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? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details．Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to 3 the news．
Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it．Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers．So did the development of magazines and other means of communication． 7 , this competition merely spurred(刺激)the newspapers on．They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations．Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before．Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields．Besides keeping readers 10 the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters．Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising．Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 ．Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 to cover even a small fraction(一小部分)of the cost of production．The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising．The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers．This 17 in terms of circulation(发行量)．How many people read the newspaper?Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 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 20 ．
Are supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more?When you enter a supermarket, 1 knows better than you do how you will 2 －which way you will walk, where you will 3 , what will make you 4 one product rather than another．When customers go into a shop, they 5 look to their left but move 6 towards the right．So supermarket 7 are usually on the left of the building, and the layout is designed to take shoppers 8 the store, aisle after aisle, from left to right．Then shoppers will pay attention to all the 9 ．
Fresh fruit and vegetables are 10 near supermarket entrances．This gives the impression that only 11 food is sold in the shop． 12 food that everyone buys, like sugar and tea are put near each other．They are kept in different aisles so that customers are taken past other 13 foods before they find what they want．In this way, shoppers 14 to buy products that they do not 15 ．
People walk quickly through 16 aisles, but they move more slowly in wide aisle and give more attention to the products．One bestselling 17 for products is at the end of aisles, because shoppers slow down to turn into the next aisle．
Sweets are often placed at children’s 18 at the checkout．While parents are 19 to pay, children 20 the sweets and put them in the trolley．
If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weakness．Success or 1 in your work would depend, to 2 great extent, 3 your ability to use your strengths and weakness to the best advantage． 4 the utmost importance is your attitude．A person 5 begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is 6 that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success．On the other hand, a person who is secure 7 his belief that he is probably as capable 8 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 9 it possesses a certain strength of purpose．The chances are that he will do well．
10 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength．Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness．A book keeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t cut a straight line with a saw 11 hopeless cases．
This book has been designed to help you capitalize 12 the strength and overcome the 13 that you bring to the job of learning．But in group to measure your development, you must first 14 stock of where you stand now． 15 we get further along in the book, we’ll be 16 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 17 skills．However, 18 begin with, you should pause 19 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school：your 20 , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits．
Mitsuaki recently arrived in the United States to enter university．He wants to do well in his studies anD． 1 to the new culture．But Mitsuaki has a 2 ．It’s not his roommates．It’s not his school fees．It’s not even his English ability．It is that he doesn’t have a 3 ．And in America, that really makes him a foreigner．Mitsuaki has already discovered a basic fact of American culture： 4 is a way of life．
It’s 5 there’s no public transportation in AmericA#Many cities have taxis, buses and subways to help people get 6 work．Some large universities even have buses to take students to classes across the 7 ．But most people find it much more 8 to drive, 9 they do have to deal with traffiC#Nowadays busy families often have more than one vehicle．Many people 10 their car as a status symbol．But no matter what their social status are, people without wheels feel 11 ．
When Mitsuaki first arrived, he was amazed at how young many American drivers 12 were．Young people in America often get their driver’s license around age 16 by 13 a written test and a driving test． 14 , before they can get their license, they have to take a driver education 15 , which gives students hands－on practice with driving．It also helps to reduce the high 16 of insurance．For teenagers, being able to drive－and in some cases, having their own car－is a big 17 ．It gives them a sense of power and freedom．It’s 18 to find an American teenager without one．
Driving to Americans is 19 flying to birds．It’s almost part of their nature．For many Americans, being 20 the wheel is like their natural home．
