Who won the first gold medal in the 2009 National Games? What happened in the American election? How did the critics like the new play?  36   an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets  37  the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to  38   the news.

Newspapers have one basic  39  , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to  40  it. Radio, telegraph, television, and  41  inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 42  , this competition merely spurred(刺激)the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the  43  and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are  44  and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers  45  the latest news,

today’s newspapers  46  and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices 47  advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very  48   . Newspapers are sold at a price that  49   to cover even a small fraction(一小部分)of the cost of production. The main 50  of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 51 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’s value to advertisers. This  52   in terms of circulation(发行量). How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 53 on the work of the

circulation department and on the services or entertainment  54   in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information about the community, city, country, state, nation, and world and even  55    .

36. A. Just when     B. While

C. Soon after       D. Before

[解析]选A。just在此为副词,意为“刚刚”,作状语。此句意为“一个事件刚刚发生,街上就有报纸报道详情了”。说明报纸对事件的反应之快。

37. A. to give     B. giving

C. given         D. being given

[解析]选A。to give和giving都合乎语法,但giving强调的是正在发生的动作,而此处重点表达的是“反应快”,不是正在做什么。on the streets是地点状语,不是are的表语。

38. A. gather     B. spread     C. carry      D. bring

[解析]选A。不论发生什么事,记者们都到现场收集消息。“收集”用gather。

39. A. reason     B. cause      C. problem     D. purpose

[解析]选D。purpose在此意为“用途”。后面的不定式短语表示目的。

40. A. make     B. publish     C. know       D. write

[解析]选C。从新闻发生到被人知道,这个期间越短越好。所以选C项。

41. A. another       B. other

C. one another      D. the other

[解析]选B。other意为“其他的”,接名词复数。此句意为:无线电、电报、电视及其他发明,成为报纸的竞争对手。another很多东西中的另外一个; one another互相;the other两者中的另一个。

42. A. However     B. And     C. Therefore      D. So

[解析]选A。根据句中的“merely spurred the newspapers on”可知这种竞争刺激了报纸的发展,故上下句间为转折关系,应选“however”。

43. A. value     B. quantity     C. rate      D. speed

[解析]选D。使用更新、更快的通讯工具,目的是提高速度。

44. A. spread     B. passed

C. printed        D. completed

[解析]选C。报纸是印(print)出来的,先印后看(读)。

45. A. aware of       B. familiar with

C. fond of       D. informed of

[解析]选D。报纸不断地为读者提供新闻信息,故应选D。keep sb. informed of让某人随时得到消息; be aware of认识到某事物;be familiar with对……熟悉;be fond of喜好某事物,均不符合题意。

46. A. entertain     B. encourage    C. educate      D. edit

[解析]选C。关于politics之类的严肃话题,只能选educate。

47. A. on     B. through     C. with      D. of

[解析]选B。此句意为:报纸通过广告影响读者在经济生活中的选择。“通过……手段”可以用through: You can only achieve success through hard work. 只有努力工作你才能成功。

48. A. forms      B. existence     C. contents     D. purpose

[解析]选B。大多数报纸依靠广告收入来维持生存。这应该是个人人皆知的常识。form“形式”; content“内容,要旨”;purpose“用途,目的”。

49. A. tries       B. manages      C. fails      D. needs

[解析]选C。报纸的售价之低,连抵付成本的一小部分都不够。符合上下文关于广告收入的说法。

50. A. source     B. origin      C. course      D. finance

[解析]选A。收入来源应该用source。因为source指“河流、泉水的发源地”,常指抽象事物的根源或来源以及资料、信息的出处或来源。origin起源,起因, 指事物后来发展变化的最初起点,或指人的出身和血统。course“课程,过程”; finance“经济”。

51. A. way     B. means      C. chance       D. success

[解析]选D。success in为固定短语。此句意为:广告业务的成功,取决于报纸在客户(要登广告的人)心中的价值 。

52. A. measures    B. measured

C. is measured        D. was measured

[解析]选C。根据上下文,此处应该用一般现在时的被动语态。此句意为:报纸在客户心中的价值,是以发行量来衡量的。

53. A. somewhat   B. little

C. much     D. something

[解析]选C。该句意为:发行量的大小,很大程度上取决于发行部门的工作及报纸所提供的服务功能和娱乐功能。

54. A. printed     B. offered      C. sold     D. found

[解析]选B。同上句所析,服务和娱乐功能是报纸提供的,不是简单的印刷(print), 销售(sell)或被看到(found)。

55. A. your family  B. history

C. under the sea   D. outer space

[解析]选D。前面的about的宾语都是地点名词,而且是依次扩大,从社区到整个世界。这样,最后一个“甚至”也应该是个地点,而且是比world还大的地点,那么,就只有space了。

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