英语六级考试快读阅读练习及答案（3）
<p> <span word="Newspapers">Newspapers</span></p><p> <span word="Newspapers">Newspapers</span> are the original form of broadband communication, a distinction not always recognized in the age of the Internet. Long before we had computers, television, radio, telephones and telegraph, newspapers were the cheapest and most efficient way to reach mass audiences with news, commentary and advertising. Newspapers, from their beginnings as hand-printed broadsheets, have been a true random-access medium-readers can move easily and quickly through the different sections of a newspaper, returning to them days or even weeks later. And because a newspapers software consists of a common language, it possesses a universal and timeless quality.</p><p> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="Did">Did</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Growth">Growth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="TV">TV</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="Mean">Mean</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Newspapers">Newspapers</span>?</p><p> <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1960<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="confronted">confronted</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="formidable">formidable</span> <span word="competitor">competitor</span>. <span word="Today">Today</span>, <span word="ABC">ABC</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="ABC">ABC</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="source">source</span>-<span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="true">true</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> 1,600 <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="readers">readers</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="countrys">countrys</span> <span word="dominant">dominant</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="medium">medium</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="survive">survive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="flourish">flourish</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="attuned">attuned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="printers">printers</span> <span word="ink">ink</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="enters">enters</span> <span word="the">the</span> 21<span word="st">st</span> <span word="century">century</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Morse">Morse</span> <span word="telegraph">telegraph</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="oblivion">oblivion</span>. <span word="Newspapers">Newspapers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="portable">portable</span>, <span word="convenient">convenient</span> <span word="medium">medium</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="lugs">lugs</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="monitor">monitor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="news">news</span>. <span word="And">And</span>, <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="proving">proving</span> <span word="surprisingly">surprisingly</span> <span word="adept">adept</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="reinventing">reinventing</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="todays">todays</span> <span word="readers">readers</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="emphasizing">emphasizing</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="design">design</span>, <span word="color">color</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="detailed">detailed</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="interpret">interpret</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="events">events</span>.</p>
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