2025版高考英语大一轮复习课时达标24Unit4Makingthenews含解析新人教版必修5.docVIP

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课时达标(二十四)Unit4Makingthenews

建议时间/35分钟

(见学用课时P55)

Ⅰ阅读理解

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课标话题

人与社会·文化消遣与传媒

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说明文

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286

难度

TheAmericannewspaperhasbeenaroundforaboutthreehundredyears.In1721,theprinterJamesFranklin,Benjaminsolderbrother,startedTheNewEnglandCourant,andthatwaswhatwemightrecognizetodayasarealnewspaper.Hefilledhispaperwithstoriesofadventure,articlesonart,onfamouspeople,andonallsortsofpoliticalsubjects.

ThreecenturiesaftertheappearanceofFranklinsCourant,fewbelievethatnewspapersintheirpresentprintedformwillremainaliveforlong.Newspapercompaniesarelosingadvertisers,readers,marketvalue,andinsomecases,theirsenseofpurposeataspeedthatwouldnothavebeenimaginablejustseveralyearsago.ThechiefeditorofTheTimessaidrecently,“Atplaceswheretheygather,editorsaskoneanother,‘Howareyou？’，asiftheyhavejustcomeoutofthehospitaloralostlawcase.”AnarticleaboutthenewspaperappearedonthewebsiteoftheGuardian,undertheheadline“NOTDEADYET.”

Perhapsnot,buttheriseoftheInternet,whichhasmadethedailynewspaperlookslowandoutofstepwiththeworld,hasbroughtaboutarealsenseofdeath.SomeAmericannewspapershavelost42%oftheirmarketvalueinthepastthreeyears.TheNewYorkTimesCompanyhasseenitsstock(股票)dropby54%sincetheendof2004,withmuchofthelosscominginthepastyear.AmanageratDeutscheBanksuggestedthatstock-holderssellofftheirTimesstock.TheWashingtonPostCompanyhaspreventedthetroubleonlybychangingpartofitsbusinesstoeducation;itstestingandtest-preparationservicenowbringsinatleasthalfthecompanysincome.

语篇导读本文简洁介绍了报业的发展历程，且通过数据表达了对这个行业将来的担忧。

1．WhatcanwelearnaboutTheNewEnglandCourant?

A．Itismainlyaboutthestockmarket.

B．Itcarriesarticlesbypoliticalleaders.

C．Itmarksthebeginningofnewspapers.

D．ItremainsasuccessfulnewspaperinAm