英语六级分类阅读模拟训练附答案和精讲:商业经济(3)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> 3</p><p> <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="era">era</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="journalism">journalism</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="close">close</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="publisher">publisher</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="paywall">paywall</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="offering">offering</span>, _1_ <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accepted">accepted</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="internet">internet</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="news">news</span>.</p><p> <span word="Struggling">Struggling</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="evaporation">evaporation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="advertising">advertising</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="downward">downward</span> <span word="drift">drift</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="street">street</span> <span word="corner">corner</span> <span word="sales">sales</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="intends">intends</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="introduce">introduce</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="metered">metered</span> <span word="model">model</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2011. <span word="Readers">Readers</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> _2_ <span word="a">a</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="articles">articles</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="month">month</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="puts">puts</span> <span word="the">the</span> 159-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="charging">charging</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> _3_ <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="chasm">chasm</span> (鸿沟)<span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="others">others</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guardian">Guardian</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> _4_ <span word="internet">internet</span> <span word="readers">readers</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Timess">Timess</span> <span word="publisher">publisher</span>, <span word="Arthur">Arthur</span> <span word="Sulzberger">Sulzberger</span>, _5_ <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gamble">gamble</span>. <span word="Boasting">Boasting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="print">print</span> _6_ <span word="of">of</span> 995,000 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="weekdays">weekdays</span> <span word="and">and</span> 1.4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sundays">Sundays</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="bestselling">bestselling</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span>, <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span> <span word="Street">Street</span> <span word="Journal">Journal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="USA">USA</span> <span word="Today">Today</span>. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="papers">papers</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="city">city</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> _7_ <span word="scopeas">scopeas</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> 16 <span word="bureaus">bureaus</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> 11 <span word="offices">offices</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="maintains">maintains</span> 26 <span word="bureaus">bureaus</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="publishing">publishing</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grip">grip</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> _8_ <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="parent">parent</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="Company">Company</span>, <span word="has">has</span> 15 <span word="papers">papers</span>, <span word="but">but</span> _9_ <span word="a">a</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> $70 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="September">September</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="accepted">accepted</span> <span word="a">a</span> $250 <span word="million">million</span> _10_ <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Mexican">Mexican</span> <span word="billionaire">billionaire</span>， <span word="Carlos">Carlos</span> <span word="Slim">Slim</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="balance">balance</span> <span word="sheet">sheet</span>.</p>
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