In their quest to build profitable and more far-reaching digital audiences, publishers in the US and Europe have turned to the world"s largest【C1】______ network for help. Nine media organisations,【C2】______the BBC through its youth-oriented Newsbeat service, the Guardian and the New York Times, have【C3】______ a deal with Facebook to publish some of their【C4】______directly through the social network rather than【C5】______ hosting it on their own sites as part of a trial. The【C6】______comes as increasing numbers of, readers rely on the social network as the main site【C7】______which they receive news. Facebook wants not only to 【C8】______users to news sites 【C9】______to be the place where they stay and consume it, too. Facebook already 【C10】______ nearly 20 per cent of the Guardian"s web traffic, excluding visits to its own apps, and about 15 per cent of 【C11】______ to the New York Times site. The Facebook deal follows complaints by some 【C12】______ that internet groups such as Google and Face-book 【C13】______ their own online businesses. Rupert Murdoch" s News Corp, 【C14】______ , a critic of Google and Face-book, is not participating. Others have【C15】______concern that Facebook would have too much power 【C16】______ which stories appear and where they are placed. Facebook said the【C17】______ would give publishers "control over their stories, brand experience and profit opportunities", including【C18】______to some user data. Online sharing of news articles has already 【C19】______ some readers away from publishers" 【C20】______pages towards social media sites.
【答案解析】解析:考查固定搭配。此处的句意为“包括英国广播公司、《卫报》和《纽约时报》在内的9家媒体组织与脸谱网签署了一项协议…”。strike a deal为固定搭配,意为“达成交易/协议”,故C.struck符合题意,为正确答案。play“玩耍”,find“发现”,语义不符;draw不与deal搭配,故排除。
【答案解析】解析:考查副词辨析。此处的句意为“…尝试通过后者直接发布它们的部分内容,而非______发布在自己的网站上”。结合上下文可知,空格处所填副词用来修饰host,并且their own site中的their指的是“与脸谱网签署协议的9家媒体组织”。因此,C.simply“简单地;只不过;仅仅”符合题意,为正确答案。irregularly“不定时的;不定期的”,persistently“坚持地;固执地”,primarily“主要地;根本地”,均不符合题意,故排除。
【答案解析】解析:考查动词辨析。此处的句意为“脸谱网不仅希望将用户______新闻网站”,point sb.to为固定用法,意为“指引,为某人指路”,故D.point符合题意,为正确答案。turn常用结构为turn to sb.意为“向某人求助”;find“发现”,figure“计算;出现”,均不符合题意,故排除。
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析+上下文语义此处句意为“占《纽约时报》网站约1 5%的”。根据空格前nearly 20 per cent of the Guardian’s web traffic的提示可知,A.traffic“流量”符合题意,为正确答案。space“空间”,revenue“收入”,staff“员工(总称)”,均不符合题意,故排除。
单选题
【C12】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析+上下文语义。此句意为“在脸谱网与出版商合作之前,一些抱怨称,谷歌和脸谱网等互联网集团…”结合上文的publishers in the US and Europe have turned to the world’s largest social network for help和下文提及的Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp可知此处C.publishers“出版社,出版者”符合题意,为正确答案。company“公司”,group“集团,团体”,association“协会,社团”,均不如publishers具体,故排除。