Question

Several factors make a good newspaper story.First—obviously—it must be new.But since TV can react to events so quickly,this is often a problem for __61  .They usually respond to it in one of three ways.

●  By providing __62  detail,comment or background information.

●  By finding a new __63 on the day's major stories.

●  By printing completely different stories which TV doesn't broadcast.

What else? Well—it also has to be __64  .People don't want to read about ordinary,everyday life.Because of this,many stories __65  some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be __66  news.“Plane lands safely—no one hurt”doesn't sell newspapers.“Plane__67  —200 feared dead!”does.

Next,there's human interest. People are interested in other __68  particularly in the rich,famous and powerful.Stories about the private lives of pop singers,actors,models,politicians, __69  all appear regularly in certain newspapers.

Finally,for many editors, __70  is an important factor,too.They prefer stories about people,places and events which their readers know.That's why the stories in Tokyo's newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris,Cairo,New York or Buenos Aires.

61.A.newspapers      B. publications      C. reporters         D. broadcasters

62.A.extra           B. available         C. inaccessible      D. memorable

63.A.direction       B. look              C. angle             D. section

64.A.tragic          B. dramatic          C. professional      D. sensitive

65.A.quote           B. neglect           C. increase          D. involve

66.A.good            B. bad               C. exciting          D. informative

67.A.crashes         B. bumps             C. strikes           D. drops

68.A.places          B. people            C. things            D. news

69.A.in addition     B. in any case       C. for example       D. after all

70.A.personality     B. similarity        C. uniqueness        D. familiarity

Answer 1

61---70   AACBD    BABCD  

解析:

61.本篇短文讲的就是有关报纸的事。答案为A。

62.extra的意思是“额外的”。为了与电视竞争，报纸可以增加报道新闻的详细内容、评论背景资料。available的意思是“可利用的”；inaccessible的意思是“达不到的，不可接近的”；memorable的意思是“值得纪念的，难忘的”，均不合语意。答案为A。

63.angle的意思为“角度”。从日常发生的故事中寻找新的角度来作为报纸的报道内容，可以吸引读者。A.direction表示方向；B.look“表情”；D.section“部分”。答案为C。 

64.dramatic的意思是“戏剧性的”。所提供的情境People don't want to read about ordinary, everyday life.告诉我们，所报道的新闻要具有戏剧性。tragic的意思是“悲惨的，悲剧的”；professional的意思是“专业的”；sensitive的意思是“敏感的”。由于下文中所提到的200 feared dead!的暗示，一些考生误选了选项A，从我们的常识可知，报纸并不总是报道悲剧性的新闻。答案为B。

65.involve的意思是“包括”。因此，许多故事包括某种冲突或气愤。quote的意思是“引用”；neglect的意思是“忽视。”答案为D。

66.冲突或气愤都是一些坏的事情。informative的意思是“提供情报的”，不能作为答案。good和exciting显然与句意不吻合。答案为B。

67.所提供的信息200 feared dead!告诉我们，飞机坠毁了。crashes的意思是“碰撞，坠毁”。bumps的意思是“撞击”，两架飞机在空中撞击的可能性要比飞机坠毁的可能性小；strikes作不及物动词的意思是“打击”；drops的意思是“落下”，不用来描述飞机失事。答案为A。 

68.下文提到的 pop singers, actors, models, politicians都是“人(people)”。这本来是一道十分容易的题目，但是，由于这句话的主语是People，使一些考生对答案的正确性产生了怀疑。答案为B。 

69.举例说明人们对哪些人感兴趣。in addition表示“另外”；B.in any case“无论哪种情况”；C.after all“毕竟”。答案为C。

70. familiarity的意思是“熟悉”。对编辑来说，熟悉性也是一个重要因素。下句中的定语从句which their readers know 与familiar同义。personality的意思是“个性，人格”；similarity的意思是“类似，类似处”；uniqueness的意思是“惟一性”。答案为D。