A newspaper, published usually on a daily or weekly basis, has the main function

A newspaper, published usually on a dailyor weekly basis, has the main function of reporting news. Many newspapers alsofurnish their readers with other pieces of useful information, such as weatherreports, TV program broadcast, and other kinds of information. They providecommentary on politics, economics, arts and culture. In nearly all cases and indifferent degrees, newspapers depend on commercial advertising for theirincome.

A survey said that nearly six out of tenadults in the United States and Canada read a newspaper every day, and sevenout of ten read a paper each weekend. By the time they see a newspaper, mostpeople have already heard about breaking news stories on TV or on the radio.Readers depend on newspapers to provide detailed information and analysis (分析) which TV and radio almostdon’t offer. Newspapers not only tell readers that an event has happened butalso help readers understand what led to the event and how it will affect theworld.

The members of a large newspaper work underthe nonstop pressure of deadlines to bring news to readers as quickly as theirminds, bodies and the technology they use permit. Reporters, photographers,artists, and editors find the materials and form articles and graphics (图片) —sometimes in just a fewhours. Page designers combine articles, photos, advertisements, andeye-catching headlines into page layouts (版面), then quickly print the paper out. Printing system may workthrough the night to print out more than 60,000 copies per hour.

68. What does the second paragraph mainlytell us?

A. How many people readnewspapers.         B. Why many peopleread newspapers.

C. How a newspaper comes intobeing.        D. How newspapers affect us.

69. The underlined word in Paragraph 1means “______”.

A.offer        B.review            C.found     D. produce

70. What can we learn from the passage?

A. All the income of a newspaper comes fromads.

B. Canadians depend on newspapers more thanAmericans.

C. The staff of a newspaper must meet deadlinesfrom time to time.

D. Only by reading the newspaper canreaders get the latest news.

71. According to the passage, what affectsthe pace of a newspaper’s publication?

A. Theeditors.                                   B. The printers.    

C. Its human resources andtechnology.        D. The reporters.

试题答案

【答案】

 B

 A

 C

 C

【解析】略