题目内容
BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. 1recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to 2 the modern world. After 216 years,The Times has halved its size to become much 3,In fact,the paper has 4 its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid (小报) .
In Britain the newspaper market is 5 between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms 6 the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear 7 in con?tent. Broadsheets such as The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 8 papers. They 9 a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.
Tabloids have far more stories about 10 serious issues such as celebrities' love lives.
Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger11 Britain's 12 newspaper,The Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.
By 13 to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less 14 broadsheet paper The Independent.15 changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase 16. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has 17 the same. They are 18 still serious papers.
The two papers claim that people 19 the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. 20 says its new size is "compact"，not tab?loid.
( ) 1.A. Because B. So C. And D. But
( ) 2.A. match B. suit C. fit D. change
( ) 3.A. longer B. smaller C. thicker D. wider
( ) 4.A. cut B. shortened C. enlarged D. narrowed
( ) 5.A. divided B. separated C. arranged D. marked
( ) 6.A. turn into B. refer to C. think about D. connect with
( ) 7.A. meaning B. mark C. difference D. sign
( ) 8.A. old B. interesting C. modern D. serious
( ) 9.A. have B. name C. cover D. choose
( ) 10.A. more B. less C. even D. quite
( ) 11.A. headlines B. pictures C. title D. edition
( ) 12.A. best-selling B. good-looking C. slow-moving D. ugly-looking
( ) 13.A. going B. getting C. changing D. coming
( ) 14.A. important B. welcoming C. helpful D. famous
( ) 15.A. It B. This C.That D. They
( ) 16.A. slowly B. greatly C. little D. usually
( ) 17.A. become B. found C. left D. remained
( ) 18.A. / B. ail C. both D. even
( ) 19.A. find B. hope C. expect D. agree
( ) 20.A.The Independent B.The Times
C.The Guardian D.Daily Telegraph
1-5 DCBAA 6-10 BCDCB 11-15 BACDA 16 -20 BDCAB
本文介绍了《泰晤士报》历经216年后縮小版面，成功进行改革的情况。
1.D从下文内容看，《泰晤士报》作为英国报刊中的代表历经216年后缩小版面一事说明英国报刊不再坚持原有的风格。所以，此处应为转折关系，用But表示转折。
2.C fit表"适应"之意。D项不符合逻辑； match意为".…. .与••••••相配"，suit指"(某物) 适合(某人) "，或"(某人) 适合(做某事) "之意。
3.B从"half the size"可知，报纸缩小了版面。因此，形容词应为small。而长度、宽度、厚度均以偏概全，都不能表述报纸的版面缩小。
4.A从随后的in half from a broadsheet to tab-loid(小报) 描述可知，报纸縮版了。cut表"削减"、"减少"之意。shorten意为"缩短"; enlarge意为"扩大";narrow意为"使变窄"。均不合文义。
5.A divide表"划分"之意。B项表"将(相邻的东西) 分开";C、D两项与上下文相差太远。此处的意思是说:在英国，报刊市场分大报和小报两种类型。
6.B these terms指broadsheet和tabloid。空后又紧接the size of the papers' pages0根据语境，用refer to(指的是) 最合适。"变成"、"考虑"和"联系"均与题意不符。
7.C从but表转折之意看应为difference。
8.D从下文叙述的大篇幅的内容为政治、经济、国际问题以及文章相当长、语言正式等特点看应为serious。
9.C cover表"涉及"之意。
10.B既然大报是严肃的报纸，那么小报就不太严肃了。more stories, simple language和love lives等也可以佐证。
11.B本段介绍小报的情况，前面提到小报用语简单,涉及生活琐事，可以推断娱乐性较强，因此一定有大图片来吸引读者。
12.A best-selling"畅销的"。从其内容更市民化、生活化知其畅销。
13.C change to"变成";由文章第一段可知， The Times通过缩版而成小报。
14.D从下文改版之后销量大增的描述可知，《独立报》以往不太有名。至于报纸的重要性和帮助性是其存在的根本。
15.A前面提到了《泰晤士》步《独立报》的缩版后尘，后面肯定就是继续谈The Times了。
16.B从全文的主旨是英国报业的成功改革看,可以推断报纸的销售额一定是有很大增力口。所以greatly为正确答案。
17.D从前面although和下文中的the same用词可知该答案。
18.C前文提到了两份报纸，所以用both。
19.A指读者在客观上对已有事实的发现，B、C表达的不是已有事实，D不合逻辑。
20.B文章叙述的主体是《泰晤士报》，答案自然为B。
