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Apollo

  For lovers of the arts, Apollo is a truly necessary magazine. Covering the ages and the great civilizations of the world, Apollo brings you well-illustrated yet academic articles by internationally famous scholars, as well as information on exhibitions and sales. Experience five monthly issues for as little as ￡ 5 each.

  The Guardian Weekly

  The Guardian Weekly gives you a global view with articles from four of the world’s most respected newspapers. Read the news from different views and draw your own conclusions on the stories shaping our world. Try it for 3 months for just ￡15.55. Plus get a free copy of The Guardian Year 2003.

  New Internationalist

  Full of excellent writing and photography, the NI covers one key subject each month, from Terrorism to Poverty to Climate Change.

  Reporters from around the globe provide you with a comprehensive world view. PLUS: Masses of fresh reports and stories to keep you up-to-date on world affairs. 3 months free and free World Map.

  The Week

  The Week is the only weekly summary giving you the best of the British and foreign newspapers in just 35 pages. Designed to be read in just 1 hour, it provides you with everything you need and want to know. Try The Week now with 13 issues for just ￡ 13.75.

  If you decide it’s not for you, just tell us within the first 6 weeks and you can get your money back.

1Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintings?

  A. Apollo.     B. The Week.     C. New Internationalist.     D. The Guardian Weekly.

It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ____.

  A. men     B. women     C. children     D. grown-ups

Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get information from the world’s most popular newspapers?

  A. Apollo & The Week.

  B. Apollo & New Internationalist.

  C. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist

  D. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist

The purpose of writing these four texts is to ____.

  A. tell the readers the latest news

  B. get more readers to subscribe(訂閱)

C. show the importance of the four magazines

  D. introduce the four magazines to new readers

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

解析:

【小題1】本題考查考生的細節(jié)捕捉能力與辨別能力。第一段中指出“For lovers of the arts, Apollo is a truly necessary magazine”,因而音樂繪畫必然會出現(xiàn)在此雜志上。

【小題2】本題考查學生的細節(jié)能力。文中的報刊雜志涉及的幾乎都是成人才會感興趣的話題。

【小題3】本題考查考生對細節(jié)的分辨能力。文中細節(jié)告訴考生The Guardian Weekly與The Week刊登近期世界大事。而New Internationalist是一個專題月刊。

【小題4】本題考查考生對寫作意圖的推斷能力。從文中詳盡的介紹和勸購的語氣可見此文是為了吸引更多讀者訂閱報刊雜志。