Question

    We may think today that Donald Trump invented the term, but “fake news” has been around for a while. In the early 19^th century, small regional and local papers made their product known and i1. their sales with a lot of made-up news articles. The Central Park Zoo Escape, reported on November 9, 1874, is one such event.

The front page of the New York Herald that day reported that v2. animals had escaped from the Central Park Zoo. A rhino had fallen into a sewer（下水道） and a lion had been seen walking slowly through a church. The article said that, while the police and National Guard were doing what they could, twenty-seven people had already died and many others had been injured. Readers were scared and armed men were seen in the streets, preparing to p3. their loved ones and property by battling the wild animals of the zoo. In their upset, they clearly hadn’t read to the end of the article: the l4. line stated that ‘the whole story given above is a pure lie’!

But why was it done? The article was the creation of a reporter named Joseph Clarke. Working alongside his editor, Clarke wanted to highlight the dangerous conditions at the zoo by showing the readers what could happen, not what a5. had. They had no idea of the fear it would cause. The paper never apologized for the upset to New Yorkers. I6., they ran a short statement requesting that safety conditions at the zoo should be improved.

The l7. to learn? Always read right to the end!

The whole story given above is not a pure lie!

Answer

1.increased

2.various

3.protect

4.last

5.actually/already

6.Instead

7.lesson

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，主要介绍纽约先驱报发布报道说动物园的动物跑出来了，人们没有看到新闻的最后一行以为新闻是真的而陷入恐慌。作者告诫读者永远要记得读到最后。

1.

句意:在19世纪早期，小的地方报纸通过很多编造的新闻文章来让他们的产品出名和增加销量。

根据and可知此处用动词的过去式与made形成并列，根据首字母和“their sales”可知此处用动词increased表示“增加销量”。故答案为increased。

2.

句意：纽约先驱报的头版报道多种动物从中央公园的动物园跑了。

名词animals前面缺形容词修饰，根据“A rhino…and a lion”可知不止一种动物，此处根据首字母可知用形容词various表示“多种的”。故答案为various。

3.

句意：读者害怕了，武装人员可在大街上看到，准备着通过与动物园的野兽搏斗来保护他们所爱的人和财物。

此处用的是prepare to do表示“准备好做某事”；根据“their loved ones and property by battling the wild animals of the zoo”及首字母提示可知用动词原形protect表示“保护”。故答案为protect。

4.

句意：令他们沮丧的是，他们很明显没有读到文章最后，最后一行写着：上面整个故事是个谎言。

名词line前面用形容词修饰，根据“read to the end of the article”及首字母提示可知此处用形容词last表示“最后的”。故答案为last。

5.

句意：和他的编辑一起，克拉克想要通过显示可能发生的事而不是实际或已经发生的事来给读者强调动物园的危险状况。

had后面省略了happened，动词前副词修饰；根据前文可知报道是一个谎言，事情没有真实的发生或已经发生，根据首字母提示此处用副词already表示“已经”或者actually表示“真实地”。故答案为actually/already。

6.

句意：取而代之，他们发布了一个简短的说明要求改进动物园的安全状况。

根据“never apologized for the upset to New Yorkers”可知他们没有道歉而是采用了另一种方法取而代之，用instead表示“代替，取而代之”。故答案为Instead。

7.

句意：得到的教训是？

根据“learn”和“Always read right to the end”可知此处讲的是给读者的教训，用名词lesson。故答案为lesson。