A、 Jobs around the country.
B、 Jobs overseas.
C、 Jobs on the other side of the state.
D、 Local jobs.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：在谈及jobs section时，男士说The Times刊登的都是一些当地的职位(always local)，可见D为正确答案。注意题目问的是The Times刊登的工作岗位。

A、 Half of the jobs are around the country.
B、 Most of the jobs are Jobs overseas.
C、 Half of the jobs are on the other side of the state.
D、 Most of the jobs are on the other side of the state.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：在谈及The Herald的jobs section时，男士说The Herald所刊登的职位中有一半是在州的另一边的(half of these jobs are on the other side of the state)，可见C为正确答案。注意题目问的是TheHerald刊登的工作岗位情况。

A、 Because this newspaper is not as good as The Herald.
B、 Because one of the other two newspapers can take its place.
C、 Because people don't rely much on the jobs section these days.
D、 Because business nowadays have other channels to place ads.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：对话中，男士谈到The Times的jobs section部分刊登的大多是当地的职位，而所有本市的企业如果要招聘员工的话，就得在The Times刊登招聘广告。因此如果该报停办会破坏当地的经济(wreck the localeconomy)。女士对此并不担心，原因是尽管The Times的jobs section相当不错，但其他两家报纸一样可以刊登招聘广告(will just get the ads instead)。换言之，就是其他两家报纸可以取而代之，B项为答案。

A、 The scrutiny of the local authority.
B、 The readers' protest against high prices.
C、 Efficient staff in The Journal.
D、 The low price of The Times.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：在谈到报纸的价格时，男士说The Times是这几家报纸中最便宜的。女士表示同意，并提到，由于TheTimes价格低，导致The Journal和The herald都不能提价。可知，D是正确答案。

A、 The man will stop buying newspapers if The Times closes down.
B、 People will continue to buy a local newspaper as often as in the past.
C、 New newspaper will emerge and look for saving, efficiency and so on.
D、 There used to be 5 local newspapers in the city when the woman was a kid.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：对话结尾部分，男士遗憾地表示如果The Times真的停办，那他购买的报纸的时光也会随之结束，言下之意是他会停止购买报纸。A项所述与此相符，故为答案。