Question

【題目】How to Write a News Article

Writing a news article is different from writing other articles or informational pieces. 【1】 Knowing how to write a news article can help you exercise your writing skills and convey information clearly and briefly.

Gather all your facts. Before you write a news article, make a list or outline of all the connected facts and information that need to be included in the article. 【2】 It will help you write a clean, brief article.

Start with the lead. 【3】 This is one of the most important parts of the piece, so start with the leading statement when you write a news article. Your lead should be one sentence which states the topic of the article.

Give all the important details. The next important step to writing news articles is including all the relevant facts and details that relate to your lead statement. 【4】 These details are important, because they are the key point of the article that fully informs the reader.

【5】 Be sure to double check all the facts in your new article before you contribute it, including names, dates, and contact information or addresses. Writing accurately is the best way to make yourself a suitable news article writer.

Conclude your article. Make sure your news article is complete and finished by giving it a good concluding sentence.

A. Check facts before concluding.

B. Follow up main facts with additional information.

C. Include the basics of what, where, when, who and why.

D. A leading sentence is to grab readers’ attention and interest them.

E. Unlike other articles, news articles present information in a specific way.

F. Avoid any statements or description that could be constructed as support or criticism.

G. This list helps prevent you from leaving out any relevant information about the topic or story!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】G

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】本文介紹如何寫新聞報道的文章。

【1】E

根據(jù)上句：寫一篇新聞文章不同于其他文章或信息板塊。可知下文應該在說新聞文章與其他文章的不同，故選E. Unlike other articles, news articles present information in a specific way.（不像其他的文章，新聞文章用一個特定的方式提出信息）。

【2】G

根據(jù)上句中的make a list可知G項中的This list與之相匹配，故選G。

【3】D

根據(jù)段落首句Start with the lead. 從主導句開始。由此可知，一個主導句主要是抓住讀者的注意力和興趣。故選D。

【4】C

根據(jù)上文：給出所有的重要細節(jié)。寫新聞文章的下一個重要步驟包括所有相關的事實和細節(jié)，那與你的主導陳述有關�？芍�下文要敘述細節(jié)包括哪些，故選C。

【5】A

本句是一個主題句，位于句首。根據(jù)下文：在你投稿前一定要仔細檢查在你新文章中的所有的事實。故選A。

七選五閱讀題，有部分題出現(xiàn)在每一段的開始位置，若問題在段首通常是段落主題句。認真閱讀該段落，根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找相關詞或者同義詞，從而推測出主題句，找到答案。本題第5小題，本空位于句首，是一個主題句。根據(jù)下文：在你投稿前一定要仔細檢查在你新文章中的所有的事實。故選A。