These days picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some chosen from the Internet by Jack. Read on to find out which one you like best.
★ SPRING is coming, together with butterflies(蝴蝶)! On March 31,the Natural History Museum in London, UK, had a butterfly show. Children came over and played with these beautiful creatures. They also got to know how butterflies grow up. Colorful butterflies flew freely at the show. They sometimes landed on visitors. Look! A large blue butterfly sits on the nose of the girl.
★Earlier in April 2014, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing. It hopes to encourage more people to read books.
“We welcome everyone who loves to read books at any time.” The general manager of the store told China Youth Daily.
Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
★ This year, many children in the UK will have a new language to study: Chinese.
Starting in 2014, students aged 7-11 in the UK need to study one of seven foreign languages. They can choose from French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek(希臘語) and Chinese.
The British government is offering to train a group of Chinese-language teachers. They will teach Chinese to more than 3,000 primary school students.
China and the UK work together in many fields. So it’s important that the future generation(一代人) can speak Chinese.
小題1:What could children get from visiting the butterfly show?
A．Beautiful creatures.B．Pleasure and knowledge.
C．Colorful butterflies.D．Care by the visitors.
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the second news?
A．You can read in the bookstore only during the daytime.
B．Sanlian Taofen Bookstore opens 24 hours a day.
C．Reading online is more enjoyable than reading in bookstores.
D．Many people read in bookstores in order to save money.
小題3:The best title for the third news should be __________.
A．Primary schools in the UKB．Chinese teachers in the UK
C．Chinese comes to the UKD．Foreign languages in the UK
小題4:Which of the following correctly matches the picture with the news? 
a.              b.  
c.                   d.  
A．Picture a → Third newsB．Picture b → First news
C．Picture c → Second newsD．Picture d →Second news

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了三個有圖片新聞的內(nèi)容：在英國倫敦的自然歷史博物館舉辦的蝴蝶展；北京的三聯(lián)韜奮圖書館；漢語走進英國。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)對文章二段內(nèi)容的理解，可知蝴蝶被游客所在乎。故選擇D。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二個消息，可知你只能白天在圖書館，故選擇A。
小題3:標題歸納題。根據(jù)地第三則消息的理解，可知最好的標題是：漢語來到英國，故選擇C。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)對整篇文章內(nèi)容的理解，圖a是英國孩子在學漢語，可知是第三則消息，故選擇A。
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