Question

The managing editor is usually the person in charge of the day-to-day editorial process of a newspaper. He or she makes sure that the newspaper comes out on time each day and that costs are kept within a budget. He or she is usually responsible for hiring and firing newsroom staff, and serves as the spokesperson for the newspaper. The managing editor may also be involved in story, photo and graphics selection, assignments, laying out pages, and editing copy and writing headlines. 

The news editor is in charge of the news pages of the newspaper. He or she makes decisions on which stories are used and which are not. The news editor and his or her assistants also lay out pages of the paper.

The copy editor edits wire and local stories and writes headlines. The copy editor is often the last person to see a story before it actually appears in print.

The city editor makes sure that the news in the city is covered and that as many local stories as possible get into each edition. The city editor monitors the local general assignment, beat and specialty reporters.

The state editor supervises reporters who cover communities and areas outside the city but still within the circulation (流通) area of the newspaper.

The national editor supervises reporters in bureaus in cities outside the circulation area of the newspaper. Most newspapers rely on the wire services for national news, but some have correspondents(通信員) who work in other cities and report to the national editor.

1.If you want to apply for a job in a newspaper newsroom, you are likely to be interviewed by _____.

A．the news editor                        B．the national editor

C．the state editor                         D．the managing editor

2.From the passage, we can learn that _________.

A．the managing editor is mainly responsible for laying out pages of the paper

B．the news editor determines which stories are used

C．the copy editor is often the first person to see the story

D．the state editor supervises the local general assignment, beat and specialty reporters

3.The national news is mostly sent to the national editor by all of the following ways EXCEPT _____.

A．by e-mail                              B．by fax

C．by letter                              D．by telephone

4.The underlined word “supervises” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.

A．is in favor of       B．is in honor of       C． is in charge of     D．is in need of

5.What is mainly discussed in this passage?

A．How newspapers are made.

B．People in a newspaper newsroom.

C．How news is collected and edited.

D．People in charge of the newspaper industry.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，說(shuō)明了在報(bào)紙編輯部的人們：總編輯通常是在一家報(bào)紙的日常編輯過(guò)程負(fù)責(zé)人；新聞編輯主管報(bào)紙的新聞頁(yè)面；復(fù)制編輯編輯線和本地的故事寫標(biāo)題；城市編輯確信各個(gè)城市的報(bào)道；記者編輯主要報(bào)道城市以外的事；國(guó)際編輯主要負(fù)責(zé)國(guó)際新聞

1.細(xì)節(jié)題。由第一段第一句The managing editor is usually the person in charge of the day-to-day editorial process of a newspaper可以知道答案，所以選D

2.細(xì)節(jié)題。由第二段第二行He or she makes decisions on which stories are used and which are not.可以知道答案，故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)題，由最后一段第二行Most newspapers rely on the wire services for national news,可以知道答案，故選C。

4.推理題，由第二段第一句The news editor is in charge of the news pages of the newspaper可以推出答案，所以選C。

5.推理題，由本文的主要意思“在報(bào)紙編輯部的人們：總編輯通常是在一家報(bào)紙的日常編輯過(guò)程負(fù)責(zé)人；新聞編輯主管報(bào)紙的新聞頁(yè)面；復(fù)制編輯編輯線和本地的故事寫標(biāo)題；城市編輯確信各個(gè)城市的報(bào)道；記者編輯主要報(bào)道城市以外的事；國(guó)際編輯主要負(fù)責(zé)國(guó)際新聞”，可以推出答案，所以選B

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題，思路清晰，答題前一定要讀懂全文，在報(bào)紙編輯部的人們是貫穿全文的一條重要線索，一定要注意體會(huì)。然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。