2012年职称英语综合类完形填空练习及答案（6）

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The Great Newspaper War
( C, f4 D$ G5 n# mUp until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used __1__ illustrations and the articles were about politics or business.
1 s( ?: |/ \% |% Q1 _1 M5 tTwo men changed that - Joseph Pulitzer __2__ the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal. Pulitzer bought the New York World __3__ 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very__4__ one overnight. He added __5__ illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on __6__ crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she __7__ to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of __8__ in those hospitals.
& `6 ]4 g$ e/ l' L- [2 wIn 1895, Hearst came to New York from __9__ California. He wanted the Journal to be more sensational and more exciting __10__ the world. He also wanted it to be __11__, so he reduced the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than__12__. He often said, "Big print makes big news."
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they __13__ to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator, __14__ pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was__15__. Hearst answered, "You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war."
EXERCISE:
1. A) no B) many C) a lot D) little
2. A) on B) for C) in D)of
3 D# h! S4 P! o3 r/ M  Z) }; X3. A) on B) in C) at D) about
4. A) excite B) excitingly C)exciting D) excited
) i( w4 s' g8 x: x5. A) a lot B) few C) a few D) lots of
- M9 l4 x  F. ]4 D* o0 x6. A) every B) all C) both D) many
( q1 z" |7 d$ e* O7. A) admitted B) was admitted C) could admit D) has admitted
8. A) patients B) patience C) patient D) patiences
; Z1 S5 l7 q# l9 l: }9. A) an B) the C) a D) /
" I  ]9 Q! u# S1 G6 o0 q0 K10. A) than B) as C) in D) for
' f/ ]  `0 f$ l1 |# o11. A) cheap B) cheaper C) cheapest D) the cheapest
1 e8 W( O" J/ g; @12. A) anyone B) anyone's C) anyone else D) anyone else's
; ~; @5 f0 B% Q1 d0 [" q! Z13. A) may B) might C) can D) could
14. A) draw B) drew C) to dray D) drawn
& ^; O6 {: s+ }  w& h& ~15. A) going B) going out C) going on D) going off
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