Question

阅读填词。

阅读短文，并选择方框中的词或短语用适当形式填空，每个词或短语最多选用一次，有一项是多余的。

they, true, all over, though, as，instead of，eye, use, change，age，both

Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years, people now can read news on the Internet quickly. 1. holding a newspaper to read, some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones, computers and so on. So, does it mean it is the 2. of information technology and newspapers will be replaced(取代)in the future?

On the one hand, many people believe that newspapers will be replaced. Online news 3. in a minute but newspapers can’t. So, by taking advantage of technology, people can connect 4. with the world in minutes. What’s more, many people prefer to read electronic news 5. they think it is not only fast but also cost little. Besides, using paper means cutting trees. Reading online news can 6. protect trees and save paper.

On the other hand, some people believe that newspapers will still exist(存在) in the future. Firstly, not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for 7. . Secondly, the development of high technology is not spread 8. the world. The online services will only be 9. in developed countries, but not in some other developing or poor countries. So, people there may still read newspapers.

In short, although it is 10. that electronic news has developed quickly in the past years, newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life.

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