题文
Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785, and is well accepted for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.
Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper. These parts of the Times are always interesting. Most of the letters are serious subjects. But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with manners of thirty years ago.
小题1: If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself .A．a serious newspaperB．foreign newspaperC．any independent paperD．a popular newspaper小题2:The Times is an independent paper because.A．it supports no political parties B．it is not controlled by the British GovernmentC．it gives special support to all the political parties.D．the editor’s opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper小题3: The underlined word “vary” in the passage probably means “ ”.A．improveB．compete with each otherC．are differentD．keep in touch with each other 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
解析
在英国有各种各样的报纸，如果人们想了解国内外新闻则可以看一些像《泰晤士报》《卫报》等严肃性报纸； 而如果只是想放松娱乐，则可以看以娱乐性、生活性为主的大众化报纸。在本文中作者对英国的报纸做了简单的介绍。
小题1:D由文章第一段There are popular papers for those who prefer entertainment to information.判断大众化报纸是以娱乐性、生活性和社会新闻为主，由此可知D为正确选项。
小题2:A根据文章第二段It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party.可知独立的报纸指的是不支持任何政治党派，所以答案选A。
小题3:C词义猜测题。下文介绍报纸的种类There are serious papers和There are serious papers，由此可知vary指的是报纸的种类不同，所以答案选C。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Newspapers in Great .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
