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【題目】完形填空

Who won the World Cup？What happened at the United Nations？How did the critics like the new play？________an event takes place，newspapers are on the streets giving the details．Wherever anything happens in the world，reporters are on the spot to gather the news．Newspapers have one basic________，to get the news as quickly as possible from its sources，from those who make it to those who want to________it．Radio，telegraph，television，and________inventions brought competition for newspapers．So did the development of magazines and other means of communication．________，this competition merely spurred the newspapers on．They quickly make use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the_________and thus the efficiency of their own operations．Today more newspapers are________and read than ever before．Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields．Besides keeping readers________of the latest news，today’s newspapers educate and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters．Newspapers influence readers’economic choices________advertising．Most newspapers depend on advertising for their______．Newspapers are sold at a price that______even a small fraction of the cost of production．The main______of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising．The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’s value to the advertisers．This______in terms of circulation．How many people read the newspaper？Circulation depends somewhat on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment______in a newspaper’s pages．But for the most part，circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information______the community，city，country，state，nation and world and even the outer space．

【1】A．Just when

B．While

C．Soon after

D．Before

【2】A．reason

B．cause

C．problem

D．purpose

【3】A．make

B．publish

C．know

D．write

【4】A．another

B．other

C．one another

D．the other

【5】A．However

B．And

C．Therefore

D．So

【6】A．value

B．ratio

C．rate

D．speed

【7】A．spread

B．passed

C．printed

D．completed

【8】A．inform

B．be informed

C．to be informed

D．informed

【9】A．on

B．through

C．with

D．of

【10】A．forms

B．existence

C．contents

D．purpose

【11】A．tries to cover

B．manages to cover

C．fails to cover

D．succeeds in covering

【12】A．source

B．origin

C．course

D．finance

【13】A．measures

B．measured

C．is measured

D．was measured

【14】A．offering

B．offered

C．which offered

D．to be offered

【15】A．by

B．with

C．at

D．about

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】D

【7】C

【8】D

【9】B

【10】B

【11】C

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【解析】

【1】根據句意可知選項C為正確答案。

【2】根據語意線索(報紙有一個基本目的就是以最快速度從新聞來源處得到新聞)可知選項D為正確答案。

【3】根據語意線索確定C項(know)為正確答案。

【4】other“其他的”，沒有限定范圍，故B項正確。

【5】根據上下文可知該句句意有轉折，故表示轉折意義的however為正確答案。and表示并列關系；therefore表示因果關系，so表示結果。

【6】根據語境可知選項D為正確答案。

【7】此題可用排除法。根據語意線索(如今印刷出來的報紙和人們閱讀的報紙比以往任何時候都多)可將A、B和D排除。

【8】此處使用過去分詞作賓語補足語。

【9】根據句意可知此空應使用意為“通過”的介詞。故選項B為正確答案。

【10】根據下文可推斷此句句意為”大多數報紙依靠廣告維持它們的生存”，故選項B為正確答案。

【11】根據上下句句意可以推斷，報紙不足通過出售其本身所得來維持其生存，而是通過刊登廣告的收入來維持其生存，并且對于大多數的報紙來說主要的經費來源是商業廣告，而不是出售報紙。因此可以猜測出報紙的售價不足以支付其生產成本，因此選項C為正確答案。其他三項意義不符。

【12】本題的答案只能從A、B兩項之間產生。origin意為“起源，根源”不合適。故選項A為正確答案。

【13】根據此句句意“這(報紙對廣告商的價值)是以報紙的發行量來衡量的”可推斷此空應填動詞的被動形式，本文主要時態是一般現在時，故選項C為正確答案。

【14】選項B作后置定語。

【15】根據詞匯線索和語意線索可知，此處需要使用介詞about，表示“關于”。