Every morning I walk outside and bring in the morning newspaper. There was a time when every house on both sides of the street had a newspaper in the driveway. There was also a time when every house had a landline telephone, but not anymore. Not for a long time.
My husband is less willing to accept the downward trend of print-edition newspapers, as he has worked in newspapers since the age of 16. Even before that, he was what you would call an “independent publisher”.
Recently, we were at a Chicago park with our grandchildren. My husband had a newspaper folded under his arm. He sat down and put the paper on the bench beside him. A young girl walked over, looked at the newspaper, picked it up and asked, " What's this?"
I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head and his legs were giving out. I rolled up his paper and waved it under his nose. The smells from the ink woke him up.
Some people simply love paper ― the feel, the portability, and the pleasure of piling them higher and higher until their wife cries, “Enough!" My husband was happy when he spent time with our youngest daughter and her husband. When they lived with us, they raced to pull the crossword puzzle from the paper every day. It's hard to do a crossword online. Pencil doesn't come off a computer screen as easily as you might think.
Now my husband will be very excited that I have found further proof that there may still be hope for the survival of print. I was chatting with a young mother who subscribes to the daily newspaper. I asked why she did something so conservatively. She looked shocked. "Because it's print!" she said. "I love print! When the paper didn't come one day, would you believe I called the main number to let them know and the lady said, ' Why don't you just subscribe to the online version? '” She shook her head in disbelief.
My husband will be so thrilled that he might write this young woman into his will I say we leave her all our piles of old newspapers.
8. How did the author's husband feel when a girl asked a question in the park?
A. Shocked. B. Thrilled.
C. Disappointed. D. Confused.
9. What does the author probably mean by saying “his legs were giving out” ？
A. He was feeling tired and needed a rest.
B. He was very old and unable to stand long.
C. He almost lost his balance and became unconscious.
D. He was annoyed with the girl and played a trick on her.
10. What does the author intend to tell us with the example of the young mother?
A. Many young people follow an old-fashioned lifestyle.
B. It's inconvenient for the old to read online newspapers.
C. There're still young people who love printed newspapers.
D. Printed newspapers will be replaced by online newspapers.
11. What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?
A. The new rise of digital newspapers on the line.
B. A man's everlasting love for printed newspapers.
C. The pleasure of looking through daily newspapers.
D. A family's memory of reading printed newspapers.
【答案】
My husband is less willing to accept the downward trend of print-edition newspapers, as he has worked in newspapers since the age of 16. Even before that, he was what you would call an “independent publisher”.
Recently, we were at a Chicago park with our grandchildren. My husband had a newspaper folded under his arm. He sat down and put the paper on the bench beside him. A young girl walked over, looked at the newspaper, picked it up and asked, " What's this?"
I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head and his legs were giving out. I rolled up his paper and waved it under his nose. The smells from the ink woke him up.
Some people simply love paper ― the feel, the portability, and the pleasure of piling them higher and higher until their wife cries, “Enough!" My husband was happy when he spent time with our youngest daughter and her husband. When they lived with us, they raced to pull the crossword puzzle from the paper every day. It's hard to do a crossword online. Pencil doesn't come off a computer screen as easily as you might think.
Now my husband will be very excited that I have found further proof that there may still be hope for the survival of print. I was chatting with a young mother who subscribes to the daily newspaper. I asked why she did something so conservatively. She looked shocked. "Because it's print!" she said. "I love print! When the paper didn't come one day, would you believe I called the main number to let them know and the lady said, ' Why don't you just subscribe to the online version? '” She shook her head in disbelief.
My husband will be so thrilled that he might write this young woman into his will I say we leave her all our piles of old newspapers.
8. How did the author's husband feel when a girl asked a question in the park?
A. Shocked. B. Thrilled.
C. Disappointed. D. Confused.
9. What does the author probably mean by saying “his legs were giving out” ？
A. He was feeling tired and needed a rest.
B. He was very old and unable to stand long.
C. He almost lost his balance and became unconscious.
D. He was annoyed with the girl and played a trick on her.
10. What does the author intend to tell us with the example of the young mother?
A. Many young people follow an old-fashioned lifestyle.
B. It's inconvenient for the old to read online newspapers.
C. There're still young people who love printed newspapers.
D. Printed newspapers will be replaced by online newspapers.
11. What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?
A. The new rise of digital newspapers on the line.
B. A man's everlasting love for printed newspapers.
C. The pleasure of looking through daily newspapers.
D. A family's memory of reading printed newspapers.
【答案】
苏19057182-3号