单选题 Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened in the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? Just (1) an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets to (2) the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to (3) the news.
Newspapers have one basic (4) , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to (5) it. Radio, telegraph, television, and (6) inventions brought competition for newspapers. (7) did the development of magazines and other means of communication. (8) , this competition merely spurred the newspapers (9) . They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the (10) and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are (11) and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers informed of the latest news, today's newspapers (12) and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices (13) advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very (14) . Newspapers are sold at a price that (15) to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main (16) of income for most news- papers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This is measured in (17) of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends (18) on the work of the circulation department and on the services or enter- tainment (19) in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information (20) the community, city, country, state, nation, and world-and even outer space.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 语法结构题。本句的意思是“事件刚刚发生,街上就有报纸报道详情了”。when和while均有“当…的时候”之意,但从句动词表瞬间动作,故A正确。
·when,while都可以引导时间状语从句,但,when从句表示某时刻或一段时间,while只表示一段时间。当从句中的谓语动词是持续性动作时,用while和when均可;当相关谓语动词表瞬间动作时,不可用while;如果谈论两个长动作,最常用的是while。例如:He was on the point of leaving when someone knocked at the door.他正要走,这时有人敲门。||While she tead the paper I cleaned up the kitchen.她看报纸的时候我在清理厨房。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。根据句子结构可以判断,to是不定式符号,因此排除C、D项,speak用作及物动词时宾语一般是某种语言,故选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由句中相关信息词wllerever(无论何处),on the spot(现场)及相关场景可知,空格处应指收集新闻,所以A正确。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由后半句“尽可能快地收集信息”可知,此句主要是介绍新闻的基本要求,故选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由“from…to…”结构及句意可知,有人制造新闻,就有人要了解新闻,所以C最符合句意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。another意为“另一个”,用来修饰单数名词;other意为“其他的”;others意为“其他的人或物”,一般作代词用;rest意为“剩下的,其余的”,常与the连用,构成名词词组,结合句意可知,B正确。
·another指不定数中的“另一个”,一般修饰单数名词。例如:I don’t like this shirt,please show me another.我不喜欢这件衬衫,请给我看另外一件。
·other意为“其他的”,修饰复数名词。例如:We study Chinese,English,math and other subjects.我们学习汉语、英语、数学及其他科目。
·the other和one搭配使用,指两者范围内的“一个”和“另一个”。例如:I have a book in one hand and a pencil in the other(hand).我一手拿着书,另一手拿着铅笔。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。“So+助动词+主语”表示“…也”,故选C。
·“So+主语+助动词”表示证实主语“的确如此”,即做了上一句所说的动作,前后两句主语是同一人。例如:
—I think Linda has to go home.It’s too late.
—So she does.Maybe her father is worrying about her.
——太晚了,我认为琳达该回家了。
——的确如此,也许她爸爸正担心呢。
·“So+助动词+主语”说明后一句主语和前一句主语“一样…”,前后两句主语不是同一个人。例如:Peter is a student and so am I.彼得是学生,我也一样。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由上文及句中的信息词merely可知,空格处应填入表示转折关系的连接词,所以A正确;therefore意为“因此,所以”,so表示顺承关系,and表示并列关系,均排除。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。spur on是惯用搭配,意为“鞭策,激励”,故选C。
·和spur相关的短语还有:on/upon the spur(飞快地,火急),on the spur of the moment(不假思索地,当场,即席),put/set spurs to(用靴刺踢,激励),with whip and spur(快马加鞭地,立刻)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。speed意为“速度”,结合句意“报纸为了和其他媒体竞争,提高了______和效率”可知,B正确;value意为“价值”,rate意为“比率,等级”,ratio意为“比率”,均排除。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。spread意为“传播,蔓延”,print意为“出版,印刷”,deliver意为“投递”,complete意为“完成”,结合句意可知,B正确。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。educate意为“教育”,结合句意“当今的报纸在政治和其他重大问题上______和影响着人们”可知,C正确;entertain意为“娱乐,招待”,encourage意为“鼓励”,stimulate意为“刺激,激励”,均排除。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。through是惯用搭配,意为“通过,借助”,即“通过广告…”,故选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。development意为“发展”,existence意为“存在,生存”,contents意为“内容,目录”,purpose意为“目的”;their very表强调,这里是为了表明广告的重要性,而existence比development更能体现这一点,故B正确。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。fail意为“不足”,结合句意“报纸的售价之低甚至______抵付成本的一小部分”可知,C正确;try意为“尝试”,manage意为“管理”,succeed意为“成功”,均排除。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。source意为“源头,来源”,常指抽象事物的根源或来源以及资料、信息的出处或来源,符合句意,A正确;origin意为“起源,起因”,指事物后来发生、发展变化的最初起点,或指人的出身和血统,排除;course意为“过程,经过”,finance意为“财政,金融”,均排除。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。in terms of是惯用搭配,意为“以…的观点,按照”,故选B。
·相关的同义词组:in accordance with(根据,依据),according to(依照),by means of(借助)。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。结合上下文和句意“发行量______取决于发行部门的工作及报纸所提供的服务功能和娱乐功能”可知,空格处应填入表示“很大程度上”的词,故选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。offer意为“提供”,amuse意为“使愉快”,contribute意为“贡献,捐献”,distribute意为“分布,分配”,结合句意可知,A正确。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。about表“关于,在…方面”,故选D。