Question

【題目】

Are newspapers dying?

For years, it has been said that newspapers are at death’s door. Every year brings more news of closing. But why is the situation so __________ for newspapers?

Newspapers have a long history. The first newspaper was printed in the 1600s. The industry witnessed its most successful periods in the early 20th century.

With the appearance of radio and TV, however, newspaper circulation (發(fā)行量) began to fall. By the mid-20th century, radio and TV had become so popular that people no longer had to ______ newspapers for news. That was especially true of breaking news.

Afternoon newspapers were the first to suffer. People coming home from work increasingly turned on the TV, instead of opening a newspaper because TV could provide news that happened a short time ago. It’s true that newspapers couldn’t compete with TV on ______, but they could provide in-depth reports that TV news could not.

But newspapers suffered another, heavier blow (打擊) in the 1990s. With the appearance of the internet, large amounts of information became ______. Many newspaper readers realized that they could read news on the Internet. There seemed to be little reason to pay for a newspaper subscription (訂閱).

So what does the future hold? Will newspapers die? Maybe not. Many newspapers are now making ________. Some are going digital. Some are going farther and taking the industry to places it has never been to. After all, people still want the news. And many agree that newspapers are still an important source of in-depth news, analysis and opinions. If newspapers _________ completely, there will be nothing to take their place.

【1】A.excitingB.terribleC.attractiveD.bright

【2】A.give upB.live onC.rely onD.pick up

【3】A.speedB.memberC.instructionD.stress

【4】A.superB.importantC.safeD.free

【5】A.mistakesB.changesC.advertisementsD.noises

【6】A.delayB.releaseC.enterD.disappear

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】D

【解析】

文章大意：短文是一篇說明文。主要介紹了報(bào)紙的歷史、興衰、以及未來趨勢。

【1】

句意：但為什么報(bào)紙的出境如此糟糕？

exciting令人激動(dòng)的；terrible糟糕的；attractive吸引人的；bright明亮的。根據(jù)Everyyearbringsmorenewsofclosing. 每年都有更多倒閉的消息可知，空處的詞應(yīng)是“糟糕的”，故選B。

【2】

句意：到20世紀(jì)中期，廣播和電視變得非常流行，人們不再依賴報(bào)紙獲取新聞。

give up放棄；live on靠……過活、以……為食；rely on依靠、信賴；pick up拿起、撿起。根據(jù)句子的賓語newspapers for news可知，空處的詞動(dòng)詞短語應(yīng)是“依靠”，故答案為C。

【3】

句意：報(bào)紙不能與電視競爭速度，是真實(shí)的。

speed速度；member成員；instruction指令；stress壓力。根據(jù)上句People coming home from work increasingly turned on the TV, instead of opening a newspaper because TV could provide news that happened a short time ago.可知報(bào)紙不能與電視競爭速度，這是事實(shí)，故答案為A。

【4】

句意：隨著因特網(wǎng)的出現(xiàn)，大量的信息變得免費(fèi)。

super超級(jí)的；important重要的；safe安全的；free免費(fèi)的。根據(jù)下句There seemed to be little reason to pay for a newspaper subscription (訂閱). 似乎沒有什么理由為訂閱報(bào)紙付費(fèi)可知，在網(wǎng)上看新聞是免費(fèi)的，故答案為D。

【5】

句意：許多報(bào)紙現(xiàn)在正在尋求變化。

mistakes錯(cuò)誤；changes改變；advertisements 廣告；noises噪音。根據(jù)下句Some are going digital. Some are going farther and taking the industry to places it has never been to. 有些正走向數(shù)字化。有些公司走得更遠(yuǎn)，把這個(gè)行業(yè)帶到了它從未到過的地方可知，這是報(bào)紙?jiān)趯で笞兓�，故答案�?/span>B。

【6】

句意：如果報(bào)紙完全消失了，將沒有什么東西可以代替它們。

delay延期；release釋放；enter進(jìn)入；disappear消失。根據(jù)下句there will be nothing to take their place沒有什么東西可以代替它們可知，推測出上句應(yīng)是：如果報(bào)紙完全消失了，故答案為D。