2. 外语
  3. A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition F. fails G. purpose H. influence I. origin J. spread K. innova

A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition F. fails G. purpose H. influence I. origin J. spread K. innova

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问题     A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition
    F. fails G. purpose H. influence I. origin J. spread
    K. innovative L. reason M. faster N. entertain O. existence
    What happened at the United Nations?
    How did the critics like the new play?
    Soon after an event takes place, newspapers are on the street giving the details. Whenever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to【C1】______ the news. Newspapers have one basic【C2】______ to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to know it. Radio, television, and other inventions brought【C3】______ for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. However, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and【C4】______ means of communication to improve the speed and thus the efficiency of their own operations.
    Today more newspapers are【C5】______ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers informed of the latest news, today’s newspapers educate and【C6】______ readers about politics, and other important and serious matters.
    Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices through advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very【C7】______. Newspapers are sold at a price that【C8】______ to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main【C9】______ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on newspaper’s value to advertisers. This is measured in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper?
    Circulation depends【C10】______on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment offered in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information about the community, city, county, nation and world—and even outer space.
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答案D
解析 由空格前的不定式符号to，可确定空格处应填入动词原形。能和the news搭配的及物动词只有gather“收集”和spread“传播”，由常识可知记者们on the spot“在现场”一般是去收集新闻的，而非传播新闻。因此空格处宜填入gather，排除干扰项spread。
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