. All prisoners in the Bastille had to stay there for life.

B. Over the years the number of prisoners in the Bastille was getting more and more.

D. At the time it was captured, there were so few prisoners in it that it meant little to the people.

40. This passage mainly _______这文章主要是大致介绍巴士底狱。

A. tells how the prisoners were controlled by the King

B. tells how little was known about the Bastille

C. shows the inner workings of the Bastille

Almost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers.  But why do people read newspapers?

每天几乎每个家庭都至少买一份报纸。一些人甚至订2到3份不同的报纸。但是为什么人要看报纸呢？

Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or  rulers overthrown (推翻) or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.

五百年钱，重大事件，如战争的输赢，国王被废或被杀等，需要好几个月甚至是好几才能传到另外的国家。口头传述的消息永远是不准确的。通过报纸，现在我们可以看到当天发生在遥远国度发生的事情。

Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.  There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

除了提供全世界的新闻以外，报纸还为我们提供了其它有用的信息。有天气预报，收视指南，书评，故事，当然还有广告。大公司总是用很大的产品广告来吸引读者。他们要用几千美元来付广告版面，但是物有所值，因为他们的产品广告随着报纸已经进入了千家万户。对生产报纸的人来说，广告是很重要的。广告费使他们能够以低价出售报纸，但是还能够赢利。

41. The phrase "subscribe to" in the first paragraph means _______.

短语“订”的意思是：很长时间同意购买某物

A. go to the newspaper stand and buy   B. send their own news stories to

C. agree to buy for a specific period of time   D. become faithful readers of

42. The habit of reading newspapers is _______看报纸的习惯是普遍的。

A. widespread    B. found among a few families   C. not popular      D. uncommon

43. Before the time of the newspaper, _______。在有报纸以前，消息是通过一个人传到另一个人。

A. bad news traveled quickly and good news slowly

B. few people cared about events that took place in far away countries

C. kings and rulers were often overthrown or killed

44. The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is _______

作者似乎认为花在广告上的钱是值得花的。

A. wasted     B. not much   C. well spent      D. of no use to anyone

45. Which of the following statements is TRUE?哪句是对的。

B. Newspaper advertisements turn peopl[a-z] [a-z] attention away from their products.

C. The news that we read in newspapers is mainly about new products.

D. When newspapers are sold at a low price, the newspaper producers will lose money.