公共英语考试二级阅读理解模拟题：
　　Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day.Some people subscribe（订阅）to as many as two or three newspapers.But why do people read newspapers?
　　Five hundred years ago,news of important happenings--battles lost and won,kings or rulers overthrown（推翻）or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate.Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
　　Apart from supplying news from all over the world,newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.There are weather reports,radios,television and film guides,book reviews,stories and,of course,advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space,but it is worth the money,for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country.For those who produce newspapers,advertisements are also very important.Money earned from advertise-ments makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
　　Newspapers often have information on gardening,cooking and fashion as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons（漫画）.
　　1、The section on jokes and cartoons is _____.
　　A.read only by children
　　B.of no value
　　C.not helpful
　　D.read by many people
　　参考答案：D
　　参考解析：细节题。由文章最后一段...but very popular section on jokes arid cartoons.可知，笑话和漫画很受欢迎，因此推断有很多人看。
　　2、What is the text about?
　　A.Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.
　　B.It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.
　　C.There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.
　　D.People like newspapers very much.
　　参考答案：B
　　参考解析：主旨题。本文首先介绍了过去和现在的报纸，紧接着说了报纸的内容，可知选B是最符合题意的。
　　3、The habit of reading newspapers is _____.
　　A.uncommon in the world
　　B.not popular in U.S.A.
　　C.widespread in the world
　　D.found among a few families
　　参考答案：C
　　参考解析：推断题。根据文章第一句Almost every family buys at least one copy of anewspaper every day.可知，看报纸的习惯在世界上很广泛。
　　参考译文：
　　几乎每个家庭每天至少购买一份报纸。有些人订阅多达两到三份报纸。但是人们为什么看报纸呢？
　　五百年前，重大事件的消息——战争输赢，国王或统治者被推翻或杀害——从一个国家到另一个国家需要几个月甚至几年的时间。这个消息是口耳相传的，从来都不准确。今天，我们可以在我们的报纸上看到发生在遥远国家的重要事件发生的同一天。
　　除了提供来自世界各地的新闻外，报纸还给我们提供了许多其他有用的信息。有天气预报，收音机，电视和电影指南，书评，故事，当然还有广告。较大的公司投入到大公司，以吸引他们的产品。他们为报纸的广告空间付了数千美元，但这是值得的，因为他们的产品的新闻几乎传遍全国每个家庭。对于那些生产报纸的人来说，广告也是非常重要的。广告赚的钱使他们可以低价出售报纸，而且还能赚钱。
　　报纸经常有园艺、烹饪和时尚方面的信息，还有一小部分关于笑话和卡通片的，但是非常流行。