2. 外语
  3. A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition F. fails G. purpose H. influence I. origin J. spread K. innova

A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition F. fails G. purpose H. influence I. origin J. spread K. innova

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问题     A. printed B. somewhat C. source D. gather E. competition
    F. fails G. purpose H. influence I. origin J. spread
    K. innovative L. reason M. faster N. entertain O. existence
    What happened at the United Nations?
    How did the critics like the new play?
    Soon after an event takes place, newspapers are on the street giving the details. Whenever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to【C1】______ the news. Newspapers have one basic【C2】______ to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to know it. Radio, television, and other inventions brought【C3】______ for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. However, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and【C4】______ means of communication to improve the speed and thus the efficiency of their own operations.
    Today more newspapers are【C5】______ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers informed of the latest news, today’s newspapers educate and【C6】______ readers about politics, and other important and serious matters.
    Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices through advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very【C7】______. Newspapers are sold at a price that【C8】______ to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main【C9】______ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on newspaper’s value to advertisers. This is measured in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper?
    Circulation depends【C10】______on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment offered in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information about the community, city, county, nation and world—and even outer space.
【C10】
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答案B
解析 空格位于depends．．．on这个固定短语之间，因此应填入副词，修饰depends。全文最后一句谈到，大多数情况下(for the most part)报纸发行量取决于报纸作为一种信息源带给读者的价值。可见，发行量对发行部门以及报纸的服务或娱乐信息的依赖并不大，词库中的somewhat“稍微”符合语境。
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