Unit 19 Language 单元测试.doc

Unit 19　Language .语言知识及运用(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和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Newspaper is a publication devoted chiefly to presenting and commenting on the news. Newspapers __1__ us with an excellent means of keeping people well __2__ of current events. They also play a vital role in __3__ public opinion. Newspapers have certain __4__ over the other major news media—television，radio，and newsmagazines. For example，newspapers can __5__ more news and in much greater detail than television and radio newscasts. Newsmagazines __6__ chief national and international events. But newspapers report local as well as national and international news.__7__ a daily newspaper requires great __8__ and efficiency. Reporters，editors，and photographers work under the __9__ pressure of deadlines. A large daily also employs many other workers，including advertising salespeople，artists，librarians，printing-press operators，and truck drivers. Everything to be published in a newspaper，whether it comes over news service wires or is written in-house，__10__ through the hands of subeditors or copyreaders. The stories are all put in the paper. The paper is __11__.The newspapers are delivered by lorry，plane or rail. They are taken all over the country. The papers __12__ early in the morning and people buy them. Not all papers __13__ every day. Some are weekly with a Sunday edition. Local newspapers report the news of different parts of the country. Working on a daily paper is always busy. But people __14__ on weekly papers do not have to work in such a hurry. Sometimes journalists need to __15__ all over the world to report news. 【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了报纸的作用及其生产过程。 1．A.provide B．offer C．supply D．give 答案　A　[短语provide...with。] 2．A.known B．informed C．prepared D．made 答案　B　[人们看报，well informed表看报后了解(事情)。] 3．A.constructing B．building C．shaping D．making 答案　C　[与opinion搭配，意为“形成”。] 4．A.features B．shortcomings C．disadvantages D．advant