2. 外语
  3. What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? (1)_____ an event takes place, newspapers a

What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? (1)_____ an event takes place, newspapers a

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问题     What happened at the United Nations?
    How did the critics like the new play?
     (1)_____ an event takes place, newspapers are on the street(2)_____ the details. Whenever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to(3)_____ the news. Newspapers 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. Radio, television, and(6)_____ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.(7)_____ this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the(8)_____ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are(9)_____ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers(10)_____ of the latest news, today’s newspapers(11)_____ and influence readers about politics, and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices (12)_____ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very(13)______. Newspapers are sold at a price that(14)_____ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main(15)_____ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The(16)_____ in selling advertising depends on newspaper’s value to advertisers. This(17)_____ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends(18)_____ on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment (19)_____ in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information (20)_____ the community, city, county, nation and world—and even outer space.
(14)
选项 A、tries to cover
B、manages to cover
C、fails to cover
D、succeeds in
答案C
解析 空格后的even“甚至”是个提示词。这句话的意思是“报纸的售价很低。甚至 一小部分生产成本”，从语义逻辑来看。这里需要具有否定含义的词，因此后文才会说报纸主要靠广告获取收入。因而选C。
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