2011届广东省龙山中学高三12月月考英语试题.docVIP

龙山中学2011届高试题英语 本试卷满分1分。考试用时120分钟。第一部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Several factors make a good newspaper story. First， 1 ，it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 2 . They usually respond 3 it in one of three ways. One by providing 4 detail, comment or background information. One by finding a new 5 on the day’s major stories. One by printing completely different stories which 6 doesn’t broadcast. What else? Well—it also has to be 7 . People don’t want to read about 8 , everyday life. Because of this, many stories 9 some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be 10 news , “ Plane lands safely—no-one hurt ”doesn’t sell newspapers. “Plane 11 —200 feared dead !” does . Next, there’s human interest. People are interested in other 12 —particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, 13 ____ , all appear regularly in certain newspapers . Finally, for many editors, 14 is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That’s 15 the stories in Tokyo’s newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires. 1. A .gradually B. extremely C. obviously D. precisely 2. A. newspapers B. publications C. reporters D. broadcasters 3. A. with B. on C. of D. to 4. A. extra B. available C. reliable D. memorable 5. A. direction B. look C. angle D. section 6. A. TV B. internet C. newspaper D. radio 7. A. conventional B. dramatic C. professional D. sensitive 8. A. common B. usual C. ordinary D. special 9. A. urge B. neglect C. increase D. involve 10. A. good B. bad C. exciting D. in