单选题 What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?

A、 The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
B、 The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population,
C、 The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.
D、 The penny press focused mainly on analysis of polities.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】段落主旨题。本题主要考查的是对文章第一段内容的理解。通读第一段，再对照4个选项，不难发现选项C)是正确答案。这一段主要讲了“便是报刊是19世纪前50年最重要的大众传媒方式”。