2020-2021学年高中英语Unit3LifeinthefutureReading课时作业2新人教版必修

Unit 3 Life in the future readingⅠ. 阅读理解A　　The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on wal

Unit 3Life in the future reading Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B. C. In the 700s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have aregularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany. The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in Daily London and was published once aweek. The first daily English newspaper was the Courtant, which came out in March 1702. In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell Boston Newspaper, started the the first newspaper published daily in the American Colonies(殖民地). By 1760, the colonies had had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1, 800 daily papers in the United States. Today, as agroup, English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the Asahi world. But the largest circulation for anewspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Shimbun .It sells more than eleven million copies every year. 报纸的发展可谓日新月异, 你了解报纸的发展历史吗? 【语篇概述】 1. The first regularly published European newspaper started in . A. Rome in 59 B. C. B. Germany in 1609 C. Amsterdam in 1620D. England in 1621 选B。细节理解题。从第一段倒数第一句Europe didn’t have aregularly published 【解析】 newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany. 可知答案。 2. From the article, we know that . A. newspapers have the longest history in the United States B. one English language newspaper has the largest circulation in the world