单选题
No one doubts the power of the media, and no one doubts the media is useful to those in power. Newspapers have vast (1) compared with any other published print, they are published frequently, and are (2) through wide distribution networks. For most people, they (3) the most substantial consumption of printed discourse (语段). (4) the powerful in society should attempt to control and influence them is (5) question. (6) there is also a conflicting myth of the freedom of the press, that journalists are free to give an objective (7) of anything they think newsworthy. And that, (8) journalists on a particular newspaper may be constrained (限制) about what they can report, the reader has a choice because of the variety of newspapers on (9) Newspapers in this regard have been (10) as the third estate, an essential ingredient of democracy; the information they give is (11) to be sufficiently important and trustworthy to allow voters to make judgments about the record of the political parties (12) elections and to make informed decisions about which party to (13) . Lord Northcliffe, the newspaper owner, once said that real news is something (14) somewhere wants to hide, and that all the rest is advertising. He obviously saw the (15) of the press as a watchdog for any inefficiency, irrationality, injustice, corruption of scandalous (丑恶可耻的) behavior for which those in power may have been (16) However the press as we know it has been hi-jacked by those with political and economic power. First, they have done this through ownership. Second, they have done so by the dependence of newspapers on advertising. Third, they have (17) the ambiguities in what is newsworthy to their own (18) And lastly they dominate the way the world is represented in the news since they are gatekeepers controlling the (19) of the news and are being (20) quoted in it.
【答案解析】该句主要讲报纸的发行量和广泛的发行网(wide distribution networks)，由此可判断选项应该与报纸是否容易得到相关，accessible“可/易得到的”，如：a collection of books made accessible to the public“最近才向公众开放的一批藏书”，其他选项不合文意。[B]affordable“能够买得起的”；[C]abundant“丰富的，大量的”；[D]approachable“可接近的；和蔼可亲的”。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】对大多数人而言，报纸构成他们对印刷品最重要的消费，所以选constitute“构成，组成”，如：Twelve months constitute a year.“12个月为一年。”其他选项不符合文意和语法。[A]consist“组成”，常与of构成词组，如：The house consists of six rooms.“这幢房子由6个房间组成。”[B]institute“创立；制定”；[C]construct“构造，建造”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】这是一个主语从句，从句陈述一个事实，所以选[C]，其他选项不符合语法。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】这些介词与question构成的用法有不同含义：beyond question“毫无疑问；确定无疑”，如：When defeat is beyond question，nothing matters.“当失败不可避免时，什么都无所谓了。”beyond question可做表语或状语。in question意为“正被讨论的”，如：Congress debated the matter in question.“国会就此事进行辩论”。without question意为“毫无疑问；毫无异议”，常做状语，如：They obeyed me without question.“他们毫无异议地服从我。”beside the question意为“与题无关，离题”，词组中一定要有the。
【答案解析】这句的内容与上句的that从句有并列关系，都是指人们的虚构观念。该句的主从句之间有让步关系，所以选even if“即使”，其他选项不符合逻辑。[A]only if“决不……除非……”，表条件；[B]if only“要是……多好”，常用虚拟语气；[C]as long as“只要，如果”。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】报纸是出售的，因此选offer，on offer意为“提供的，供出售的”，如：a limited range of subjects on offer“提供的有限几门课程”。其他选择与on搭配的意思均为“陈列的、展示的、展览的”。[A]display“展示，陈列”；[C]exhibit“展览；展览品”；[D]show“展览”。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】欧洲封建社会把人分成几个等级，僧侣被称为第一等，即the first estate；贵族被称为第二等，即the second estate；资产阶级为第三等，即the third estate；新闻界和新闻记者被划为第四等，即the fourth estate；科学界为第五等，即the fifth estate。而句中说报纸被视为第三等，地位上升了，所以选held up“举起；抬起；提起”，其他选项不符合文意。[A]put aside“储存；保留”；[B]taken over“接管；接办”；[C]looked down upon“轻视，看不起”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】人们期望报纸提供的信息是足够重要和可信的，但事实并非完全如此。be supposed to do的含义为“人们期望应该……，但事实不是”，如：The new laws are supposed to prevent crime.“新法律本应防止犯罪。”其他选项不合文意。[A]counted作“期待，指望”含义时常用作：count sb. as“把某人看作”或count on sb. to do“指望某人做某事”；[B]speculated“推测；深思”和[D]estimated“估算；估计”不合文意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】政党______竞选，根据句中voters“选民”和which party to vote for“投票支持那个党”可判断选项大概为“参加”的含义，首先排除[D]hosting“主持；招待”；[B]competing和[C]contending都有“竞争；参赛”的含义，但作这个含义用时两个词后都要加for，如：contend for a prize“为奖品而竞争”，compete for public office“争夺公职”。contesting意为“争取在选举中获胜；与……竞争”，是及物动词，如：contest a seat in congress“争当一名国会议员”。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】可以推测选民对政党所做的行动包括是否投票，所以选vote for，意为“投票赞成”，其他选项不合文意。[A]go in for“致力于；沉迷于”；[B] fall back on“求助于；转而依靠”；[C]make for“走向；有利于”。
【答案解析】根据句中as a watchdog for…“作为……的监察人”，可判断该句讲新闻界的作用，所以选role“职责；角色；任务”，其他选项不合文意。[A]post“职位；岗位”；[B]feature“特征；特色”；[C]vehicle“传播媒介”。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】腐败或丑恶行为可能是由当权者所为，能够与for构成搭配的选项为responsible，be responsible for意为“应受归咎的；承担责任的”，其他选项不合文意或搭配。[B]conscientious“有责任心的；勤勤恳恳的”；[C]attributable“可归于……的”，常与to搭配，如：Most of the movie's life is attributable to its actors.“这部电影之所以长映不衰，可以说主要是演员们的功劳。”[D]guilty“有过失的”，常与of搭配，如：be guilty of an important misjudgment“犯了重大判断失误的过错”。