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  3. There are five basic functions of a newspaper: to inform, to review, to persuade, to instruct and to entertain. You may think th

There are five basic functions of a newspaper: to inform, to review, to persuade, to instruct and to entertain. You may think th

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问题     There are five basic functions of a newspaper: to inform, to review, to persuade, to instruct and to entertain. You may think that this list of functions is in order of 【B1】______, but, if so, you would not be in agreement with the 【B2】______ of the reading public. Of the two 【B3】______ of newspaper, the popular and the quality, the former have a 【B4】______ of millions, while the latter, only hundreds of thousands. Yet the popular papers seem largely 【B5】______ for recreation and light-hearted human interest stories. Their news coverage contains lots of 【B6】______and persuasive language; the information content is low, and instruction is 【B7】______. However, the quality newspapers put a much lower emphasis on 【B8】______. It is not only in content that the two types of paper differ. 【B9】______. The popular papers generally use more dramatic language with a lot of wordplay. This means that popular newspapers are easier for a native speaker to understand. 【B10】______, since you can tell simply by the way it looks. Popular papers are generally smaller with fewer columns per page. They have bigger headlines and more photographs. There is a greater variety of typeface and printed symbols. 【B11】______. Larger headlines, pictures and positions on the page all serve to draw the reader’s attention.
【B8】
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答案entertainment
解析 语义推断题。根据空格前的on可知此处需要填入一个名词。空格所在句描述的是严肃报纸，与前面的大众报纸形成对比。结合上下文可知，此处想要表达的是与大众报纸相比，严肃报纸很少强调娱乐性。结合录音可知答案为entertainment，意为“娱乐”。
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