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【题目】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】根据句意可知选项C为正确答案。

【2】根据语意线索(报纸有一个基本目的就是以最快速度从新闻来源处得到新闻)可知选项D为正确答案。

【3】根据语意线索确定C项(know)为正确答案。

【4】other“其他的”，没有限定范围，故B项正确。

【5】根据上下文可知该句句意有转折，故表示转折意义的however为正确答案。and表示并列关系；therefore表示因果关系，so表示结果。

【6】根据语境可知选项D为正确答案。

【7】此题可用排除法。根据语意线索(如今印刷出来的报纸和人们阅读的报纸比以往任何时候都多)可将A、B和D排除。

【8】此处使用过去分词作宾语补足语。

【9】根据句意可知此空应使用意为“通过”的介词。故选项B为正确答案。

【10】根据下文可推断此句句意为”大多数报纸依靠广告维持它们的生存”，故选项B为正确答案。

【11】根据上下句句意可以推断，报纸不足通过出售其本身所得来维持其生存，而是通过刊登广告的收入来维持其生存，并且对于大多数的报纸来说主要的经费来源是商业广告，而不是出售报纸。因此可以猜测出报纸的售价不足以支付其生产成本，因此选项C为正确答案。其他三项意义不符。

【12】本题的答案只能从A、B两项之间产生。origin意为“起源，根源”不合适。故选项A为正确答案。

【13】根据此句句意“这(报纸对广告商的价值)是以报纸的发行量来衡量的”可推断此空应填动词的被动形式，本文主要时态是一般现在时，故选项C为正确答案。

【14】选项B作后置定语。

【15】根据词汇线索和语意线索可知，此处需要使用介词about，表示“关于”。