A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is unusual for what it contains: the news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the ments and special features(特写)as well, from editorial page to feature articles, from interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre, and music. A newspaper is even more unusual for the way one reads it never pletely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next.
A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than temporary value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness(意识) as you change and apply the techniques of reading.
【小题1】What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean ?A．wide coverageB．speed in reporting newsC．various style D．popularity among readers【小题2】According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that .A．people are interested in the same kind of newsB．different people prefer different newspapersC．people scan for the news they are interested inD．people have different views about what a good newspaper is【小题3】A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because .A．readers like to read different newspapersB．it has to cover things that happen in a certain localityC．readers are difficult to pleaseD．it tries to serve different readers【小题4】The best title for this passage would be .A．The Characteristics of a Good NewspaperB．The Importance of a good NewspaperC．Good Newspapers and Bad NewspapersD．Some Advice on How to Read a NewspaperB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章大意：不同读者对报纸有着不同的需求，本文就向我们讲述什么样的报纸才是优秀的报纸。
【小题1】B词义猜测题。根据“topicality”所在的句子…. that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production…直接涉及到你的世界和周边正在发生的事情， 但是这种直接联系及伴随的快速发行方式…故topicality指“快速报道新闻，实事性新闻”。所以答案选B。
【小题2】C细节理解题。根据第二段句子no two people really read the same paper…his own selection and order, his own newspaper.可知，每个人在看报纸的时候都会按照自己的顺序跳跃着找自己感兴趣的部分，所以一定程度上说没有两个人会看同样的报纸。故答案选C。
【小题3】D细节理解题。根据第二段开头句子A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in.可知，一份好报纸提供各种不同的内容是为了吸引不同的读者，所以答案选D。
【小题4】A 主旨大意题。纵观全文两段内容的开头都是A good modern newspaper…所以整篇文章既是在说明一份好报纸应该具备什么样的特点。所以答案选A。