Question

【题目】

A. influence B. as well as C. still D. sell E. popular F. briefly

The Germans published the first modern-style newspaper in 1609. Before then, news-sheets existed, but these were not really newspapers.

Hundreds of years later, people are 【1】 buying newspapers. Shops and stalls all over the world 【2】 millions of newspapers every day.

However, people do not get their news only from newspapers. They can listen to it, as they did long ago, and they can watch it, too. We can see the【3】 of two inventions, radio and television in some ways. They broadcast many news programmes daily. People get news from their radios and TV sets 【4】from papers.

Nowadays, newspapers remain 【5】 because they offer the news in more detail than either radio or TV. That is the main reason why people continue to buy them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】

本文介绍了报纸的历史，以及报纸比电视和收音机的优势。

【1】句意：几百年后，人们仍在买报纸。

结合句意，几百年后，人们还在买报纸，修饰动词buying用副词still，故选C。

【2】句意：每天世界各地的商店和摊位卖数百万份报纸。

根据Shops and stalls可知，此处表示商店和摊位，应是卖报纸，故选D。

【3】句意：我们能看到收音机和电视这两项发明在某些方面的影响。

the influence of……的影响，名词，故选A。

【4】句意：人们从收音机和电视上得到新闻，也从报纸上得到。

连接并列成分用连词as well as，故选B。

【5】句意：现在，报纸仍然受欢迎，因为它们比收音机或者电视提供更多细节。

作为系动词remain的表语，用形容词popular。故选E。

根据前后文的语境，结合时态，语态，词性，短语，句型和主谓一致，选择适当的单词填空。例如小题2，句意：每天世界各地的商店和摊位卖数百万份报纸。根据Shops and stalls可知，此处表示商店和摊位，应是卖报纸，故选D。