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aroundtowns,smallandlarge.Herethetraditionalpictureischanging:

everysmalltownmaystill

beverylikeothersmalltowns,andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedview

ofthecountry,butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore.Halfthepopulationnow

livesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas（largecitieswiththeirsuburbs）ofmorethanamillion

peopleeach----alargerproportionthaninGermanyorEngland,letaloneFrance.Thestatistics

（统计）ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeoplewho

liveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday.Astherushtolive

outoftowncontinues,ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses,sothatit

ishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb.Butmostandmorethetypical

Americanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment.

1）.IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople,howmanyofthemareengagedinagricultureand

forestry?

A.About25million.

B.Morethan25million.

C.Lessthan25million.

D.Lessthan225million.

正确答案：

C

2）.Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivingin

metropolitanareas?

A.UnitedStates.

B.Germany.

C.France.

D.England.

3）.What’sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage?

A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs.

B.Ofsmallandlargetowns.

C.Ofurbanareas.

D.Ofruralareas.

A

4）.Accordingtothepassage,whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates?

A.Mostsmalltownsbecomegraduallycrowded.

B.Smalltownsarestillsimilartoeachother.

C.Asthetraditionalpictureischanging,townsaredifferent.

D.Smalltownsareturningintolargecities.

B

5）.Whyisithardtosaywhenapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb?

A.Becausetheyarethesame.

B.Becausetherushtakesplacetooquickly.

C.Becausetheprocessisgradual.

D.BecausemoreandmoreAmericansliveinmetropolitanareas.

2.

Almosteveryfamilybuysasleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribeto

asmanyastwoorthreedifferentnewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?

　　Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings--battleslostandwon,kingsorrulers

overthrown（推翻）orkilledtookmonthsandevenyearstotravelfromonecountrytoanother.

Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapers

ofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycountriesonthesamedaytheyhappen.

Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotheruseful

information.Thereareweatherreports,radio,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,stories,

andofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentionto

theirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitis

worththemoneyfornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecountry.Forthose

whoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfrom

advertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakea

profit.

1）.Thephrase"

subscribeto"

inthefirstparagraphmeans"

_________"

.

A.gotothenewspaperstandandbuy

B.sendtheirownnewsstoriesto

C.agreetobuyforaspecificperiodoftime

D.becomefaithfulreadersof

2）.Thehabitofreadingnewspapersis_________.

A.widespread

B.foundamongafewfamilies

C.notpopular

D.uncommon

3）.Beforethetimeofthenewspaper,__________.

A.badnewstraveledquicklyandgoodnewsslowly

B.fewpeoplecaredabouteventsthattookplaceinfarawaycountries

C.kingsandrulerswereoftenoverthrownorkilled

D.newswaspassedfromonepersontoanother

D

4）.Theauthorseemstoagreethatmoneyspentonadvertisementsis_________.

A.wasted

B.notmuch

C.wellspent

D.ofnousetoanyone

5）.whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.Fivehundredyearsagoittookalongtimefornewstoreachothercountries.

B.Newspaperadvertisementsturnpeople'

sattentionawayfromtheirproducts

C.Thenewsthatwereadinnewspapersismainlyaboutnewproducts.

D.Whennewspapersaresoldatalowprice,thenewspaperproducerswilllosemoney.

3.Ifwewereas