【推荐1】For years, it has been said that newspapers are at death’s door. Every year brings more news of closing. But why is the situation so terrible for newspapers?

Newspapers have a long history. The first newspaper was printed in the 1600s. Their most successful period is in the early 20th century.

With the appearance of radio and TV, however, newspaper circulation（发行量）began to fall. 3 By the mid-20th century, radio and TV had become so popular that people no longer had to depend on newspapers for news. That was especially true for breaking （突发的） news.

Afternoon newspapers were the first to suffer （受损害）. After work, more and more people turned on TV instead of opening a newspaper. That was because TV could provide news happening a short time ago. It’s true that newspapers couldn’t compete with TV on speed, but they could provide in-depth（深入详尽的）reports that TV news could not.

But newspapers suffered another, heavier blow （打击） in the 1990s. With the appearance of the Internet, tons of information became free. Many newspaper readers realized that they could read news on the Internet. There seemed to be little reason to pay for a newspaper subscription （订阅）.

So what does the future hold? Will newspapers die? Maybe not. Many newspapers are now making changes. Some are going digital （数字的）. Some are going farther and taking the industry to places it has never been to. After all, people still want the news. And many agree that newspapers are still an important source （来源） of in-depth news, analysis （分析） and opinions. 4 If newspapers disappear completely, there will be nothing to take their place.

A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. What made the newspaper circulation fall?
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2. Will newspapers disappear? Why or why not? （选择一种情况作答）
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B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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C．请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
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【推荐2】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

Zhang Li lies in bed sadly. The 24-year-old young man lost his right leg because of a blood disease (血液病). The doctor said that his 10 years of smoking had caused the disease.

“I first smoked a cigarette when I was in Junior 3. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was really wrong,” said Zhang.

According to the 2008 China Tobacco Control report (中国烟草控制报告), 130 million young people who are under 18 years old have tried smoking. Fifteen million of them are addicted (上瘾的).

The report came out on May 31, World No-Smoking Day. It also found that nearly 68% of teenage smokers smoked their first cigarette before the age of 13. Those living in big cities started even earlier.

“Some tobacco companies try to make cigarettes cool and attractive. It’s just to make money,” said Yang Gonghuan, a doctor. In fact, smoking is one of the top killers in China. Each year 1 million people die from smoking-related (与吸烟有关的) diseases. Smoking causes illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease.

Doctors say that the younger a person starts smoking, the worse it will be. If a person starts smoking as a teenager, he or she may live twenty-two years less than non-smokers.

回答下列问题
1. What caused Zhang Li’s disease?
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2. When did he first smoke a cigarette?
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3. How many people die from smoking-related diseases each year in China?
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4. If someone smokes too much, what diseases can he develop?
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5. Why do many teenagers smoke at first? （请自拟一句话作答，最好用文中句子改写）
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Playing video games can be a fun way to spend time with friends. In some schools, teachers use games like Minecraft to encourage teamwork and communication.

But for some players, gaining is an unhealthy habit. They stay up late playing games. They do little or no homework. (A) They give up other hobbies and pay little attention to their families and friends. The video-game world seems a friendlier place than the real one.

Mental health experts have taken notice. The World Health Organization(WHO) listed “gaming disorder(电玩失调症)” as a disease last year. A person may have the disorder if gaming has done harm to his or her relationships with family and friends, and if (B) it has influenced his or her daily activities.

Not all experts agree that over-gaming should be called a disorder. They say people who spend too much time on video games may develop other mental health problems. These should be treated first.

Others think WHO did the right thing. Clifford Sussman is a doctor who treats gaming addiction (隐). He says those kids often get angry easily and it makes everything difficult for them to complete, like schoolwork.

Sussman advises tracking(跟踪) how long you play. He says you should take at least an hour-long break after every hour of play. The brain needs time to recover.

(C)Young gamers who think they might have a problem should ask an adult for help. Sussman suggests you first answer a simple question: “Are you in control, or is the game in control?”

1. 把(A)处划线句子翻译成汉语：
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2. 把(C)处划线句子翻译成汉语：
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3. 请写出文中(B)处划线部分指代的内容：
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4. 在文章中找出过度游戏可能会导致的两个不良影响的名词词组：
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5. 请找出能概括出文章主题的句子：
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【推荐2】阅读短文，并按要求完成文后小题。

English is spoken by about 400 million people in Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA. In India and Singapore, English is used as a working language. In China and many other countries, it’s the most important foreign language that children learn at school, because when they grow up, it will be quite possible for them to meet people from other countries. They will need a common language to communicate with each other. English is now used by about a quarter of the world’s population, and wherever you go in the world, there is a good chance that you will meet someone who speaks English.

The reason why English is spoken everywhere is that in 19th century, the UK sold its industrial products all over the world. And in the 20th century, the US spread English to the world through newspapers, television and films. It is now the common language for international travel, science, industry, and recently, information, technology and the Internet.

English has borrowed many words from other languages. For example, “restaurant” from French, “zero” from Arabic, “piano” from Italian, and “tofu” from Chinese.

Will the importance of English last? As China continues to grow, many people think that Chinese will become as common as English by the middle of the 21th century. More and more schools in Europe are teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Chinese may be the next world language in the future.

So who owns English? The answer is everyone who speaks it — the British, the Indians and the Chinese all help make it a rich language. It changes every year with new words and expressions.

Even though there are differences in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling, we all belong to the international English speaking world.

1. 完成句子
In China, when children grow up, it will be quite possible for them to meet ____________________.
2. 完成句子 The next world language in the future may be _______________.
3. 简略回答问题Who owns English?
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4. 用英语概括第二段的主旨大意
Paragraph 2 is mainly about ____________________________________.
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
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【推荐3】阅读短文，根据题目要求完成各小题。

Every 30 seconds there is an earthquake. But don’t worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt. Only a few big ones hurt people.

Many earthquakes happened in China, such as the big one is in Sichuan last year. Thousands of people died in it. ①So it’s important to know what to do when one hits. Here are some tips on how to stay safe in an earthquake.

1. If you are indoors during an earthquake, hide under a desk. Stay away from windows and anything that could fall on you.

2. If you are outdoors, move to a clear place. Try to be away from trees, signs, buildings and streetlights. These could fall on you.

3. If you are in a shop and far from the door, don’t try to run to outside and rush for exits (出口).

4. When an earthquake has ended, be careful because after-shocks may still happen. These are just as dangerous as the earthquake itself. So stay under the desk until you make sure it’s ②_____ to get up.

5. If you are at home and you smell gas, open the windows and get out of the building as quickly as you can. A gas line in your house may be broken. This could be very dangerous.

1. What should you do when you are in a shop and far from the door during the earthquake?
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2. 将①句翻译成中文：
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3. 在②句相应的空白处填入适当的词使句意完整，上下文通顺：
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4. 找出与Most earthquakes are too weak to be felt.意思相近的句子。
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5. Give a proper title to the passage.
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