The Great Newspaper War Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious read

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问题                         The Great Newspaper War
    Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used【C1】______illustrations and the articles were about politics or business.
    Two men changed that—Joseph Pulitzer【C2】______The New York World and Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal. Pulitzer bought The New York World【C3】______1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very 【C4】______one overnight. He added 【C5】______illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on【C6】______crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she【C7】______to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of【C8】______in those hospitals.
    In 1895, Hearst came to New York from【C9】______California. He wanted The Journal to be more sensational and more exciting【C10】______The World. He also wanted it to be 【C11】______, so he reduced the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than【C12】______. He often said, "Big print makes big news. "
    Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they 【C13】______to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator,【C14】______pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was【C15】______. Hearst answered, "You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war. "
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选项 A、excite
B、excitingly
C、exciting
D、excited

答案C

解析 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,有形容人的心情之意,而exciting表示“令人激动的”,主要修饰事物,所以应该选C。
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