填空题 Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation. The "Daily Mirror" and the "Daily Express" both sell about four million 1 every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and 2 take two or three on Sundays.
3 from the national papers, there is, however, another branch of the British
press which sells almost as many copies. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and country area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own financially and many of them are very 4 .
These papers are written almost 5 for readers interested in local events— births, weddings, deaths, council meetings and sports—but the content is naturally 6 by the kind of community they serve. Editors prefer to 7 on a small staff of people who all know the district well. A great deal of local news is regularly supplied by clubs and churches in the neighborhood and it does not get out of 8 as quickly as national news. If there is no room for it in this week"s edition, an item can sometimes be held over until the following week.
The editor must never 9 that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising. He is usually anxious to keep the good will of local businessmen for this reason. But if the newspaper is well written and the news items have been carefully chosen to 10 local readers, the businessmen are grateful for the opportunity to keep their products in the public eye.
Word Bank

A. apart B. date C. influenced D. entirely
E. forget F. attract G. remember H. pages
I. frequently J. rely K. profitable L. copies
M. popular N. useless O. decided