2015年职称英语考前复习指导重难点集训（41）
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The Great Newspaper War
Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used no illustrations and the articles were__________（1）politics or business.
Two men_________（2） that -Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Morning Journal. Pulitzer_________（3） the New York World in 1883. he changed it form a traditional newspaper into a very_________（4） one overnight（一夜之间）。 He__________（5） lots of illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on__________（6） crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she was__________（7） to a mental hospital. She them wrote a series of articles about the poor_________（8）of patients in those hospitals.
In 1895, Hearst___________（9） to New York from California. He wanted the New York Morning Journal to be more sensational（轰动的） and more exciting_____________（10） the New York World. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he_______________（11） the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than_________（12）。 He often said, “Big print makes big news.”
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they_____________（13） to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator（插图画家）， to_____________（14） pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was___________（15）。 Hearst answered, “You furnish （提供） the pictures. I'll furnish the war.”
1 A about B in C with D of
2 A accepted B developed C started D changed
3 A published B bought C issued D printed
4 A boring B practical C exciting D natural
5 A cancelled B approved C solved D added
6 A every B all C both D many
7 A invited B admitted C accepted D called
8 A treatment B reputation C work D results
9 A arrived B reached C changed D came
10 A than B as C in D for
11 A increased B reduced C fixed D offered
12 A anyone B anyone's C anyone else D anyone else's
13 A may B might C must D could
14 A get B keep C draw D make
15 A going B lasting C going on D taking on
参考答案：1. A 2.D 3.B 4. C 5.D 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B 12.D 13. D 14. C 15. C
答案解析：
1. 空白句子的意思是“他们不使用插图，这些文章是关于政治或商业的。”A about“关于”，B in “在…里面”，C with “和…”或者“伴随着…”，D of “…的”表示所属关系，所以答案选A.
2. 这道题要联系后面的内容进行判断。先看一下四个选项：A accepted “接受”，B developed “发展”，C started “开始”，D changed “改变”。接着我们看到文中提到了两个人，分别是Joseph Pulitzer和William Randolph Hearst。第三句话说he（Pulitzer） changed… 下文讲的是他如何改变报纸，所以在本段开始，作者应该说的是“这两个人改变了报纸。”所以答案选择D.
3. 四个选项：A published “出版”，B bought 原形buy “购买”，C issued “发布”，D printed “印刷”。这一段都在讲Joseph Pulitzer改变报纸，所以只有他购买下该报社，才能进行改变，所以答案选择B.
4. 四个选项：A boring“枯燥的，乏味的”，B practical “现实的”，C exciting“令人兴奋的”，D natural“自然的”。这句话的意思是“一夜之间，他把该报纸从传统型报纸改变为令人兴奋的报纸。”在文中的一开始就提到原来的报纸没有插图，内容都是关于政治或商业的，显然说的是传统报纸枯燥，所以该题不能选择A，要选择与枯燥相反的词语，所以C最合适。答案为C.
5. 四个选项：A cancelled “取消了”， B approved“被认可”，C solved“解决”，D added“增加”。这句话的意思是“他增加了很多插图和卡通。”因为短文开始就说没有插图，所以他进行了改变，应该是增加了插图。答案选择D.
6. 首先空白处后面的单词是crime or scandal，可数名词单数，所以排除BCD，因为它们后面需要跟可数名词复数，而且all后面也可加不可数名词。所以答案选择A.
7. 四个选项：A invited“邀请”，B admitted“承认，允许”，C accepted“接受”，D called“打电话，叫”。这句话的意思是“他们中有人假装疯了，然后被允许进入精神病医院。”所以答案选择B。be admitted 被允许进入的意思。
8. 在医院里肯定是给病人进行治疗，所以答案选择A treatment治疗。B reputation“名誉，声望”，C work“工作”，D results “结果”。
9. “从一个地方到另一个地方”A arrived 后面跟地点时用arrive at/in/on; B reach后面直接加地点，C change改变，没有到达的意思。D came原形#e后面+to表示到达某个地方。这句话的意思是“1895年，Hearst从加利福尼亚来到纽约。”答案选择D.
10. More是比较级标志，与之搭配的是than，所以答案选择A.
11. 这句话的意思是“他还想让报纸更加便宜，所以他降低了价格。”A increased“增加”，B reduced“减少”，C fixed “修理，固定”，D offered“提供”。所以答案选择B.
12. 这句话的意思是“Hearst引起了大家的关注，因为他的新闻标题比其他任何报纸的标题都大”。在这里anyone else's=anyone else's headlines，所以答案选择D.
13. “do anything one can”意思是“尽某人最大努力”所以答案选择D。could的原形为can。
14. Draw pictures 固定搭配“画画”，故答案选择C.
15. 这句话的意思是“当他到达那以后，他告诉Hearst战争不在继续。”A going“去”，B lasting“持续”，C going on“继续”，D taking on“呈现，雇佣，穿上”。故C最合适。
