共用题干 The Great Newspaper WarUp until about 100 years ago,newspapers in the United States appealed on...
The Great Newspaper War
Up until about 100 years ago,newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most se-rious readers.They used______(51)illustrations and the articles were about politics or busi- ness。
Two men changed that-Joseph Pulitzer______(52)The New York World and Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal.Pulitzer bought The New York World______(53)1883.He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very______(54)one overnight.He added
______(55)illustrations and cartoons.And he told his reporters to write articles on______(56)crime or scandal they could find. And they did.One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she______(57)to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of______(58)in those hospitals.
In 1895,Hearst came to New York from______(59)California.He wanted The Journal to be more sensational and more exciting______(60)The World. He also wanted it to be.
______(61),so he reduced the price by a penny.Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than______(62).He often said,"Big print makes big news."
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they______(63)to sell newspapers.For example,Hearst sent Frederic Remington,the famous illustrator,______(64)pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there,he told Hearst that no fighting was______(65).Hearst answered,"You furnish the pictures.I'll furnish the war." 53._________
参考答案: B
参考解析: 这篇文章讲的是美国报业的重大变革。报纸的对象都是严肃的读者，报纸上没有插图，文章也都是关于政治和商业问题的。根据这样的情况，这里填no比较合适。
表示所属关系，要用of。其后的“Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal.”也提醒我们用of。
在英语中，表示年、月的词前面要用介词in，例如in 1999,in May。表示具体日期的词的前面要用介词on，如on February 20, 1998。
根据上下文，这里需要一个形容词。比较C和D, excited是过去分词，有形容人的，沙清之意，而exciting表示“令人激动的”，主要修饰事物，所以应该选C。
lots of在意义上等同于a lot of, a few是几个，不能突出很多的意思。few的意义是否定的。因此选D。
在所有给出的选项中，只有every后面可以接单数形式的名词，其他词要求后面接复数形式的名词。
这里讲一位记者装疯被送到了精神病医院，因此应该用被动语态。
这是一个形近词辫析题。根据上下文的意思这里应该填“病人”。B. patience意为 “耐心、耐性”;C. patrician意为“贵族”;D. patriot意为“爱国者”。
在英语中，表示地名的专有名词前一般不加任何冠词。
这是一个表示比较的句子，more...than...意为“比……更……”。
从上下文可得知，Hearst想要降低报纸的售价，亦即比原来的价格低，所以要用比较级的形式，即cheaper。
表示“其他任何人的”，用anyone else's。
do anything one can意为“尽己所能”。由于文章的过去时态，所以选could。
send sb. to do sth．意为“派某人去做某事”。
going on表示正在发生。
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