Almost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day.Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers But why do people read newspapers?

　　Five hundred years ago，news of important happenings--battles lost and won，kings or rulers overthrown(推翻)or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate.Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.

　　Apart from supplying news from all over the world，newspapers give us a lot of other useful information There are weather reports，radio，television and film guides，book reviews，stories，and of course.advertisements.The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products.They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space，but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country For those who produce newspapers，advertisements are also very important.Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

　　41 The phrase “subscribe to’’ in the first paragraph means“ ________”

　　A.go to the newspaper stand and buy B.send their own news stories to

　　C.agree to buy for a specific period of time D become faithful readers of

　　42 The habit of reading newspapers is _____

　　A.widespread B.found among a few families C.not popular D.uncommon

　　43.Before the time of the newspaper，_____

　　A bad news traveled quickly and good news slowly B few people cared about events that took place in far away countries

　　C.kings and rulers were often overthrown or killed D.news was passed from one person to another

　　44 The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is ______

　　A.wasted B.not much C well spent D.of no use to anyone

　　45.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A.Five hundred years ago it took a long time for news to reach other countries.

　　B.Newspaper advertisements turn people’S attention away from their products.

　　C.The news that we read in newspapers is mainly about new products.

　　D When newspapers are sold at a low price，the newspaper producers will lose money.

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　　幾乎每個(gè)家庭每天都會(huì)買至少一份報(bào)紙。一些人甚至訂閱2或3份不同的報(bào)紙。那么，為什么人們要讀報(bào)紙呢?

　　五百年前，重大事件的消息——戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的失敗和勝利，國(guó)王或統(tǒng)治者被推翻或謀殺——要花幾個(gè)月甚至數(shù)年的時(shí)間從一個(gè)國(guó)家傳到另一個(gè)國(guó)家。這些口頭傳播的消息往往不準(zhǔn)確。現(xiàn)如今，我們可以在報(bào)紙上得知當(dāng)天發(fā)生在很遠(yuǎn)的國(guó)家的重大事件。

　　除了提供世界各地的新聞之外，報(bào)紙還給我們提供了許多其他有用的信息。比如天氣預(yù)報(bào)，廣播電視電影的預(yù)告，書(shū)評(píng)，小說(shuō)，當(dāng)然還有廣告。那些較大的廣告是大公司為了讓他們的產(chǎn)品引人注意。雖然他們?yōu)榱诉@些廣告位付給報(bào)紙的經(jīng)營(yíng)者幾千美元，但是這個(gè)錢還是花的值得的，由于廣告的作用他們的產(chǎn)品進(jìn)入了千家萬(wàn)戶。對(duì)于經(jīng)營(yíng)報(bào)紙的人，廣告也很重要。廣告的收入讓他們可以以很低的價(jià)格出售報(bào)紙仍然獲利。

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