Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?
" a3 V2 n7 w) E) p0 {__1__ an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets __2__ the details.
+ Z8 l) Z& Z: n$ K6 m5 ^ D7 S0 @) }Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to __3__ the news.
& ~# h, u( g' M5 f. bNewspapers have one basic __4__ , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to __5__ it.& @/ h5 M8 t; b2 i$ q6 _/ e: F# \
Radio, telegraph, television, and __6__ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 6 z5 z% \7 @5 {3 ]: p% z
__7__ , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.
- k1 j+ e2 B$ J+ K' H( v* I; @! AThey quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the __8__ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. 2 a8 }0 R4 ?; Q. I
Today more newspapers are __9__ and read than ever before. % x( r9 d2 r3 }9 @- r; V/ @0 ^$ w4 B, m! W
Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. 1 Q0 q# f" W" o% i. x" H- u
Besides keeping readers __10__ of the latest news, today's newspapers __11__ and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. . r" O% H3 c9 E0 ^. W7 S% R7 S2 o3 _
Newspapers influence readers' economic choices __12__ advertising.
" ^2 ^; k, D' E, v, lMost newspapers depend on advertising for their very __13__ .
: F0 j% X( B& Y8 Z( T, t" e ^% pNewspapers are sold at a price that __14__ even a small fraction of the cost of production.
: ]6 ?6 o, }5 w! r+ D4 @ h sThe main __15__ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.
8 A( @. m B# H HThe __16__ in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers.
) Q% Z+ t7 W V$ fThis __17__ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper?
O' K, O& s/ r' Y, YCirculation depends __18__ on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment __19__ in a newspaper's pages.
* x; b. T" T, v- D# c' FBut for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information __20__ the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.
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C.rate D.speed
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! E [9 t( L8 s) B; K9 a9 f5 h1 q10.A.inform B.be informed |