Newspaper Reports
There are many type of reports. A report is simply __1__ of something that has happened. The commonest are __2__. We get them in newspapers, over radio and __3__ television. Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels.
The main purpose of a newspaper __4__ provide news. If you __5__ a newspaper closely, you will find that there are all types of news: accidents, floods, fires, wars, sports, books, etc. The news __6__ everything that happens to people and their surroundings. Sometimes there are news items which are very __7__.
The big __8__ bold words above the news items are called headlines. Their purpose is to __9__ attention so that people will buy the newspaper because they want to read __10__ of the news.
A news report is usually very short, __11__ when it is about something very important, but it __12__ a lot of information. It is also written in short paragraphs. The first paragraph is in __13__ a summary of the news item. It gives all the necessary information: what, when, where, how, why. The other paragraphs give __14__ of the subject. There may also be interviews __15__ people. The words actually spoken by them are within inverted commas.
Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more interesting.
1. A) a count B) an account C) an accident D) an incident
2. A) news reports B) new reports C) news report D) new report
3. A) over B) by C) on D) through
4. A) is to B) is C) is to have D) is to be
5. A) examine B) watch C) look D) see
6. A) concludes B) covers C) conclude D) cover
7. A) amuse B) amused C) amusing D) to amuse
8. A) or B) as well C) both D) also
9. A) give B) attain C) pay D) attract
10. A) the rest B) rest C) other D) the other
11. A) besides B) apart from C) except D) except for
12. A) composes B) concludes C) confirms D) contains
13. A) details B) reply C) all D) fact
14. A) fully details B) full details C) details fully D) details full
15. A) with B) between C) to D) among
KEYS: BACAA BCADA CDDBA
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
It's on the cards 这件事十有八九会发生
It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
Phelps makes history and marine species 菲尔普斯创造历史,海洋新物种
Barefaced 厚颜无耻的
Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉
Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫,青少年脑部发育
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解,澳大利亚冲浪
Off the hook 脱身
To fall at the first hurdle 跌倒在第一关
Clean up your act 改邪归正
Knee-jerk reaction 本能反映
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
The last/final straw 忍无可忍,使人最终崩溃的一击
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受
One good turn deserves another 以德报德,礼尚往来
Russian athletes and friendly robots 俄罗斯运动员服用兴奋剂,“合作机器人”
Axe to grind 别有用心
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
White / blue-collar worker 白领,蓝领
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火,美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火,克隆动物衰老过程正常
Crash course 速成课
You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我!
IOC on Russian doping and hot June 奥委会就涉俄兴奋剂事件报告进展,六月高温破纪录
Antibiotics and escalator etiquette 美国人过多使用抗生素,伦敦地铁扶梯礼仪
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩,泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
Art and football 海底发现文物,莱斯特城足球俱乐部曼谷庆功