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USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company.

It was set up by Alten＂AL＂Neuharth in 1982 with the goal of providing a national newspapers in the US market, where generally only a single local newspaper was available. The paper has the widest circulation of any newspaper in the US, averaging over 2.5 million copies every weekday. It was the first color newspaper in the US.

The newspaper was also among the first newspapers to use satellites to send the

final edition of the newspaper to different locations across the country for printing and final distribution in those regional markets. This allowed the paper to include the most recent news and sports scores in each edition.

Each edition of the newspaper consists of four sections: News, Money, Sports and

Life. On Fridays, two Life sections are included: the regular life for movies subtitled Weekend, which features television, films and trends, and a travel supplement called Destinations & Diversions. Each section is denoted(表示) by a certain color to different sections, which is seen in a box the top-left-corner of the first page, with News being blue(section A), Money with green(section B), red for Sports(section C) and purple for life(section D)．

USA Today prints each complete story on the front page of the respective(各自

的) section with exception to the cover story. The cover story is a longer story that requires a jump (readers must turn to another page in the paper to complete the story, usually the very next page, page 2 of that section). Starting in February, 2008, the newspaper added a magazine supplement called ＂Open Air＂， appearing several times a year.

5. Why did Alten ＂AL＂ Neuharth found USA Today in 1982?

A．To advertise his products. B．To voice people’s views.

C．To provide a national newspaper to Americans. D．To compete with other newspapers.

6. From the first paragraph we can learn that________.

A．USA Today is not published on weekend

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B．USA Today is the first color newspaper in the world C．USA Today is an international newspaper

D．USA Today developed from an American local newspaper

7. Why can USA Today include the most recent news to the public?

A．Because its reporters work every corner of the world. B．Because it has four sections and a supplement. C．Because it has the widest circulation in the US. D．Because it uses satellites to send its final editions.

8. Which of the following about USA Today is NOT mentioned in the text?

A．Its history.

B．Its influences.

D．Its sections.

C．Its circulation.

Ⅱ. 七选五

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为

多余选项。

The First Americans

There was a time long ago when a land bridge connected Asia and North America．The

first settlers in North America crossed this land bridge from what is now Siberia to Alaska．The people who made this initial crossing were probably following the animals they used for food．

Finally，the oceans rose and the land bridge between the continents

disappeared．The settlers，who I shall call the ＂First Americans＂，could not return to their homeland. 1

For the next few thousand years，the First Americans moved south and east

throughout North and South America．They made the journey all the way from Alaska to the southern tip of South America，a distance of more than 10,000 miles. 2

In the far north，above the Arctic Circle，the First Americans became hunters

of the ocean． 3 In the summer，they gathered berries and other plants．In the winter，they stayed in lodges much of the time preparing for the next summer．It was a hard life，but they learned to survive in these terrible conditions．

Farther south，in what is now Arizona，Utah，Colorado，and New Mexico，the First

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Americans became cliff dwellers．They began by living in caves that already existed in the cliffs． 4 The dwellings they built in many ways resembled today’s apartment buildings．

5 They built a system of dams and canals so they could store and use water

almost any time of the year．They were so successful that they could raise fruits and vegetables that were not found naturally in the desert． A．They also discovered foods like corn and potatoes．

B．Along the way，they established many different civilizations．

C．They discovered how to add to the caves by building structures of wood and stone． D．People living near each other tended to share similar environments and customs． E．They built boats of animal skins and hunted or fished for their food． F．They would have to survive in the New World they had discovered． G．The First Americans of the Southwest learned to water the desert． Ⅲ. 短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共

有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\\)，并在其下面写出该加的词； 删除：把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉；

修改：在错词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

When I was a child，I spent more than ten years learn the violin． Therefore，

I couldn’t understand ＂real music＂． After I graduated at high school，a friend of mine suggested that we started to learn the guitar because we both thought it was cool． I will never forget the day on that we went to buy guitars in the guitar store． There I see a guitar player playing the guitar，which I really enjoyed． He became my the first guitar teacher． It took me such a long time choose a guitar among several wonderful model． Now the guitar is the most importantly part of my life and I practice it every day．

1．（2015·江苏）The university started some new language programs to _________ the 配套K12内容资料

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A. apply to

B. cater for

C. appeal to

D. hunt for

2．（2014·江西）Thanks for your directions to the house; we wouldn’t have found it ________.

A. nowhere

B. however

C. otherwise

D. instead

3．（2014·安徽）What we expect from you is working hard ________hardly working.

A. less than

B. rather than

C. as well as

D. as much as

4．（2014·浙江）Facing up to your problems _________ running away from them is the best approach to working things out.

A. more than

B. rather than

C. along with

D. or rather

K基础 Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．cattle

2．luggage

3．inserted 8．authority

4．mourn

9．grasped

5．angle

6．punishment 7．brake

10．apparent

Ⅱ. 用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空 1．marked out 2．feel like

5．back to back

7．applied for

8．go exploring

3．teamed up with

4．take in

6．a good/great many

9．settle in 10．rather than

K能力 Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

【语篇解读】本文主要讲述的是美国人不愿接受变老的事实。生日快乐原本是庆祝人成

长，但是同时也是变老的象征，美国人不喜欢。

1. B【解析】段落大意题。第三段主要讲的是美国的老年人不只在经济上难以维持，而且也

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