第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have   36   these traditional publications try to  37  the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its   38   to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has  39  its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid（小型報(bào)紙）.
In Britain the newspaper market is  40  between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms  41  the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear  42  in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are  43  papers. They  44  a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also  45  long and use quite formal language.
Tabloids have  46  more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more  47  language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's  48  newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked page on page three every day.
By  49  to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the  50  of a less famous broadsheet paper, the Independent. It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase  51 . Although both papers have   52   to the smaller size, the content of the papers has  53  the same. They are both still serious papers.
The two papers  54  that people find the smaller size easier to  55  when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. The times says its new size is "compact", not tabloid.
36. A. found                   B. known                C. seen                   D. proved
37. A. match                    B. suit                     C. change                D. fit
38. A. length                       B. thickness             C. width                         D. size
39. A. printed                 B. cut                        C. added                       D. enlarged
40. A. divided                  B. separated                  C. arranged                D. marked
41. A. turn into                 B. think about               C. refer to                    D. connect with
42. A. meaning                  B. difference             C. mark                        D. sign
43. A. useful                        B. easy                    C. serious                  D. long
44. A. sell                       B. include                    C. take                      D. cover 
45. A. certainly             B. reasonably                      C. probably                D. necessarily
46. A. a few                        B. little                        C. far                           D. any
47. A. difficult                        B. simple                 C. easy                        D. good
48. A. best-selling                B. good-looking            C. slow-moving            D. ugly-looking
49. A. going                    B. getting                   C. coming                    D. changing
50. A. footsteps                       B. way                    C. direction                  D. method
51. A. slowly                    B. usually                    C. little                    D. greatly
52. A. halved                    B. made                   C. changed                 D. cut
53. A. become                   B. remained              C. left                   D. found
54. A. agree                     B. hope                    C. expect                 D. insist
55. A. handle                       B. look                         C. see                           D. buy

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