2015年12月英语四级考试模拟试卷（二）_第4页

　　Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C]and [D]on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?67 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets68 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to69 the news. Newspapers have one basic70 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to71 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 72inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.73 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the74and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are75 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers76 of the latest news, today’s newspapers77 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers’economic choices78 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very79 . Newspapers are sold at a price that80 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main81 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The82in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’s value to advertisers. This83 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends84on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment85 in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper ’ s value to readers as a source of information 86 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.67.[A]Just when[B]While

　　[C]Soon after[D]Before68.[A]to give[B]giving

　　[C]given[D]being given69.[A]gather[B]spread

　　[C]carry[D]bring70.[A]reason[B]cause

　　[C]problem[D]purpose71.[A]make[B]publish

　　[C]know[D]write72.[A]another[B]other

　　[C]one another[D]the other73.[A]However[B]And

　　[C]Therefore[D]So74.[A]value[B]ratio

　　[C]rate[D]speed75.[A]spread[B]passed

　　[C]printed[D]completed76.[A]inform[B]be informed

　　[C]to informed[D]informed77.[A]entertain[B]encourage

　　[C]educate[D]edit78.[A]on[B]through

　　[C]with[D]of79.[A]forms[B]existence

　　[C]contents[D]purpose80.[A]tries to cover[B]manages to cover

　　[C]fails to cover[D]succeeds in81.[A]source [B]origin

　　[C]course[D]finance82.[A]way[B]means

　　[C]chance [D]success83.[A]measures[B]measured

　　[C]is measured[D]was measured84.[A]somewhat [B]little

　　[C]much[D]something85.[A]offering[B]offered

　　[C]which offered[D]to be offered86.[A]by [B]with

　　[C]at[D]about