单选题 Today, one of the major newspaper websites in America stated that free online news reading is approaching its end. The New York Times has turned into the biggest publisher yet to (26) plans for a payment of its digital products, (27) the accepted rule that people who use Internet will not need to pay for news.
In order to struggle (28) the disappearance of advertising and a reduction in street corner newspaper sales, The New York Times (29) to take in a "metered" model early in 2011. If readers have (30) a set number of its online articles every month, they will have to pay some charge.
As a result, the motion puts the quite old newspaper (31) the charging side which gets a daily-wide gap(鸿沟) in the media industry. One the other hand, other famous newspapers, among which is the Guardian, have expressed they will not (32) those who use Internet to read, and other certain papers, (33) London's Evening Standard, have racially gone further in giving up readership revenue by the way of delivering (34) editions. Meanwhile, one of the New York Times' publisher (35) that it is a gamble to move this step: "To a certain extent, this is a (36) , in which the web is going as we think. "
With a great number of print (37) —995,000 on weekdays and 1,400,000 on Sundays, The New York Times is the number three bestseller in American, which is (38) the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. (39) most US papers devote to some city, The New York Times is one of the few that can (40) general scope which owns 16 bureaus in the New York area, as well as 11 offices all around the home and (41) 26 bureaus in other parts of the world.
However, (42) many media in the publishing industry, the (43) financial crisis is also influencing the newspaper. The New York Times Company, its parent company, possesses 15 papers, but (44) a huge loss of $ 70 million in the past nine months before September, meanwhile, at present, it also accepted a $ 250 million (45) from Carlos Slim, a Mexican billionaire, to balance its capital.

单选题 A. set up B. set out C. take over D. take up
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词词组辨析。set out plans制订计划。set up建立，成立。take over接手，接管。take up开始从事，对……感兴趣。
单选题 A. protecting B. objecting C. rejecting D. abandoning
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。abandon放弃，下文accepted rule表示曾经已经接受的条例，现在要放弃了。protect保护，object反对，reject拒绝。
单选题 A. with B. to C. from D. for
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为介词辨析。struggle with同……斗争，介词搭配，这里表示设法应对广告收入和报纸销售量下降的局面。D项struggle for为……而战。
单选题 A. distributes B. intends C. forgets D. contributes
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。intend to打算，从后面的at the beginning of 2011，可知还没有这么做，只是计划或者打算这么做。distribute分配，forget忘记，contribute贡献。
单选题 A. exceeded B. reduced C. supposed D. equals
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。exceed超过，是说当用户每月阅读文章超过一定量时就要收费。reduce减少；suppose假没，认为；equal与……相等。
单选题 A. on B. back C. with D. down
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为介词辨析。on和side搭配，on the side of拥护……，站在……一边。
单选题 A. punish B. confuse C. pay D. charge
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。charge本词在文章中多次出现，charge sb．向某人收费。punish惩罚，confuse使……困惑，pay支付。
单选题 A. besides B. except for C. such as D. as to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为词组辨析。such as表示举例，从后面举London's Evening Standard作为例子，可知应该选such as。besides除了……还有，except for除了，as to至于。
单选题 A. cheap B. free C. appropriate D. expensive
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形容词辨析。free前面提到give up readership revenue，即放弃读者收益，由此可知应该是delivering free editions。cheap便宜的，appropriate适当的，expensive昂贵的。
单选题 A. insisted B. refused C. acknowledged D. realized
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。acknowledged承认，这里表示Arthur Sulzberger承认这么做是一种赌博。insist坚持，refuse拒绝，realize意识到。
单选题 A. wet B. risk C. bet D. battle
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为名词辨析。bet打赌，赌注。从前面的gamble可知应该选bet。wet湿气，risk危险，battle战役。
单选题 A. reprint B. extension C. circulation D. illustration
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为名词辨析。circulation发行量，从后面的数量可知应该选circulation。reprint重新打印，extension延伸，illustration说明。
单选题 A. behind B. below C. ahead of D. with
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为介词辨析。NYT排名第三，即排在Wall Street Journal和USA Today后面。below在……斜下方，ahead of在……之前，with与……在一起。
单选题 A. Whether B. While C. However D. As
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为连词辨析。while在这里表示对比，从上下文可知NYT与美国其他报纸不同。whether是否；however然而；as当……的时候，因为。
单选题 A. exclaim B. scream C. shout D. claim
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。claim声称，宣称。这里是说NYT声称自己是全国范围的报纸。exclaim惊叫，scream尖叫，shout大叫。
单选题 A. controls B. manipulates C. maintains D. encourages
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词辨析。maintains维持，运营。NYT还在世界其他地方运营着26个办公室。control控制，manipulate操作，encourage鼓励。
单选题 A. like B. likely C. unlike D. dislike
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形似词的辨析。从下文可知NYT和印刷行业的其他公司一样，也受到金融危机的影响，所以选like，表示“同……一样”。likely有可能的，unlike不像，dislike不喜欢。
单选题 A. tremendous B. hard C. little D. serious
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形容词辨析。serious严重的，考查形容词与名词的搭配，从下文的数据可知遭受严重经济损失。tremendous巨大的，惊人的；hard艰难的，辛苦的；little几乎没有。
单选题 A. aimed B. claimed C. suffered D. regretted
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词。suffer遭受，suffer a loss遭受损失。aim旨在，claim声称，regret后悔。
单选题 A. treasure B. possession C. cost D. loan
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为名词。loan贷款，前文提到公司损失了很多钱，所以需要从别处借钱来补充资金。treasure财宝，possession拥有，cost成本。