C

“If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.

The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives — the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因) engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.

It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送) electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own h ome. In fact, I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future. You will pro bably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read — sports and international news, etc.

I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media(媒体). They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.

32. What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Best Way to Get News B. The Changes of Media

C. Make Your Own Newspaper D. The Future of Newspaper

33. In the writer’s opinion, in the future, _______.

A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news

B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer

C. newspapers will cover more scientific research

D. more and more people will watch TV

34. What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?

A. Sports and international news. B. A menu of important news.

C. The most important news. D. What you are interested in.

35. From the passage, we can infer _______.

A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media

B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media

C. television will take the place of newspaper

D. the writer believe some media will die out

四、词汇运用 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

A) 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，每空一词。

36. I think red can represent fire and ▲ (hot).

37. Jane, which tastes ▲ (bad), beef or pork?

38. A recent scientific report says three ▲ (eight) of the school students suffer from sub-health(亚健康).

39. If we always keep our worries to ▲ (we), things will get even worse.

40. At present people like to eat ▲ (health) food and do more exercise.

B) 根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。

41 We all felt blue because he was ▲ (反对)our plan.

42. Robert enjoys ▲ (收集) stamps and now he has 300 of them.

43. Noise is unpleasant, ▲ (特别)when you are trying to sleep.

44. If you have any ▲ (困难)working out the problem. please ask the teacher.

45. Nobody is at the bus stop. The bus has ▲ (可能)left.

五、短文填空 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词, 使短文意思完整，每空一词。

How to survive a dust storm?

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