The American Newspaper
1_____The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper.He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art,on famous people,and on all sorts of political subjects.
2_____ Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's Courant, few believe that newspapers in their present form will remain alive for long. Newspaper companies are losing readers, market value, and in some cases, their loss at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago. Newspapers are in trouble!
3_____ The chief editor( 主编) of the Times said recently, "'At places where they gather, editors ask one another, ' how are you?', as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law case." An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of the Guardian, under the headline "NOT DEAD YET." Perhaps not.
4_____ The rise of the Internet has caused a lot of difficulties to newspapers. It has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, which has brought about a real sense of death.More and more people start reading news from their computers or phones.
5_____ Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past three years. The New York Times Company has seen its stock (股 票 )drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year. A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders sell off their Times stock.
6____ The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of it is business to education; its testing and testpreparation servic now brings in at least half the company's income.
前5道题选项：
A. The trouble of newspapers
B. The history of newspapers
C. The drop of newspaper stock
D. The changes of newspaper business
E. The worries of newspaper editors
F. The challenges of internet to newspapers
后5道题选项：
A. in1721
B. with computers or phones
C. the test-preparation service
D. market value
E. the change of business
F. by 54%
More and more people prefer reading news_____________
B
