Question

British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 216 years,The nmes (《泰晤士报》) has changed its size to become much smaller. In fact,the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

InBritainthe newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as The Times,The Gwardian(《卫报》) and Daily Telegraph 《每日电讯报》) are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political,economic and international is?sues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's bestselling newspaper,The Sun,is a tabloid and has a naked (棵体的) girl on page three every?day.

By changing to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less fa?mous broadsheet paper The Independent (《妆：报》) .It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. Instead of calling the new style of their paper tab?loid,the paper says its new size is "compact"(紧凑型) .

(   ) 5. What is the difference between tabloid and compact?

   A. They have the same size and meaning but different calling.

   B. Tabloid is a kind of smaller paper with short stories,pictures and celebrities' affairs.

   C. Compact is the same kind of paper as its broadsheet with the same contents.

   D. They are in the same size but different contents：popular―serious.

(   ) 6. According to the text,which can best describe the two kinds of papers?

   A. Broadsheets are larger in size while tabloids are smaller.

   B. Tabloids are less serious than broadsheets.

   C. Broadsheets contain more news than tabloids.

   D. They are different in size,content and the style of language.

(   ) 7. In which of the following newspapers would you find more news about the personal life of the famous soccer star Beckham?

   A. The Sun   B. The Times

   C. The Independent   D. The Guardian

(   ) 8. According to the passage we can infer the main reason for The Times changing into the tabloid is that         .

   A. it wants to become convenient for people to carry

   B. it wants to increase its circulation (发行量)

   C. it intends to follow what The Independent has done

   D. it is unlikely to stay in business if it does not change

Answer 1

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为保生存，数百年的老牌报纸也要变革，以迎合现代社会的需要。

5. D细节理解题。

6. D细节理解题。与第5题有些相像，但是是两种不同的对比。

7. A推理判断题。根据Britain's bestselling newspaper,zAc S皿，可推断出该报会登载许多名人轶事的。

8. B逻辑推理题。一份报纸的发行量当然是最重要的了。