2012年大学英语四级完形填空专项练习(9)

2012年大学英语四级完形填空专项练习(9)

Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?  1  an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets  2  the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to  3  the news.外语学习网
　　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, telegraph, 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 to 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 a 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, country, state, nation, and world-and even outer space.
　　1.A.Just when       B.While            C.Soon after      D.Before
　　2.A.to give         B.giving           C.given           D.being given
　　3.A.gather          B.spread           C.carry           D.bring
　　4.A.reason          B.cause            C.problem         D.purpose
　　5.A.make            B.publish          C.know            D.write
　　6.A.another         B.other            C.one another     D.the other
　　7.A.However         B.And              C.Therefore       D.So
　　8.A.value           B.ratio            C.rate            D.speed
　　9.A.spread          B.passed           C.printed         D.completed
　　10.A.inform         B.be informed      C.to be informed  D.informed
　　11.A.entertain      B.encourage        C.educate         D.edit
　　12.A.on             B.through          C.with            D.of
　　13.A.forms          B.existence        C.contents        D.purpose
　　14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover  D.succeeds in
　　15.A.source         B.origin           C.course          D.finance
　　16.A.way            B.means            C.chance          D.success
　　17.A.measures       B.measured         C.Is measured     D.was measured
　　18.A.somewhat       B.little           C.much            D.something
　　19.A.offering       B.offered          C.which offered   D.to be offered
　　20.A.by             B.with             C.at              D.about