What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? Soon after an event【C1】______, newspapers are on the street giving the details.【C2】______anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to【C3】______the news. Newspapers have one basic【C4】______to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to【C5】______it Radio, television, and other inventions【C6】______competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.【C7】______this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the【C8】______and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are【C9】______and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers【C10】______of the latest news, today's newspapers【C11】______and influence readers about politics, and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices【C12】______advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very【C13】______. Newspapers are sold at a price that【C14】______to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main【C15】______of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The【C16】______in selling advertising depends on newspaper's value to advertisers. This is【C17】______in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends somewhat on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment【C18】______in a newspaper's pages.【C19】______for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information【C20】______the community, city, county, nation and world— and even outer space.
【答案解析】解析：空格所在句的逗号前后为两个主干结构较完整的句子，此空需填入表明两个句子关系的关系副词。根据前一句的Soon after和后一句的as quickly as possible这些与时间相关的字眼，可推测此处选B项Whenever“无论何时，每当”，代入文中意为“不管什么时候，世界上只要有任何事情发生，记者都会到现场收集信息”。
单选题
【C3】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：be on the spot指“在现场”，记者到现场是为了搜集信息，故选A项gather“搜集”。
【答案解析】解析：空格所在句的it指代news，这里讲报纸的目的是传播、传递新闻消息，涉及到负责传播的新闻媒介(Newspapers“报纸”)、消息源头(those who make it“新闻制造者”)以及新闻的受众，新闻的受众即指读者，读者读报就是为了想知道这些新闻，因此本题选C项know“知道”，代入文中指将新闻传递给想知道的人。
【答案解析】解析：空格前的This指的是上句说到的newspaper's value to advertisers“报纸本身对于广告商的价值”；in terms of．．．意为“根据……”；此句大意为：这价值是以发行量来______的。measure意为“衡量，估量”，代入此空，句意通顺，且符合常识逻辑：发行量越大，意味着刊登在报纸上的广告可以让越多人看到，这对广告商而言越有价值。所以本题选C项measured。
单选题
【C18】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：空格处填入过去分词。修饰前面的services or entertainment“服务或娱乐信息”。B项offered“提供”代入文中，意为“在报纸版面上所提供的服务或娱乐信息”，动宾搭配合理。且与上下文语义相符，故为本题答案。