2. 外语
  3. A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition F. fails G. purpose H

A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition F. fails G. purpose H

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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F
解析 that引导的定语从句修饰先行词price，因此空格处应填入动词第三人称单数。词库中只有fails符合语法要求，代入后表示“报纸的售价很低，低到连支付一小部分生产成本都不够”。符合语境。
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