单选题It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers, because ______.A it is technologically impossible nowB computer newspapers are too expensiveC there is strong resistance from both the general population and profes

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单选题
It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers, because ______.
A

it is technologically impossible now

B

computer newspapers are too expensive

C

there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists

D

traditional newspapers are easy to read


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  • 第1题:

    The most appropriate title for this text would be______.

    A.American Newspapers: Struggling for Survival

    B.American Newspapers: Gone with the Wind

    C.American Newspapers: A Thriving Business

    D.American Newspapers: A Hopeless Story


    正确答案:A
    解析:主旨题。题干问本文最恰当的标题是什么,属于中心思想主旨题,因此需要分析每段段落结构与归纳段落主旨。分析段落结构可知:第一段结构  第一句作者提问美国报业是否会消亡。第三句至第五句具体解释说明美国报业遇到的困境。第六句转折,作者认为以上的讨论已经过时了

  • 第2题:

    27. What is teleshopping?

    A. Buying the things which you know from TV by phone. '

    B. Buying the things which you know from TV by mail.

    C. Buying the things which you know from newspapers by phone.

    D. Buying the things which you know from newspapers by mail.


    正确答案:A
    27.A【解析】“teleshopping”就是看过电视后,打电话买所要的东西。

  • 第3题:

    Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every clay.Some people subscribe to?as many as two or three different newspapers.But why do people read newspapers?
    Five hundred years ago,news of important happenings--battles lost and won,kings or rulers?overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news?passed by word of mouth and was never accurate.Today we can read in our newspapers of important?events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
    Apart from supplying news from all over the world,newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.There are weather reports,radio,television and film guides,,book reviews,stories,and,of?course,advertisements.There are all sorts of advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large?companies to bring attention to their products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their?advertising space,but′it is worth the money,for news of their products goes into almost every home?in the country.For those who produce newspapers,advertisements are also important.Money earned?from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make?a profit.

    The phrase"subscribe to"in the second sentence of Para.1 means__

    A.contribute to
    B.write to
    C.pay for receiving
    D.appreciate

    答案:C
    解析:
    【考情点拔】词语理解题。【疰试指导】文章第一段第一句提到,几乎每个家庭每天至少购买一份报纸。第二句接着讲到,有些人subscribe to多达两三份不同的报纸。由此可推断,subscribe to和第一句中的buy应为同义词.也就是“订阅”的意思,故选C。

  • 第4题:

    Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every clay.Some people subscribe to?as many as two or three different newspapers.But why do people read newspapers?
    Five hundred years ago,news of important happenings--battles lost and won,kings or rulers?overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news?passed by word of mouth and was never accurate.Today we can read in our newspapers of important?events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
    Apart from supplying news from all over the world,newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.There are weather reports,radio,television and film guides,,book reviews,stories,and,of?course,advertisements.There are all sorts of advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large?companies to bring attention to their products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their?advertising space,but′it is worth the money,for news of their products goes into almost every home?in the country.For those who produce newspapers,advertisements are also important.Money earned?from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make?a profit.

    The money spent on advertisements is__________.

    A.wasted
    B.not much
    C.worthwhile
    D.of no use to anyone

    答案:C
    解析:
    【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】文章第三段讲到,报纸中有各类广告.大公司花钱做广告是值得的(it is worth the?money)。因为“它们所经营产品的消息几乎能够进入全国的每一个家庭”。

  • 第5题:

    Text 2 Whatever happened to the death of newspaper?A year ago the end seemed near.The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the Internet.Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom.America's Federal Trade Commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers.Should they become charitable corporations?Should the state subsidize them?It will hold another meeting soon.But the discussions now seem out of date.In much of the world there is little sign of crisis.German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession.Even American newspapers,which inhabit the most troubled corner of the global industry,have not only survived but often returned to profit.Not the 20%profit margins that were routine a few years ago,but profit all the same.It has not been much fun.Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard.The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13,500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2007.Readers are paying more for slimmer products.Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs.Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and,sadly for many journalists,they can be pushed further.Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses,with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers.American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads.Fully 87%of their revenues came from advertising in 2008,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation&Development(OECD).In Japan the proportion is 35%.Not surprisingly,Japanese newspapers are much more stable.The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody,but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive.Car and film reviewers have gone.So have science and general business reporters.Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off.Newspapers are less complete as a result.But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business.
    Some newspapers refused delivery to distant suburbs probably because_____

    A.readers threatened to pay less
    B.newspapers wanted to reduce costs
    C.journalists reported little about these areas
    D.subscribers complained about slimmer products

    答案:B
    解析:
    推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式推理题,需要根据题干的关键信息对文章的具体信息进行锁定,从而推理得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息定位到第三段。根据该段第四句“Readers are paying more for slimmer products.”可知“读者要给内容缩水的报纸支付更多钱”,也就是说报业降低了成本。根据该段第五句“Some papers…distant suburbs.”可知“一些报业甚至有勇气拒绝向远郊用户投递。”再由该段第六句“these desperate measures…”,可知上文中的“报纸内容缩水”和“拒绝向远郊投递”都是报业采取的措施,而报业之所以这么做是为了降低成本,故B项正确。【干扰排除】根据原文第三段第四句可知A项与原文信息相反,故错误。但是由这句话并不能得知读者是否会抱怨缩水的报纸,D项属于过度推理,故不选。原文并未提及记者报道的具体内容,只是对美国报业现状进行客观分析,C项属于无中生有,故不选。

  • 第6题:

    Text 2 Whatever happened to the death of newspaper?A year ago the end seemed near.The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the Internet.Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom.America's Federal Trade Commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers.Should they become charitable corporations?Should the state subsidize them?It will hold another meeting soon.But the discussions now seem out of date.In much of the world there is little sign of crisis.German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession.Even American newspapers,which inhabit the most troubled corner of the global industry,have not only survived but often returned to profit.Not the 20%profit margins that were routine a few years ago,but profit all the same.It has not been much fun.Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard.The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13,500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2007.Readers are paying more for slimmer products.Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs.Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and,sadly for many journalists,they can be pushed further.Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses,with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers.American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads.Fully 87%of their revenues came from advertising in 2008,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation&Development(OECD).In Japan the proportion is 35%.Not surprisingly,Japanese newspapers are much more stable.The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody,but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive.Car and film reviewers have gone.So have science and general business reporters.Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off.Newspapers are less complete as a result.But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business.
    By saying“Newspapers like…their own doom”(Lines 23,Para.1),the author indicates that newspapers____

    A.neglected the sign of crisis
    B.failed to get state subsidies
    C.were not charitable corporations
    D.were in a desperate situation

    答案:D
    解析:
    推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式推理题,需要根据题干锁定文章的具体信息,从而推理出答案。【直击答案】根据题干定位到首段第四句:“Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle…doom.”这句话用了比喻义,报业为自己的命运编年纪事也就说美国报业不景气,通过这句话,我们可知美国报业处于危急之中,因此D项正确。【干扰排除】原文中并未提及报业忽视对危机的信号反应,故A项属于无中生有。B项在首段倒数第三句提及,但只是讨论“国家要不要资助报业”而非“美国报业未能得到资助”,故不选。C项“不是慈善公司”根据原文也无法直接得出,属于过度推理。

  • 第7题:

    共用题干
    Local Newspapers in Britain
    1. Britain has a large circulation(发行量)of the national newspapers. The Daily Mirror and The Daily Express both sell about 4 million copies each day.On average,every family will buy one newspaper in the morning,and take two or three on Sundays.
    2. Local newspapers are just as popular as the national ones in Britain.Local papers have a weekly circulation of 1 3 million.Nearly every town and country area has its own paper,and almost every local paper is financially holding its own.Many local newspapers are earning good profits.
    3. Local newspapers have their special characteristics.They mainly satisfy interest in local events-births,weddings,deaths,council meetings,and sports.Editors often rely on a small staff of people who know the district well.Clubs and churches in the neighborhood regularly supply these papers with much local news.Local news does not get out of date as quickly as national news .If there is no room for it in this week's edition,a news item can be held over until the following week.
    4. The editor of a local newspaper never forgets that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising.For this reason,he is keen to keep the good will of local businessmen.If the newspaper sells well with carefully chosen news items to attract local readers,the businessmen will be grateful to the paper for the opportunity of keeping their products in the public eye.
    5. Local newspapers seldom comment on problems of national importance,and editors rarely take sides on political questions.But they can often provide service to the community in expressing public feeling on local issues.A newspaper can sometimes persuade the council to take action to improve transport,provide better shopping facilities,and preserve local monuments and places of interest.

    Local newspapers are well received because they carry articles that please______.
    A: a lot of money
    B: British people
    C: morning
    D: local people
    E: national issues
    F: local issues

    答案:D
    解析:
    本段大意:英国的地方报和国家报同样受欢迎,几乎每个镇和乡村都有自己的报纸。因此F项正确。


    本段大意:地方报的特性,内容都是当地发生的事。因此D项正确。


    本段大意:地方报与商人保持好关系,依靠广告获取成功。因此A项正确。


    本段大意:地方报不评论国家大事和政治问题,但可以为社区提供表达当地问题感受的服务。因此B项正确。


    根据第一段“On average , every family will buy one newspaper in the morning, and take two or three on Sundays.”可知,英国人有早晨读报的习惯。因此C项正确。


    根据第二段“Many local newspapers are earning good profits”可知地方报可以挣很多的钱,因此A项正确。


    根据第三段可知,地方报内容受到当地人的喜爱。因此D项正确。


    根据最后一段“Local newspapers seldom comment on… political questions.”可得出答案。因此E项正确。

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    What is the text about?
    A

    Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.

    B

    It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.

    C

    There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.

    D

    People like newspapers very much.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    主旨大意题。本文首先介绍了过去和现在的报纸,紧接着说了报纸的内容,故答案选B。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computer newspapers?
    A

    They are cheaper than traditional newspapers.

    B

    They are very convenient to use.

    C

    You can get more information from them quickly.

    D

    You can easily save information for future use.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    按照常识可知,传统意义的报纸肯定要比新型的电脑报纸便宜。而且选项B、C、D在文章中都有体现。所以根据常识就可以得到答案为A选项。

  • 第10题:

    问答题
    Practice 6  ● In your company twenty employees receive, at the company’s expense, a personal copy of a daily financial newspaper, which they collect from reception each day. There have been disputes with the newspaper deliveryman about the correct number that should be delivered.  ● Your manager has asked you to investigate and you have discovered:  ● Employees who are not entitled to newspapers take them from reception.  ● The newspapers are delivered. And taken, before the receptionist arrives for work.  ● There are spare copies when employees are absent or away on business trips.  ● Write a short report of 200—250 words to your manager suggesting how to make sure that the correct number of newspapers is delivered each day and that the right person receive them.

    正确答案: 【参考范文】
    To: Mr Bryant, Manager
    From: J Smith, Trainee
    Date: 12th Sept.1998
    Subject: Daily Newspapers
    After looking into the problem of the staff’s missing newspapers, I find out that there seem to be two main explanations for it.
    Before the arrival of the receptionist, some staff not entitled to the newspapers nevertheless take them from the reception area.
    There are surplus newspapers when staff are absent or away on business trips, so other employees not entitled to them tend to pick them up.
    I think the solution is to ask the deliveryman to place the newspapers in a container, the keys of which are only available to him and the receptionist. For the receptionist, a list of staff entitled to the newspapers should be made and the names should be ticked off daily as and when the papers are collected. When staff entitled to the newspapers are going to be away for some time, the receptionist should be informed so as to cancel their papers.
    It is inevitable that sometimes there are still surplus newspapers, so I would recommend that these be distributed at the discretion of the receptionist. Please let me know if any action needs to be taken.
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    From the passage, we can conclude that ______.
    A

    weekly newspapers and other weekly news magazines are for busy people

    B

    daily newspapers are for people in general only

    C

    news can be used for educational purposes

    D

    news services compete for readers


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    从文中最后一段叙述的“许多英语学习者find the news a useful source of language practice”,他们可以通过阅读和听新闻来提高语言能力,可判断,新闻也可为教育所用,选项C正确。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    From the passage, it can be concluded that weekly newspapers and magazines are intended for ______.
    A

    a general audience

    B

    a specific audience

    C

    people at the universities

    D

    an international audience


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    第二段,作者指出,其他一些报纸例如campus newspapers,weekly newspapers, usually intended for a specific audience,选项B正确。

  • 第13题:

    From the survey,we can see that_____.

    A.TV has become the major source of news

    B.newspapers are no longer the major source of news

    C.more than half of the 18-to-34-year-olds visit Internet news sites daily

    D.new technologies can still not replace the traditional ones


    正确答案:B
    从文章第二段所给的调查数据可知网络已取代报纸成为最主要的新闻来源。

  • 第14题:

    According to the text, newspaper is losing profits in job ads because( )

    [A] their prices are too high

    [B] the employment rate is quite high

    [C] Internet company provides free services

    [D] competition among newspapers is tight


    正确答案:C

  • 第15题:

    Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every clay.Some people subscribe to?as many as two or three different newspapers.But why do people read newspapers?
    Five hundred years ago,news of important happenings--battles lost and won,kings or rulers?overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news?passed by word of mouth and was never accurate.Today we can read in our newspapers of important?events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
    Apart from supplying news from all over the world,newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.There are weather reports,radio,television and film guides,,book reviews,stories,and,of?course,advertisements.There are all sorts of advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large?companies to bring attention to their products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their?advertising space,but′it is worth the money,for news of their products goes into almost every home?in the country.For those who produce newspapers,advertisements are also important.Money earned?from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make?a profit.

    In the past,news was

    A.sent by telegraph
    B.sent by letter
    C.passed from one person to another
    D.sent by telephone

    答案:C
    解析:
    【考情点拨】事实细节题:【应试指导】文章第二段指出,过去传递信息需要数月甚至数年的时间,而且是“口头传递”的:由此可知,这些消息是由一个人传到另一个人的。

  • 第16题:

    Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every clay.Some people subscribe to?as many as two or three different newspapers.But why do people read newspapers?
    Five hundred years ago,news of important happenings--battles lost and won,kings or rulers?overthrown or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news?passed by word of mouth and was never accurate.Today we can read in our newspapers of important?events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
    Apart from supplying news from all over the world,newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.There are weather reports,radio,television and film guides,,book reviews,stories,and,of?course,advertisements.There are all sorts of advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large?companies to bring attention to their products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their?advertising space,but′it is worth the money,for news of their products goes into almost every home?in the country.For those who produce newspapers,advertisements are also important.Money earned?from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make?a profit.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true?

    A.Five hundred years ago news did not take a long time to reach other countries.
    B.Large companies put big advertisements in the newspapers to make their products known.
    C.The news that we need in our newspapers is up-to-date.
    D.Though the newspapers are sold at a low price,their owners still gain profit.

    答案:A
    解析:
    【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】从文章第二段中我们得知,500年前把消息从一个国家传到另一个国家需要花很长的时间:A项不正确,故选A。

  • 第17题:

    Text 2 Whatever happened to the death of newspaper?A year ago the end seemed near.The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the Internet.Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom.America's Federal Trade Commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers.Should they become charitable corporations?Should the state subsidize them?It will hold another meeting soon.But the discussions now seem out of date.In much of the world there is little sign of crisis.German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession.Even American newspapers,which inhabit the most troubled corner of the global industry,have not only survived but often returned to profit.Not the 20%profit margins that were routine a few years ago,but profit all the same.It has not been much fun.Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard.The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13,500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2007.Readers are paying more for slimmer products.Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs.Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and,sadly for many journalists,they can be pushed further.Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses,with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers.American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads.Fully 87%of their revenues came from advertising in 2008,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation&Development(OECD).In Japan the proportion is 35%.Not surprisingly,Japanese newspapers are much more stable.The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody,but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive.Car and film reviewers have gone.So have science and general business reporters.Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off.Newspapers are less complete as a result.But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business.
    Compared with their American counterparts,Japanese newspapers are much more stable because they______

    A.have more sources of revenue
    B.have more balanced newsrooms
    C.are less dependent on advertising
    D.are less affected by readership

    答案:C
    解析:
    细节题【命题思路】这是一道局部细节题,需要根据题干的关键信息对文章的具体信息进行锁定,从而分析得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息美国和日本报业的对比定位到第四段。根据第四段第二、三句可知“美国报业长期依赖广告收入,这是不正常的。2008年,美国报业的广告收入占总收入的87%…”。再根据第四段最后两句可知“这个比例在日本是35%。因此日本报业更加稳定也就不足为奇了。”由此,考生可以判断出日本的报业稳定是因为广告收入占总收入的比例较小,即日本报业并不太依赖广告,因此C项正确。【干扰排除】原文第四段只提及广告收入占总收入的比例,以及这个比例对整个报业稳定性的影响,但是并未提及A项收入来源,B项新闻编辑部以及D项对于读者的影响,故这三项属于无中生有,均不选。

  • 第18题:

    Text 2 Whatever happened to the death of newspaper?A year ago the end seemed near.The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the Internet.Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom.America's Federal Trade Commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers.Should they become charitable corporations?Should the state subsidize them?It will hold another meeting soon.But the discussions now seem out of date.In much of the world there is little sign of crisis.German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession.Even American newspapers,which inhabit the most troubled corner of the global industry,have not only survived but often returned to profit.Not the 20%profit margins that were routine a few years ago,but profit all the same.It has not been much fun.Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard.The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13,500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2007.Readers are paying more for slimmer products.Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs.Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and,sadly for many journalists,they can be pushed further.Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses,with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers.American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads.Fully 87%of their revenues came from advertising in 2008,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation&Development(OECD).In Japan the proportion is 35%.Not surprisingly,Japanese newspapers are much more stable.The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody,but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive.Car and film reviewers have gone.So have science and general business reporters.Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off.Newspapers are less complete as a result.But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business.
    The most appropriate title for this text would be____

    A.American Newspapers:Struggling for Survival
    B.American Newspapers:Gone with the Wind
    C.American Newspapers:A Thriving Business
    D.American Newspapers:A Hopeless Story

    答案:A
    解析:
    主旨题【命题思路】这是一道主旨题,需要对全文进行锁定,从而得出答案。【直击答案】由题干“The most appropriate title”可知这个题目考查考生对文章主旨的把握能力。这篇文章描述了美国报业面对危机时积极采取各种措施得以生存和发展。故A项与文章主旨相符,正确。【干扰排除】由文章首段末句“But the discussions now seem out of date.”可知关于拯救报业的探讨都不合时宜了,这说明美国报业已经度过危机,开始复苏了,而B项“随风而逝”和D项“绝望的故事”均与此句意思相反,故不选。由文章第三段首句“It has not been much fun.”可知虽然美国报业复苏了,但是情况并不乐观,并没有复苏到繁荣的程度,C项属于过度推理。

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    Peter _____ his job from a computer corporation because his salary was too low.
    A

    imposed

    B

    quit

    C

    inclined

    D

    healed


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    句意:因为工资低,皮特辞掉了他在一家电脑公司的工作。impose把……强加于。quit辞职。incline使倾斜。heal治愈。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    Journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers, because ______.
    A

    they don’t know how to use computers

    B

    they think computer newspapers take too much time to read

    C

    they think the new technology is bad

    D

    they have been trained to write for traditional newspapers


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    根据文章第三段…it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper industry...可知,现在的记者等感到很难接受电脑报业的发展,因为他们习惯了传统意义的报纸消息。因此D选项正确。

  • 第21题:

    问答题
    Practice 2  The British are the most voracious newspaper readers in the world. They read newspapers at breakfast; they walk to the bus reading a newspaper; they read a newspaper on the bus, as they go to work; and on the way back home, after work, they are engrossed in an evening newspaper. There are many “morning papers”, both national and provincial. The most famous is The Times. Contrary to what many foreigners believe, this is not a government newspaper. The various newspapers usually have their own views on politics, but they are not organs of the political parties, with the exception of the Communist Morning Star.  Bold headlines and a variety of photographs are features of the British press. Some newspapers, such as the sober Daily Telegraph and The Times (which belong to the “quality press’’) use photographs sparingly. The more “popular” newspapers, using the small or “tabloid” format, such as the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and The Sun,  use pictures extensively and also run strip-cartoons and humorous drawings, some of which present striking pictorial comment on politics.  Besides offering features common to newspapers all over the world, British newspapers specialize in pages devoted to criticism of the arts and a woman’s page.  One feature found in many foreign newspapers is missing in British papers: the serial.  Nearly all papers pay special attention to the reporting of sport and athletics. The evening newspapers (the first editions of which appear in the morning!) are often bought because the purchaser wants to know the winner of a race, or to get a good tip for a race that is still to be run.  There is no censorship of the press in Britain (except in wartime), though of course all newspapers-like private persons-are responsible for what they publish, and be sued for libel for publishing articles that go beyond the bounds of decency, or for “contempt for court” (e. g. calling man a murderer while he is still being tried). Such lawsuits are infrequent.  The population of the United Kingdom is now over 55,000,000. About 17,500,000 newspapers are sold every day. The British people, therefore, are great readers of newspapers. There are few homes to which one newspaper is not delivered every morning.  Many households have two, or even three, newspapers every day. One newspaper may be delivered at the house, a member of the family may buy one at the station bookstall to read in the train as he goes to town, and someone else in the family may buy an evening newspaper later in the day.

    正确答案: 参考译文
    英国人是世界上最爱读报的人。早餐时,他们一边吃,一边读;在去公交车的路上读报;上班的路上也读报;下班以后回家的途中他们在埋头读晚报。
    英国有许多种“晨报”,既有全国性的,也有地方性的。最著名的晨报要数《泰晤士报》。许多外国人以为它是官方报纸,其实正好相反。通常各家报纸都有自己的政治见解,但是它们可不是政党的喉舌,不过,共产党的报纸《晨星报》是个例外。
    醒目的粗体标题和各种照片是英国报纸的特色。一些报纸,如格调严肃的《每日电讯报》和《泰晤士报》(两者均属“严肃报纸”),轻易不刊登照片。比较“通俗”的报纸。采用小版面或文摘的格式,如《每日快报》、《每日邮报》、《每日镜报》和《太阳报》,都刊登大量照片,还有连环漫画和幽默画,其中一些画生动地表达出犀利的政治见解。
    除了与世界各地的报纸一样的特征外,英国报纸尤其以艺术评论版和女性专版见长。许多外国报纸都有的、而英国报纸却没有的特色是:小说连载。
    几乎所有的报纸都特别注重体育和竞技的报道。人们买晚报(各晚报第一次印刷的报纸在早晨发行!)因为想知道某场赛马的赢家是谁,或者想得到有关即将举行的赛马的重要内部消息。
    在英国没有新闻审查制度(战争期间例外),不过,所有的报纸同个人一样,当然要对登载的内容负责,而且如果登载了有失体面的文章,或者有“蔑视法庭”之嫌(如某人仍在庭审就称其为凶手),则会被指控为诽谤罪。不过,这种指控不常发生。
    英国现有人口5500多万,每天售出的报纸多达1750万份,所以说英国是世界上酷爱读报的民族。每天清早没有报纸投递上门的人家真不多见。许多家庭订阅的报纸每天有两份、甚至三份,有的家庭虽然每天有一份报纸送上门来,但是家里某个人进城时可能在火车站书报亭买一份路上看,另一个人可能在傍晚买一份晚报回家读。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    A

    Lowering the prices of their newspapers.

    B

    Shortening their news stories.

    C

    Adding variety to their newspaper content.

    D

    Including more advertisements in their newspapers.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    细节题。录音最后说编辑们采取的措施包括“adding news briefs and comprehensive indexes, giving variety to newspaper content to help build the readers’ interest.”,故选C。
    【录音原文】
      Not everybody reads the daily newspaper. People who do not read newspapers are sometimes referred to as nonreaders. Early research has shown that nonreaders are generally low in education, low in income, either very young or very old. In addition, nonreaders are more likely to live in rural areas and have less contact with neighbors and friends. Other studies show that nonreaders tend to isolate themselves from the community, are less likely to own a home and seldom belong to local voluntary organizations. Why don’t these people read daily paper? They say they don’t have the time, they prefer radio or TV, and they have no interest in reading at all. And besides, they think newspapers are too expensive. Recent surveys, however, have indicated that the portrait of the nonreader is more complicated than first thought. There appears to be a group of nonreaders that does not fit the type mentioned above. They are high in income, and fall into the age group of 26 to 65. They are far more likely to report that they don’t have the time to read the papers, and they have no interest in the content. Editors and publishers are attempting to win them back. First, they are adding news briefs and comprehensive indexes. This will help overcome the time problem. And they are also giving variety to newspaper content to help build the readers’ interest.
    Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.
    1. What is typical of nonreaders according to the early research?
    2. What are the findings of recent surveys?
    3. What are editors and publishers doing to attract the nonreaders?

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    We can infer from the passage that ______.
    A

    all technological changes are good

    B

    all technologies will eventually replace old ones

    C

    new technologies will eventually replace old ones

    D

    traditional newspapers are here to stay for another century


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由文章的倒数第二段最后一句话Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.可知,新技术的发展是不可阻挡的,必定会代替传统意义上的报纸。因此C选项正确。