高考攻略 黄冈第二轮复习新思维—英语第二轮 完形填空.docVIP

高考攻略 黄冈第二轮复习新思维 英语第二轮 完形填空 【本材料为2006高考前材料】 Ex 1 BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. 1 recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to 2 the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its 3 to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has 4 its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid. In Britain the newspaper market is 5 between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms 6 the size of the papers pages but there is also a clear 7 in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 8 papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also 9 long and use quite formal language. Tabloids have far more stories about 10 seri- ous issues such as celebrities love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids of-ten have bigger pictures. Britains 11 newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked 12 on page three every day. By 13 to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the footsteps of a less 14 broadsheet paper the Independent. 15 changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase 16 . Although both papers have 17 to the smaller size, the content of the papers has 18 the same. They are both still se-rious papers. The two papers claim that people 19 the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. 20 says its new size is compact, not tabloid. 1. A. Then B. So C. And D. But 2. A. match B. suit C. fit D. change 3. A. length B. size C. width D. thickness 4. A. cut B. added C. enlarged D. printed 5. A. devided B. separated C. arranged D. marked 6. A. turn into B. refer to C. think about D. connect with 7. A. meaning B. mark C. difference