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。
【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。
【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)。