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第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)K^S*

BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have  36   these traditional publications try to  37  the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its  38   to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has  39  its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid(小型报纸).

  In Britain the newspaper market is  40  between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms  41  the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear  42  in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are  43  papers. They  44  a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also  45  long and use quite formal language.

  Tabloids have  46  more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more  47  language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's  48  newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked page on page three every day.

  By  49  to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the  50  of a less famous broadsheet paper, the Independent. It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase  51 . Although both papers have  52   to the smaller size, the content of the papers has  53  the same. They are both still serious papers.

  The two papers  54  that people find the smaller size easier to  55  when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. The times says its new size is "compact", not tabloid.

36. A. found            B. known          C. seen           D. proved

37. A. match            B. suit            C. change          D. fit

38. A. length             B. thickness        C. width              D. size

39. A. printed           B. cut              C. added            D. enlarged

40. A. divided           B. separated          C. arranged          D. marked

41. A. turn into           B. think about        C. refer to           D. connect with

42. A. meaning           B. difference         C. mark             D. sign

43. A. useful             B. easy              C. serious           D. long

44. A. sell               B. include           C. take               D. cover 

45. A. certainly          B. reasonably            C. probably          D. necessarily

46. A. a few             B. little             C. far              D. any

47. A. difficult           B. simple          C. easy             D. good

48. A. best-selling         B. good-looking       C. slow-moving       D. ugly-looking

49. A. going             B. getting            C. coming           D. changing

50. A. footsteps             B. way            C. direction          D. method

51. A. slowly            B. usually            C. little            D. greatly

52. A. halved            B. made            C. changed           D. cut

53. A. become            B. remained         C. left            D. found

54. A. agree             B. hope            C. expect          D. insist

55. A. handle             B. look             C. see              D. buy

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35. In the UK, what impressed exchange students most was the Student Activity, ______ they could get lots of information outside. 

A. where           B. that             C. which          D. when

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34. What has started as a Chicago morning program in 1984 has now turned into one of the most popular daytime chat shows ever _____ on TV.

A. to be seen          B. to see            C. seeing            D. has been seen

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33. -Have you persuaded him?

-Yes. After some hours of discussion, I ______ to reason him in accepting the new plan.

   A. had managed        B. would manage      C. have managed       D. managed

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32. A man who shows no honour should expect ______ from a gentleman.

A. no one           B. nothing           C. no            D. none

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31. “     to Michelle and having two beautiful girls in my house never allows me to look down upon women,” said Obama.

A. Marrying          B. Having married      C. Being married       D. Married

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30. - When will you leave for Paris for a visit?   

-     next month.

A. Until            B. In            C. At            D. After

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