40. A. prepare B. need C.
manage D. attempt
答案：21-25
ABBCC 26-30 BAADA 31-35 BBADB 36-40 BDABB
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广东省揭阳一中10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
A newspaper is a publication devoted
chiefly to presenting and commenting on the news. Newspapers __16__ us with an
excellent means of keeping people well ___17___ on current events. They also
play a vital role in __18__ public opinion. Newspapers have certain ___19___
over the other major news media----television, radio, and newsmagazines. For
example, newspapers can __20__ more news and in much greater detail than television
and radio newscasts. Newsmagazines___21__chief national and international
events. But newspapers report local as well as national and international news.
__22__ a daily newspaper requires great __23__ and efficiency. Reporters,
editors, and photographers work under the ___24___ pressure of deadlines. A
large daily also employs many other workers, including advertising salespeople,
artists, librarians, printing-press op
erators,
and truck drivers.
Everything to be published in a newspaper,
whether it comes over news service wires or is written in-house, ___25___
through the hands of subeditors or copyreaders. The stories are all put in the
paper. The paper is ___26___. The newspapers are delivered by lorry, plane or
rail. They are taken all over the country. The papers ___27__ early in the
morning and people buy them.
Not all papers __28__ every day. Some are
weekly with a Sunday edition. Local newspapers report the news of different
parts of the country. Working on a daily paper is always busy. But people
___29__ on weekly papers do not have to work in such a hurry. Sometimes
journalists need to ___30___ all over the world to report news.