Question

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is    1.   to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories 2.  by watching TV or reading newspapers.

Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life 3.  the 18^th century. Many countries have    4. different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

Answer

1.E

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：数百年前，新闻的传递要花费很多的时间。然而现在发送文字或者是图片向全世界，可能只有几秒钟的时间。人们通过电视或者读报纸来了解新闻，自从十八世纪以来，报纸已经成为日常生活中最重要的一部分。

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考点：新闻报道类短文阅读。