Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at...

Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at the place where you can relax—your hotel room. Now you throwyour bag on the bed, turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA.

The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN. With an audience of over 1.5 billion people, these are popular channels that offer good-quality news programmes. In both companies, the journalists are experienced writers that produce journalism of a high standard.

However, there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or non-Western view on world events. Russia Today and Al Jazeera International, an Arabic company, are international channels that broadcast in English. Both companies say they give a fresh view on big stories, and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work, and so they give us stories that we don’t normally see.

The Internet offers more variety. OneWorldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights, rather than the usual stories about US politics and business. The writers for this company are often local people who write the stories for free. This non-professional journalism is increasing, and it certainly offers more choices.

This increase in citizen journalism means that you can write the news, too. Main news broadcasters often use photographs and stories that members of the general public send to them, especially when there is a dramatic breaking news story. Besides this, some blogs are popular sources of news, and the website NowPublic lets you write stories using information you can get from anywhere, including sites like Youtube, Flickr and Twitter.

1.The first paragraph is meant to 　 　　 .

A. offer a suggestion　　 B. give a warning

C. explain a reason　　 D. introduce the topic

2.It can be learned from the text that more and more people will 　 　　 .

A. prefer to read local news　　 B. pay more attention to world news

C. start a career in citizen journalism　　 D. give up watching TV news programmes

3.What would be the best title for the text?

A. The Latest Local News　　 B. More Choices for News

C. The End of TV News　　 D. Traditional World News

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After ________seemed a long time, they finally arrived at the destination.

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–What did you think of the place?

--- I didn’t care for it at ____first, but after ____ time I got to like it.

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Johanna waited at the bus stop for nearly an hour ___ the bus finally arrived.

A. when           B. unless             C. before             D. after

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Have you ever waited for your bus for a very long time, _____ by two or more buses arriving together?

A.only to greet B.only greeted C.only to be greeted D.only greeting

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The American’s long-time painful work finally ________, for he broke the Guinness World Record for Hula-hoop Spinning(转呼啦圈).

A．paid back           B．fell down    C．paid off       D．fell out

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After two hours of hiking, we finally reached _______ Tom thought was the best place to camp.

A. where               B. which         C. what             D. that

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. The customer bargained with the shopkeeper for a long time, and finally they agreed ___________ the price.

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I had looked forward to this day for a long time．Finally I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe．Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps．My companions—Jean Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent—and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning．

As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow．We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop．After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day．We started down the mountain in the thick snow．Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them．As he was returning to us, he started to fall．

His fall started an avalanche（雪崩） and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean-Pierre hurried down to me．“Are you OK?” he asked．

“I think I broke my leg,” I answered．

“I’d better radio for help!” he said．“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere．

Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away．It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter． The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher（担架）．One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others．The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow．

Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her．Maurice was nearby．The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter．Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes．I went first on the stretcher．

Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix．Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain．Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives．

1.What prevented the climbers from reaching the top?

A．The terrible weather．

B．The loss of the sunglasses．

C．The injury of the team members．

D．The unexpected height of the mountain．

2.How did the writer break his leg?

A．The road was covered with snow．

B．His companion knocked into him．

C．The heavy clouds blocked his view．

D．The avalanche caused a fall for him．

3.How did the writer feel while waiting for help?

A．Anxious．        B．Crazy．          C．Sorry．          D．Annoyed．

4.What do we learn from the passage?

A．Mary was the leader of the team．

B．The team was upset about their failure．

C．It was several hours before the rescue team arrived ．

D．The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc．

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After driving for five hours, they arrived at      they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.

A．what          B．that   C．which          D．where

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