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A.part   B.events   C.read   D.unusual   E.receive   F.front   G.seconds

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to     1     news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in     2    . Newspapers have been an important     3     of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news to print? Why do they prefer some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

Firstly, it is important to report new stories. Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and     4    . In addition, many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and     5     in their own countries. So in Chinese newspapers, the stories on the     6     page are usually very different from the ones in other countries.

5 . 请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。

month; hurt; good; worried; they; top; until; send; of; bad; something; with

Last week, Li Xiang, a 15-year-old student, went to see a doctor. There was     1     wrong with his arms and fingers. The doctor told him that he had “mobile phone disease (疾病)”.

Now more and more teenagers (青少年) are getting “mobile phone disease” because     2     using mobile phones. Li Xiang got his mobile phone six     3     ago. He loved his mobile phone and     4     messages to his friends with it all the time, even when he was in bed. Li Xiang started to do     5     in exams because he spent too much time playing mobile phone games. His mom felt very     6     about him. However, he didn’t stop playing with the mobile phone     7     his arms were uncomfortable.

Yang Ling, a doctor, says that if someone plays on his mobile phone     8     much, like Li Xiang, he will get “mobile phone disease”. If teenagers find that their arms or fingers     9    , they should go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Yang says teenagers should try to use     10     mobile phones less, especially at school.

6 . Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)

A. left   B. problem     C. unusual     D. damage     E. forgot   F. as well

Nearly everybody has a mobile phone. It is not just adults that own them, many school children have them     1    .

However, some teachers don’t think mobile phones are good for children. They say children depend too much on them. Children speak to their parents at any time and ask their parents to solve problems instead of trying to solve them on their own. If they have     2     their homework at home, they phone home and expect their parents to bring them to school.

Another     3     is that if children don’t turn off their phones, they may ring loudly during lessons. This makes the teachers angry. Also, using the phones a lot might     4     children’s health. No one knows for sure what other effects the phones could have on children.

However, some parents think that if their children have mobile phones, they will be safer. When there is an emergency (紧急情况), they can use the mobile phones to ask for help. For example, if a child is in trouble or lost, or he sees something     5     happening, he could call his parents or teachers immediately. Mobile phones are also very useful when children are late back home. And parents won’t have to worry. With a mobile phone, it is easy for children to keep in touch with their parents, and friends as well.

7 . 阅读下面短文，从短文前的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个为多余选项。

A. before B. but C. appeared D. especially E. sides F. and

In recent years, with the development of technology, many popular apps have been produced. These days, an app has caught great attention. It is Douyin, a video sharing app. Douyin first     1     in 2016. Now it is many people’s favorite app,     2     the young.

With Douyin, users can record videos, edit (编辑) them and share them online. It is very easy     3     interesting. We can share our videos with our friends with just a tap on the mobile phone screen. What’s more, it’s a great way to spend our free time by looking through those funny videos.

However, every coin has two     4    . The app also has bad things. On the one hand, some people spend long hours on the app, which is harmful to their health. On the other hand, users can also find some bad things on the app. Such things are unsuitable and meaningless.

In my opinion, Douyin should check the videos     5     they are uploaded (上传) in order to keep healthy environment for its users. Douyin is not good for teenagers. We should not use it too often.

10 . Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.

on       show       photo       website       include       other       create       if       easy       read

You probably hear the word “blog” a lot these days. Blogs are     1     that are part personal and part informative. Just about anyone can have one and almost everyone seems to! It’s said that there are more than 152 million blogs on the Internet! And a new blog     2     in the world every half a second!     3     you do the math, that’s 172,800 new blogs every day!

What are so many people blogging about? You can find a blog     4     just about any topic. What is one of the most popular kinds of blogs on the Web? Blogs about food. There are over 2 million blogs about food! Other most popular blog topics     5     music, fashion and cars.

Why are there so many blogs about food? It is     6     to understand when you think about how much we eat—at least three times a day, not including snacking! One study     7     that we now get about 90% of our recipes (食谱) from the Internet instead of cookbooks!

What is it about food blogs that makes them so popular? There are lots of blogs about     8     countries’ recipes. It’s a chance to learn about how a country’s cuisine (菜肴) is shaped by its history, geography and traditions.     9     these blogs can give us a greater understanding about our world. Many food bloggers don’t just share their recipes. They share things about their lives and how they make the food, and they often include     10    .