Question

    BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. 1recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to 2 the modern world. After 216 years,The Times has halved its size to become much 3,In fact,the paper has 4 its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid (小報)  .

   In Britain the newspaper market is 5 between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms 6 the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear 7 in con?tent. Broadsheets such as The      Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 8 papers. They 9 a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

   Tabloids have far more stories about 10 serious issues such as celebrities' love lives.

Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger11   Britain's 12 newspaper,The Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.

By 13 to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less 14 broadsheet paper The    Independent.15 changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase 16. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has 17     the same. They are 18      still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people 19 the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. 20 says its new size is "compact"，not tab?loid.

(   ) 1.A. Because   B. So   C. And   D. But

(   ) 2.A. match   B. suit   C. fit   D. change

(   ) 3.A. longer   B. smaller   C. thicker   D. wider

(   ) 4.A. cut   B. shortened   C. enlarged   D. narrowed

(   ) 5.A. divided   B. separated   C. arranged   D. marked

(   ) 6.A. turn into   B. refer to   C. think about   D. connect with

(   ) 7.A. meaning   B. mark   C. difference   D. sign

(   ) 8.A. old   B. interesting   C. modern   D. serious

(   ) 9.A. have   B. name   C. cover   D. choose

(   ) 10.A. more   B. less   C. even   D. quite

(   ) 11.A. headlines   B. pictures   C. title   D. edition

(   ) 12.A. best-selling   B. good-looking   C. slow-moving   D. ugly-looking 

(   ) 13.A. going   B. getting   C. changing   D. coming

(   ) 14.A.  important   B. welcoming   C. helpful   D. famous

(   ) 15.A. It   B. This     C.That   D. They

(   ) 16.A. slowly   B. greatly   C. little   D. usually

(   ) 17.A. become   B. found   C. left   D. remained

(   ) 18.A. /   B.  ail   C. both   D. even

(   ) 19.A. find   B. hope   C. expect   D. agree

(   ) 20.A.The Independent   B.The Times

   C.The Guardian       D.Daily Telegraph

Answer 1

1-5 DCBAA      6-10 BCDCB 11-15 BACDA  16 -20 BDCAB

本文介紹了《泰晤士報》歷經(jīng)216年后縮小版面，成功進(jìn)行改革的情況。

1.D從下文內(nèi)容看，《泰晤士報》作為英國報刊中的代表歷經(jīng)216年后縮小版面一事說明英國報刊不再堅(jiān)持原有的風(fēng)格。所以，此處應(yīng)為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用But表示轉(zhuǎn)折。

2.C fit表"適應(yīng)"之意。D項(xiàng)不符合邏輯； match意為".…. .與••••••相配"，suit指"(某物) 適合(某人) "，或"(某人) 適合(做某事) "之意。

3.B從"half the size"可知，報紙縮小了版面。因此，形容詞應(yīng)為small。而長度、寬度、厚度均以偏概全，都不能表述報紙的版面縮小。

4.A從隨后的in half from a broadsheet to tab-loid(小報) 描述可知，報紙縮版了。cut表"削減"、"減少"之意。shorten意為"縮短"; enlarge意為"擴(kuò)大";narrow意為"使變窄"。均不合文義。

5.A divide表"劃分"之意。B項(xiàng)表"將(相鄰的東西) 分開";C、D兩項(xiàng)與上下文相差太遠(yuǎn)。此處的意思是說:在英國，報刊市場分大報和小報兩種類型。

6.B these terms指broadsheet和tabloid�？蘸笥志o接the size of the papers' pages₀根據(jù)語境，用refer to(指的是) 最合適。"變成"、"考慮"和"聯(lián)系"均與題意不符。

7.C從but表轉(zhuǎn)折之意看應(yīng)為difference。

8.D從下文敘述的大篇幅的內(nèi)容為政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、國際問題以及文章相當(dāng)長、語言正式等特點(diǎn)看應(yīng)為serious。

9.C cover表"涉及"之意。

10.B既然大報是嚴(yán)肅的報紙，那么小報就不太嚴(yán)肅了。more stories, simple language和love lives等也可以佐證。

11.B本段介紹小報的情況，前面提到小報用語簡單,涉及生活瑣事，可以推斷娛樂性較強(qiáng)，因此一定有大圖片來吸引讀者。

12.A best-selling"暢銷的"。從其內(nèi)容更市民化、生活化知其暢銷。

13.C change to"變成";由文章第一段可知， The Times通過縮版而成小報。

14.D從下文改版之后銷量大增的描述可知，《獨(dú)立報》以往不太有名。至于報紙的重要性和幫助性是其存在的根本。

15.A前面提到了《泰晤士》步《獨(dú)立報》的縮版后塵，后面肯定就是繼續(xù)談The Times了。

16.B從全文的主旨是英國報業(yè)的成功改革看,可以推斷報紙的銷售額一定是有很大增力口。所以greatly為正確答案。

17.D從前面although和下文中的the same用詞可知該答案。

18.C前文提到了兩份報紙，所以用both。

19.A指讀者在客觀上對已有事實(shí)的發(fā)現(xiàn)，B、C表達(dá)的不是已有事實(shí)，D不合邏輯。

20.B文章敘述的主體是《泰晤士報》，答案自然為B。