单选题 In the United States and many other countries around the world, there are four main ways for people to be 41 about developments in the news: newspapers, magazines, and radio or television news broadcasts. A person may use one, or all, of these 42 for information. Each source is useful in its 43 way. Newspapers and magazines can give much information about a particular event. They may 44 some history of the event, some of its 45 , some of its effects, or perhaps give a(n) 46 or point of view on a particular development. Radio and television can help a person to be well informed about what is happening each day. It is also 47 to listen to radio or watch TV 48 do something else at the same time. Many people can listen to the news on their car radio while driving 49 . For the student of English as a foreign language, an English language newspaper may be the most helpful news source that will also 50 you practice in reading English.
Most daily English language newspapers are not very hard to find. They are interesting and helpful in many 51 . In some of them, you may be able to find news about your 52 country. You will find news and information about important national and international political 53 . 54 what you are interested in, you can probably find something in the newspaper about it. A(n) 55 in the newspaper may help you solve a problem. Other stories may be about good movies, concerts, or TV shows.
Usually, an English language newspaper has several 56 or parts. Each part of the newspaper 57 stories about different kinds of news. Some sections have a lot of advertisements which may be helpful if you want to save money. By reading the advertisements, you may find something you want 58 sale. Or you may find that two stories axe advertising the 59 thing, but at one store the price is lower. Other sections may have 60 . advertisements or have only a specific type of advertisement to interest the people.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] advise意为“忠告”；instruct意为“指导”；inform意为“使……知道”；teach意为“教”，所以只有inform最符合句意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] source“来源，消息来源”；resources“资源，财力”；origin“起源，由来”；root“根，根本”。紧接下来的一句中了用到了source一词。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句中用了each，是强调每一种消息来源都有自己的独特作用，所以选own。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] expose意为“暴露”；refer应与to搭配；leak是不及物动词，意为“泄露”；只有provide“提供”最符合文意。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处提到了事件的历史和影响，另一个最有可能的方面就是“原因”causes；而consequences与effect意思相近，stories、pasts与history相近，都使意思重复。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] reason与前一项的cause重复，而后面的point of view提示此处应是一个与其意思相近的词，所以opinion与之最为接近。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处意思是“可能”，只有possible合适。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此句意思是“人们可以一边听收音机或看电视，一边做其他事情”，因此用and连接。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处做状语，应用副词，anyplace是名词，不能用，anywhere只能用于否定和一般疑问句，everywhere不符合句意，人们并不是到哪儿都听广播，只是有时听，所以选用somewhere。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此句意思是说“英文报纸给我们提供了一个练习英文的好机会”，并无“强迫”之意，因此不能选force和compel，而provide只能与with搭配，因此只能选give。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这四个词中能与in搭配的只有ways，所以只能选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 前面的your一词可以起到暗示的作用，此处大意为：你也许会看到自己国家的新闻。只有选项A正确，其他选项搭配错误。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处指的是事件的变化发展，developments是中性词，最合适。progress强调过程，为不可数名词，improvement只指“进步”，breakthrough指“重大进展”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据上下文，此处应选No matter，意为“无论怎样”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 冠词A(n)限定此处只能用可数名词，与item相比，story更强调其情节性，所以此处用story。另外，下一句的other stories也提示此处应该用story。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处要选择与parts最接近的词。选项A合适。portion一份，部分；division分开，分割；chapter章节。另外，在下文中section一词也被提到。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此句意思是“报纸每部分包含有不同内容”，因此contain最合适。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] on sale是固定搭配，意为“降价出售”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此句意思是“两个商店为同一种商品打广告”，因此只能选same。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 与后面的have only a specific type of advertisement的语意相配，只能选fewer。