★以下是英語資源頻道為大家整理的《中學(xué)生必讀英文閱讀》，供大家參考。
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper everyday. Some people have as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers? Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(*) or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by words of mouth. Today we can read in our newspapers of important things that happen in far away countries on the same day. Besides giving news from all over the world, newspapers tell us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements(廣告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space(廣告版面), but it is worth the money because news of what they make in factories goes into almost every home in the country. For those who make newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit. Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion(時(shí)裝) as well as a small but very popular part on jokes and cartoons. 幾乎每個(gè)家庭每天至少購買一份報(bào)紙。有些人購買多達(dá)兩種或三種不同的報(bào)紙。人們?yōu)槭裁纯磮?bào)紙？ 五百年前，重大事件，戰(zhàn)爭輸贏，國王或統(tǒng)治者被*或殺死的新聞信息要過上幾個(gè)月甚至數(shù)年才能從一個(gè)國家傳播到另一個(gè)國家。那時(shí)的新聞信息通過口頭傳播。今天，我們能夠在報(bào)上看到同一天里在遙遠(yuǎn)的國度發(fā)生的重要事件。 除了來自世界各地的新聞，報(bào)紙還給我們提供了其它很多有用的信息。有天氣預(yù)報(bào)，廣播，電視和電影預(yù)告，書評，故事，當(dāng)然，還有廣告。有各種各樣的廣告。他們支付給廣告版面數(shù)千美元，但這是值得的，因?yàn)樗麄冊诠S發(fā)生的新聞信息傳入幾乎每一個(gè)在鄉(xiāng)間的家庭。對于經(jīng)營報(bào)紙和廣告的那些人也是非常重要的。廣告收入使他們有可能以低廉的價(jià)格出售他們的報(bào)紙并且仍然能夠盈利。 報(bào)紙經(jīng)常有園藝，烹飪和時(shí)裝方面的信息，也有笑話和漫畫方面的一小塊但非常流行的版面。
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper everyday. Some people have as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers? Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(*) or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by words of mouth. Today we can read in our newspapers of important things that happen in far away countries on the same day. Besides giving news from all over the world, newspapers tell us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements(廣告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space(廣告版面), but it is worth the money because news of what they make in factories goes into almost every home in the country. For those who make newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit. Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery and fashion(時(shí)裝) as well as a small but very popular part on jokes and cartoons. 幾乎每個(gè)家庭每天至少購買一份報(bào)紙。有些人購買多達(dá)兩種或三種不同的報(bào)紙。人們?yōu)槭裁纯磮?bào)紙？ 五百年前，重大事件，戰(zhàn)爭輸贏，國王或統(tǒng)治者被*或殺死的新聞信息要過上幾個(gè)月甚至數(shù)年才能從一個(gè)國家傳播到另一個(gè)國家。那時(shí)的新聞信息通過口頭傳播。今天，我們能夠在報(bào)上看到同一天里在遙遠(yuǎn)的國度發(fā)生的重要事件。 除了來自世界各地的新聞，報(bào)紙還給我們提供了其它很多有用的信息。有天氣預(yù)報(bào)，廣播，電視和電影預(yù)告，書評，故事，當(dāng)然，還有廣告。有各種各樣的廣告。他們支付給廣告版面數(shù)千美元，但這是值得的，因?yàn)樗麄冊诠S發(fā)生的新聞信息傳入幾乎每一個(gè)在鄉(xiāng)間的家庭。對于經(jīng)營報(bào)紙和廣告的那些人也是非常重要的。廣告收入使他們有可能以低廉的價(jià)格出售他們的報(bào)紙并且仍然能夠盈利。 報(bào)紙經(jīng)常有園藝，烹飪和時(shí)裝方面的信息，也有笑話和漫畫方面的一小塊但非常流行的版面。