h间1时p Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings --- battles lost or won, kings or rulers overthrown 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 faraway countries on the same day they happen 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. There are all sorts of 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 ad vertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons 46. The habit of read ing newspapers is A. widespread B. not popular C. found among a few families D. uncommon 47. In the past. news was A. sent by telegraph B. passed from one person to another C. sent by letter D. sent by telephone 48. the news that we read in our newspapers is C. uninteresting D. of no use to anyone 49. The money spent on ad vertisements is A. wasted B. worthwhile C. not much D. useless 50. The section on jokes and cartoons A. read only by children B not helpful D. read by nany Part Ill Cloze Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four cho ices marked a, b, c and d. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letteron the Answer Sheet with the single line through the center The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knowsPassage 4 Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to（订阅） as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers? Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings ---- battles lost or won, kings or rulers overthrown 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 faraway countries on the same day they happen. 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. There are all sorts of 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. Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons. 46. The habit of reading newspapers is __________. A. widespread B. not popular C. found among a few families D. uncommon 47. In the past, news was __________ A. sent by telegraph B. passed from one person to another C. sent by letter D. sent by telephone 48. the news that we read in our newspapers is __________. A. behind time B. up-to-date C. uninteresting D. of no use to anyone 49. The money spent on advertisements is __________. A. wasted B. worthwhile C. not much D. useless 50. The section on jokes and cartoons is __________. A. read only by children B. not helpful C. of no value D. read by many Part III Cloze Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with the single line through the center. The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knows