Beijing today, first published in May, 2001, is the capital’s only English weekly newspaper and is published with the help of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government and run by Beijing Youth Daily. Its readers include English-speaking foreigners living in Beijing and local Chinese who have great interest in English or take English as a working language.
The paper’s main content deals with metropolitan life, explaining the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western culture. Its culture and lifestyle part is regarded as a guide to metropolitan life in Beijing.
The paper has 24 pages in four main sections:
NEWS: Select stories that discuss cultural differences.
COMMUNITY: Reports on developments related to foreigners in the city and a platform(平臺(tái))by which they can communicate with a bigger audience.
CULTURE and LIFESTYLE: Highlights from international lifestyle and fashion trends in Beijing
STUDY: Cheerful and humorous pieces to help English-language students improve their skills
Beijing Today circulates 50,000 copies published every Friday. It is one of Beijing’s most authoritative(權(quán)威的) English media sources, and is sold at post newsstands and distributed in hotels, apartment complexes, etc.
Price: 2 yuan per issue
小題1:Which of the following sections would be the best choice to exchange thoughts with others？
A．NEWSB．COMMUNITYC．CULTURE and LIFESYLED．STUDY
小題2:If you want to subscribe to Beijing Today for half a year, you need to pay ________.
A．52 yuan B．24 yuanC．104 yuan D．48 yuan
小題3:What CANNOT you read in Beijing Today?
A．News abou foreign cultural festivals
B．fashion trends in Paris.
C．Discussions with foreigners
D．Skills in improving English

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：文章主要介紹了《今日北京》這份報(bào)紙�！督袢毡本肥且环萦⑽膱�(bào)紙，首次發(fā)行于2001年5月，是北京唯一一份英文周報(bào)。
小題1:根據(jù)“a platform(平臺(tái))by which they can communicate with a bigger audience”可知，COMMUNITY板塊符合題意，故選B。
小題2:根據(jù)“published every Friday”和“Price: 2 yuan per issue”可知，一年有52周，半年發(fā)行26期，費(fèi)用是52元。故選A。
小題3:根據(jù)“CULTURE and LIFESTYLE: Highlights from international lifestyle and fashion trends in Beijing”可知，看不到巴黎流行趨勢(shì)，故選B。
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B．It will continue to be the foundation of even stronger ties.
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