The Weekly Telegraph is Britain’s global newspaper, the home-grown quality newspaper that delivers the best of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph to the British around the world and adds its special articles, features and reports designed to be of real value to foreign readers．Telegraph．co．uk/expat, the website, increases the value of the newspaper, thus creating a complete expatriate（国外的）support system, both online and offline．
Order a gift subscription（订阅）for a friend or relation overseas this Christmas and they will begin to recognize what a useful investment your subscription represents, and you’ll receive a FREE bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port to enjoy at home in the UK．
Subscriptions will start early January 2010．Port can only be delivered to a UK address and receivers must be over 18 years of age．
For more details or for 6-month subscriptions, please contact our subscriptions department on Tel +44 （0） 1622 335080 or email weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph．co．uk Office hours: 09:00-17:00 GMT）．
Please contact weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph．co．uk with any questions regarding your subscription．
Your money back if you are not satisfied
Our “no quibble” money-back policy means that we guarantee to return the money for your subscription in full if you are not satisfied with the first four issues．
YOUR PAYMENT
Select a zone of payment．Price is for 52 issues．
United Kingdom                                 105．00 GBP （Great Britain Pound）
USA                                                125．00 GBP
Canada/ Australia/ New Zealand               108．00 GBP
Zambia/ Zimbabwe /Tanzania                  85．00 GBP
South Africa                                       80．00 GBP
Middle East/ Europe/ Rest of the world        80．00 GBP
【小题1】The Weekly Telegraph in the advertisement is mainly intended for ______．

The history of newspapers is an often-dramatic chapter of the human experience going back some six centuries.In Renaissance Europe handwritten newsletters circulated(发行) privately among merchants,passing along information about everything from wars and economic conditions to social customs and “human interest” features.The first printed newspaper appeared in Germany in the late 1400s in the form of news pamphlets(小册子) or broadsides.

In the English-speaking world,the earliest predecessors(前身) of the newspaper were corantos,small news pamphlets produced only when some event worthy of notice occurred.The first successively published title was The Weekly News of 1622.The first true newspaper in English was the London Gazette of 1666.  

In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690,entitled Public Occurrences.Published without official permission,it was immediately suppressed(查禁).Its publisher was arrested,and all copies were destroyed.The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter,begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704.By the eve of the Revolutionary War,some two dozen papers were issued at all the colonies.At the war’s end in 1783 there were forty-three newspapers in print. The Bill of Rights in 1791 at last guaranteed freedom of the press,and America’s newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs.By 1814 there were 346 newspapers.

In the 1830s,advances in printing and papermaking technology led to an explosion of newspaper growth—the emergence(出现) of the “Penny Press”;it was now possible to produce a newspaper that could be sold for just a cent a copy.The cheap newspaper helped people to get more interesting reading materials easily.In 1850,there were 2526 different papers.By the 1910s,all the basic features of the modern newspaper had emerged.  

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Handwritten newsletters came out publicly in Renaissance Europe.

B.The first printed newspaper was seen about six hundred years ago.

C.The first successively published newspaper in the English-speaking world was corantos.

D.In America the first newspaper was successful as soon as it appeared.

What does the underlined phrase “Penny Press” in the last paragraph mean?

A.People can press pennies easily.

B.People can produce newspapers with little cost.

C.It is a penny factory.

D.The name of the press owner is Penny.

What is the main reason for newspapers in the USA increasing so fast in the 1830s?

A.The pass of the Bill of Rights in 1791.

B.Newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs.

C.Advances in printing and papermaking technology.

D.All the basic features of the modern newspaper had emerged

Which of the following is NOT a newspaper?

A. Public Occurrences.

B. The Boston News-Letter.

C. The Bill of Rights.

D. The London Gazette.

The history of newspapers is an often-dramatic chapter of the human experience going back some six centuries.In Renaissance Europe handwritten newsletters circulated(发行) privately among merchants,passing along information about everything from wars and economic conditions to social customs and “human interest” features.The first printed newspaper appeared in Germany in the late 1400s in the form of news pamphlets(小册子) or broadsides.

In the English-speaking world,the earliest predecessors(前身) of the newspaper were corantos,small news pamphlets produced only when some event worthy of notice occurred.The first successively published title was The Weekly News of 1622.The first true newspaper in English was the London Gazette of 1666.  

In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690,entitled Public Occurrences.Published without official permission,it was immediately suppressed(查禁).Its publisher was arrested,and all copies were destroyed.The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter,begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704.By the eve of the Revolutionary War,some two dozen papers were issued at all the colonies.At the war’s end in 1783 there were forty-three newspapers in print. The Bill of Rights in 1791 at last guaranteed freedom of the press,and America’s newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs.By 1814 there were 346 newspapers.

In the 1830s,advances in printing and papermaking technology led to an explosion of newspaper growth—the emergence(出现) of the “Penny Press”;it was now possible to produce a newspaper that could be sold for just a cent a copy.The cheap newspaper helped people to get more interesting reading materials easily.In 1850,there were 2526 different papers.By the 1910s,all the basic features of the modern newspaper had emerged.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Handwritten newsletters came out publicly in Renaissance Europe.

B.The first printed newspaper was seen about six hundred years ago.

C.The first successively published newspaper in the English-speaking world was corantos.

D.In America the first newspaper was successful as soon as it appeared.

What does the underlined phrase “Penny Press” in the last paragraph mean?

A.People can press pennies easily.

B.People can produce newspapers with little cost.

C.It is a penny factory.

D.The name of the press owner is Penny.

What is the main reason for newspapers in the USA increasing so fast in the 1830s?

A.The pass of the Bill of Rights in 1791.

B.Newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs.

C.Advances in printing and papermaking technology.

D.All the basic features of the modern newspaper had emerged

Which of the following is NOT a newspaper?

A. Public Occurrences.

B. The Boston News-Letter.

C. The Bill of Rights.

D. The London Gazette.

The Weekly Telegraph is Britain’s global newspaper, the home-grown quality newspaper that delivers the best of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph to the British around the world and adds its special articles, features and reports designed to be of real value to foreign readers．Telegraph．co．uk/expat, the website, increases the value of the newspaper, thus creating a complete expatriate（国外的）support system, both online and offline．

Order a gift subscription（订阅）for a friend or relation overseas this Christmas and they will begin to recognize what a useful investment your subscription represents, and you’ll receive a FREE bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port to enjoy at home in the UK．

Subscriptions will start early January 2010．Port can only be delivered to a UK address and receivers must be over 18 years of age．

For more details or for 6-month subscriptions, please contact our subscriptions department on Tel +44 （0） 1622 335080 or email weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph．co．uk Office hours: 09:00-17:00 GMT）．

Please contact weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph．co．uk with any questions regarding your subscription．

Your money back if you are not satisfied

Our “no quibble” money-back policy means that we guarantee to return the money for your subscription in full if you are not satisfied with the first four issues．

YOUR PAYMENT

Select a zone of payment．Price is for 52 issues．

United Kingdom                                 105．00 GBP （Great Britain Pound）

USA                                                125．00 GBP

Canada/ Australia/ New Zealand               108．00 GBP

Zambia/ Zimbabwe /Tanzania                  85．00 GBP

South Africa                                       80．00 GBP

Middle East/ Europe/ Rest of the world        80．00 GBP

1.The Weekly Telegraph in the advertisement is mainly intended for ______．

2.If you want to receive a free bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port, you must ______．

a．live in the United Kingdom     b．have an overseas friend who is over 18

c．order a subscription of the Weekly Telegraph

d．offer your friend or relation’s address overseas

3.What do we know about the Weekly Telegraph from the passage?

4.To order a 6-month subscription for a friend in Tanzania, you should ______．

5.Which of the following statements is true based on the text?

D
The Weekly Telegraph is Britain’s global newspaper, the home-grown quality newspaper that delivers the best of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph to the British around the world and adds its special articles, features and reports designed to be of real value to foreign readers．Telegraph.co.uk/expat, the website, increases the value of the newspaper, thus creating a complete expatriate（国外的）support system, both online and offline．
Order a gift subscription（订阅）for a friend or relation overseas this Christmas and they will begin to recognise what a useful investment your subscription represents, and you’ll receive a FREE bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port to enjoy at home in the UK．
Subscriptions will start early January 2010．Port can only be delivered to a UK address and receivers must be over 18 years of age．
For more details or for 6-month subscriptions, please contact our subscriptions department on Tel +44 （0） 1622 335080 or email weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph.co.uk Office hours: 09:00-17:00 GMT）．
Please contact weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph.co.uk with any questions regarding your subscription．
Your money back if you are not satisfied
Our “no quibble” money-back policy means that we guarantee to return the money for your subscription in full if you are not satisfied with the first four issues．
YOUR PAYMENT
Select a zone of payment．Price is for 52 issues．
United Kingdom                           105.00 GBP （Great Britain Pound）
USA                                     125.00 GBP
Canada/ Australia/ New Zealand               108.00 GBP
Zambia/ Zimbabwe /Tanzania                 85.00 GBP
South Africa                               80.00 GBP
Middle East/ Europe/ Rest of the world          80.00 GBP
71．The Weekly Telegraph in the advertisement is mainly intended for ______．
A．the British at home and abroad         B．the British in the UK
C．the foreigners in Britain         D．English learners across the globe
72．If you want to receive a free bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port, you must ______．
a．live in the United Kingdom
b．have an overseas friend who is over 18
c．order a subscription of the Weekly Telegraph
d．offer your friend or relation’s address overseas
A．a, b           B．c, d         C．a, c      D．b, c
73．What do we know about the Weekly Telegraph from the passage?
A．The content of it can’t be read online．
B．One can subscribe to it 24 hours a day．
C．Your money can partly come back if you’re not satisfied
D．The prices for different countries are probably different．
74．To order a 6-month subscription for a friend in Tanzania, you should ______．
A．contact the subscriptions department
B．subscribe to the Daily Telegraph for a year
C．tell your friend to visit telegraph.co.uk/expat
D．pay 85.00 GBP
75．Which of the following statements is true based on the text?
A．Telegraph．co．uk/ expat receives support from online readers only．
B．Subscriptions of the paper can be made starting from January 2010．
C．Telegraph．co．uk/expat mainly solve your subscription problems．
D．US and Middle East readers can enjoy equal price for 52 issues．