27．defend...against...保护......不受......

28．begin with以......开始

29．ahead of在......前面

30．pass sth.on to把......传递给......

31．set to work着手工作

32．be happy with对......满意

33．with happiness高兴地

34．last of all最后

35．work out制订出；计算出；解决；锻炼

Ⅳ.完成句子(共5小题；每题6分，满分30分)

36．His first task was to write his story，but he had to do it carefully.

他的首要任务是写他的故事，但是他必须认真对待此事。

37．Although he realized the man had been lying，Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly.

尽管他认为那个人一直在撒谎，但周阳懂得他绝不能直接指责那个人。

38．Months of training had taught him to write with no wasted words or phrases.

经过几个月的培训，他已经学会了写文章，全然没有废话。

39．The first person who saw his article was a senior editor from his department.

第一个看他这篇文章的人是他们部里的一位高级编审。

40．Then as the article was going to be written in English Zhou Yang also took a copy to the native speaker employed by the newspaper to polish the style.

因为这篇文章要用英文来写，所以周阳拿了一份稿子给一位母语为英语的外国雇员，请她对语言风格进行润饰。

Ⅰ.Fast reading for the main information

1．What's the main idea of the passage?

A．It is about how Zhou Yang got the scoop.

B．It is about why the story has to be sent to so many people before being printed.

C．It is about the writing and printing process for a newspaper article.

D．It is about how a news story is printed.

答案　C

2．Read the passage and then find out the main idea of each paragraph.

A．His story was passed on to different editors of the newspaper.