There are many types of reports.A report is simply an account of something that has happened.The commonest are news reports.We get them in newspapers，over radio and on television.Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels.

The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news.If you examine a newspaper closely，you will find that there are all types of news:accidents，floods，fires，wars，fashions(服裝)，sports，books，etc.The news covers everything that happens to people and their surroundings.Sometimes there are news items which are very amusing.

A news report is usually very short，except when it is about something very important，but it contains(包含) a lot of information.It is also written in short paragraphs.The first paragraph is in fact a summary(總結) of the news item.It gives all the necessary information，what，when，where，how and why.The other paragraphs give full details of the subject.There may also be interviews with people.The words actually spoken by them are within inverted commas(引號).

Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more interesting.

The easiest way to get today’s news is_________.

A.to go to the cinema                                B.to watch a color TV

C.to read today’s newspapers                      D.to listen to the music over radio

Newspapers sell well mainly because_________.

A.they cost very little

B.they are easy to get

C.they have got pictures to go with the news

D.they provide all sorts of news in them

This passage mainly talks about _________.

A.different types of reports

B.news reports

C.happenings to people and their surroundings

D.the length of a news reports

Healthy knees aren’t the main consideration in choosing high heels,but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos（細高跟鞋）.“It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis（骨關節(jié)炎）—and once you do it,it is too late,”said Dr.Casey Kerrigan,leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School’s department of physical medicine.“I compare it to smoking—one cigarette is not painful,but over a lifetime it is.Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable,so women wear them all day long,”Kerrigan said.“They are better for your feet than stiletto heels,but just as bad for your knees.”

In the study,researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three-inch heels,one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one.The scientists compared how much pressure was put on the women’s knees by both types of shoes.The women also walked bare-foot to test normal pressure.The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees.Compared with walking barefoot,the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent.Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis,experts say.

The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn’t new—scientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes,tendonitis,knee pain,sprained(扭傷)ankles and back problems.But in 1998,Kerrigan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis,a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage(軟骨)surrounding the knee.The first study looked only at stiletto heels,and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing.“This study confirms what we all intuitively（直覺地）know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health,”said Dr.Glem Pfeffer,a San Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.

We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because _________.

A.they want to walk comfortably

B.chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairs

C.chunky heels do less harm to knees

D.chunky heels are not painful at all

The study mentioned in the second paragraph found that _________.

A.pressure on the foot is caused by high heels

B.the pressure is abnormal while walking barefoot

C.arthritis is always caused by pressure on the knees

D.both types of shoes have the same harm to the knees

It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A.people got to know the high heels are bad for health recently

B.people have known the high heels are bad for health for years

C.people haven’t known the high heels are bad for health yet

D.people will be warned that the high heels are bad for health soon

Kerrigan’s late study looked at the chunky high-heeled shoes because _________.

A.they feel more comfortable

B.they are related to knee osteoarthritis

C.they are worn by many women

D.they are different from stiletto heels

The best title for the passage may be _________.

A.Talking Healthy Knees into Consideration

B.High-heels Do Harm to Knees

C.Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels

D.When Wearing High-heels

21. Mr Zhang is mild in character. He never shouts ____ he is very angry.

A. if      B. even    C. though       D. even when

1. Don’t be afraid of asking for help _______ it is needed.

A. unless   B. since   C. although     D. when

—If he ___________, he ________that food.

—Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.

A.was warned; would not take

B.had been warned; would not have taken

C.would be warned; had not taken

D.would have been warned; had not taken

The film star walked to his car, ______ a crowd of journalists.

A. followed by       B. following by

C. to follow    D. to be followed by

Mr Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to _______ some schools for poor children.

A. set up B. setting up

C. have set up D. having set up

Bored? Don't know what to do with your time? Get your friends or family together, go to the park or go hiking, do something fun —just don't turn on your TV.

The 10th annual TV-Turnoff Week starts on Monday. The TV-Turnoff Network, a nonprofit organization, began the program in 1994 to get children and adults to watch less television so that their time is spent doing more productive things. This year, millions of people will participate and find much more interesting things to do besides sitting in front of the television.

Experts are convinced（確信）that watching too much TV keeps kids from participating in healthy physical activities. The average household has a television on for 7 hours and 40 minutes a day! Kids spend more time watching TV than they spend in school. Turning off the TV gives you a chance to be with your family and friends. Going without it frees up valuable time that could be spent reading a good book, writing, drawing, or discovering something else that may interest you.

There are many organizations that support TV-Turnoff Week, including The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, YMCA, Girl Scouts USA, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America．Even First Lady Laura Bush is a supporter. "Television is no substitute for a parent. It doesn't help develop language skills; it's simply background noise," says Mrs. Bush.

Even kids who may not have liked going without TV have discovered the benefits. "I really didn't like TV-Turnoff Week except I did notice that my grades went up and I was in a good mood all week," said Drew Henderson, a student in Donora, Pennsylvania.

The TV-Turnoff Network started TV Turnoff Week to _____.

       A．to get people to spend more time doing more productive things

       B．to keep kids from participating in healthy physical activities

       C．to advise people not to buy television sets

       D．to persuade more people to join the organization

Which is not the advantage of turning off the TV?

       A．Giving you a chance to be with your family and friends.

       B．Sparing more time reading books.

       C．Developing language skills.

       D．Participating in healthy physical activities.

Laura Bush must be _____.

       A．the first woman to support TV-Turnoff Week

       B．the wife of American President

       C．the first woman to organize TV-Turnoff Week

       D．the first lady in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Drew Henderson’s words in the last paragraph imply that _____.

       A．he doesn’t like TV-Turnoff Week

       B．he doesn’t support TV-Turnoff Week at all

       C．it’s unnecessary to have TV-Turnoff Week

       D．he doesn’t support TV-Turnoff Week until he finds it does good to his study.

________ not to miss the flight at 15:20, the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.

 A. Reminding      B. Reminded

C. To remind  D. Having reminded

I should like to try that coat on, but I don t know if it is my ____.

A. length   B. measure    C.size  D. pattern