大学英语六级考试完形填空试题5

　　Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? Whathappened at the United Nations? How did the critics likethe new play? 1 an event takes place; newspapers areon the streets 2 the details. Wherever anythinghappens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 thenews.Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news asquickly as possible from its source, from those whomake it to those who want to 5 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventionsbrought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and othermeans of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improvethe 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are9 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to manyother fields. Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising. Most newspapersdepend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 15 of income for mostnewspapers is commercial advertising. The 16 in selling advertising depends on anewspaper's value to advertisers. This 17 in terms of circulation. How many peopleread the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulationdepartment and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper's pages. But forthe most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source ofinformation 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and evenouter space.

　　1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before

　　2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given

　　3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring

　　4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose

　　5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write

　　6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other

　　7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So

　　8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed

　　9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed

　　10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed

　　11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit

　　12.A.on B.through C.with D.of

　　13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose

　　14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover D.succeeds in

　　15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance

　　16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success

　　17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured

　　18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something

　　19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered

　　20.A.by B.with C.at D.about