Question

Several factors make a good newspaper story.First—obviously—it must be new.But since TV can react to events so quickly,this is often a problem for __61  .They usually respond to it in one of three ways.

●  By providing __62  detail,comment or background information.

●  By finding a new __63 on the day's major stories.

●  By printing completely different stories which TV doesn't broadcast.

What else? Well—it also has to be __64  .People don't want to read about ordinary,everyday life.Because of this,many stories __65  some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be __66  news.“Plane lands safely—no one hurt”doesn't sell newspapers.“Plane__67  —200 feared dead!”does.

Next,there's human interest. People are interested in other __68  particularly in the rich,famous and powerful.Stories about the private lives of pop singers,actors,models,politicians, __69  all appear regularly in certain newspapers.

Finally,for many editors, __70  is an important factor,too.They prefer stories about people,places and events which their readers know.That's why the stories in Tokyo's newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris,Cairo,New York or Buenos Aires.

61.A.newspapers      B. publications      C. reporters         D. broadcasters

62.A.extra           B. available         C. inaccessible      D. memorable

63.A.direction       B. look              C. angle             D. section

64.A.tragic          B. dramatic          C. professional      D. sensitive

65.A.quote           B. neglect           C. increase          D. involve

66.A.good            B. bad               C. exciting          D. informative

67.A.crashes         B. bumps             C. strikes           D. drops

68.A.places          B. people            C. things            D. news

69.A.in addition     B. in any case       C. for example       D. after all

70.A.personality     B. similarity        C. uniqueness        D. familiarity

Answer 1

61---70   AACBD    BABCD  

解析:

61.本篇短文講的就是有關(guān)報紙的事。答案為A。

62.extra的意思是“額外的”。為了與電視競爭，報紙可以增加報道新聞的詳細內(nèi)容、評論背景資料。available的意思是“可利用的”；inaccessible的意思是“達不到的，不可接近的”；memorable的意思是“值得紀(jì)念的，難忘的”，均不合語意。答案為A。

63.angle的意思為“角度”。從日常發(fā)生的故事中尋找新的角度來作為報紙的報道內(nèi)容，可以吸引讀者。A.direction表示方向；B.look“表情”；D.section“部分”。答案為C。 

64.dramatic的意思是“戲劇性的”。所提供的情境People don't want to read about ordinary, everyday life.告訴我們，所報道的新聞要具有戲劇性。tragic的意思是“悲慘的，悲劇的”；professional的意思是“專業(yè)的”；sensitive的意思是“敏感的”。由于下文中所提到的200 feared dead!的暗示，一些考生誤選了選項A，從我們的常識可知，報紙并不總是報道悲劇性的新聞。答案為B。

65.involve的意思是“包括”。因此，許多故事包括某種沖突或氣憤。quote的意思是“引用”；neglect的意思是“忽視�！贝鸢笧镈。

66.沖突或氣憤都是一些壞的事情。informative的意思是“提供情報的”，不能作為答案。good和exciting顯然與句意不吻合。答案為B。

67.所提供的信息200 feared dead!告訴我們，飛機墜毀了。crashes的意思是“碰撞，墜毀”。bumps的意思是“撞擊”，兩架飛機在空中撞擊的可能性要比飛機墜毀的可能性小；strikes作不及物動詞的意思是“打擊”；drops的意思是“落下”，不用來描述飛機失事。答案為A。 

68.下文提到的 pop singers, actors, models, politicians都是“人(people)”。這本來是一道十分容易的題目，但是，由于這句話的主語是People，使一些考生對答案的正確性產(chǎn)生了懷疑。答案為B。 

69.舉例說明人們對哪些人感興趣。in addition表示“另外”；B.in any case“無論哪種情況”；C.after all“畢竟”。答案為C。

70. familiarity的意思是“熟悉”。對編輯來說，熟悉性也是一個重要因素。下句中的定語從句which their readers know 與familiar同義。personality的意思是“個性，人格”；similarity的意思是“類似，類似處”；uniqueness的意思是“惟一性”。答案為D。