Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? 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, reports 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 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 outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of 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 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.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.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 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.
1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
10.A.inform B.be informed
C.to be informed D.informed
11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover
C.fails to cover D.succeeds in
15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
17.A.measures B.measured
C.Is measured D.was measured
18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
19.A.offering B.offered
C.which offered D.to be offered
20.A.by B.with C.at D.about
Cloze Test 3
1.【答案】A
【解析】just在此為副詞，意為“剛剛”，做狀語。此句意為“一個事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報紙對新聞的反應(yīng)之快。
2.【答案】A
【解析】to give和giving都合乎語法，但giving強(qiáng)調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動作，而此處重點(diǎn)表達(dá)的是“反應(yīng)快”，不是正在做什么。
3.【答案】A
【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。
4.【答案】D
【解析】后面的不定式短語表示目的。
5.【答案】C
【解析】提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。
6.【答案】B
【解析】other意為“其他的”。此句意為：無線電，電報，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報紙的競爭對手。
7.【答案】A
【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。
8.【答案】D
【解析】使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。
9.【答案】C
【解析】報紙是印出來的，先印后看(讀)。
10.【答案】D
【解析】keep sb.+過去分詞是一種復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過去分詞為被<
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 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 outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of 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 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.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.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 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.
1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
10.A.inform B.be informed
C.to be informed D.informed
11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover
C.fails to cover D.succeeds in
15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
17.A.measures B.measured
C.Is measured D.was measured
18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
19.A.offering B.offered
C.which offered D.to be offered
20.A.by B.with C.at D.about
Cloze Test 3
1.【答案】A
【解析】just在此為副詞，意為“剛剛”，做狀語。此句意為“一個事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報紙對新聞的反應(yīng)之快。
2.【答案】A
【解析】to give和giving都合乎語法，但giving強(qiáng)調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動作，而此處重點(diǎn)表達(dá)的是“反應(yīng)快”，不是正在做什么。
3.【答案】A
【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。
4.【答案】D
【解析】后面的不定式短語表示目的。
5.【答案】C
【解析】提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。
6.【答案】B
【解析】other意為“其他的”。此句意為：無線電，電報，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報紙的競爭對手。
7.【答案】A
【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。
8.【答案】D
【解析】使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。
9.【答案】C
【解析】報紙是印出來的，先印后看(讀)。
10.【答案】D
【解析】keep sb.+過去分詞是一種復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過去分詞為被<