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专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷14

一、阅读理解本（题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。）

Newspapersarcnotnearlyaspopulartodayastheywereinthepast.Therearcnotvery

manypeoplewh。seriouslyreadanewspapereverydav.Mostpeoplereadonlythesports

pages,theadviceorgossipcolumns,thecomics,andperhapstheclassified

advertisements.Mostpeopledonttakethetimetoreadtherealnews.Newspapereditors

saythattheirreadersarelazy.Theysaytheyhavetotrickpeopleintoreadingthenews.

Theyattempttocatchthereadersinterestwithpicturesandexcitingheadlines.These

techniquesareusedonthefrontpagebecauseitisthefirstthingyouseewhenyoupick

upthepaper.Thefirstpageattractsattentionandencouragesthereadertolookthrough

therestofthepaper.Thisiswhyeditorsalwayslookforagoodfirstpagestoryand

headlinesthatmakeyoustopandlook.ftheheadlineishorribleenoughorfrightening

enoughorwildenough,perhapsyouwillgoontoreadtherestofthestory.Justthesame,

therearealotofpeoplewhodonotevenreadthefrontpageanymore.Theymayreadthe

headlines,butthatisall.Thentheyturntothesportspage,orcomics,oradvertisements.

tseemsthatpeopledonotwantthenewsfromanewspaperanymore.Theysaytheyget

thenewsonthetelevisionnow.Morepeoplewatchtelevisionnewsbecauseitiseasier

andmoreinterestingthanreadinganewspaper.Whataboutyou?Doyoureadnewsfrom

anewspaper?Doyouwatchthenewsontelevision?Doyouthinkiteasiertogetthe

newsfromtelevision?Doyoulistentotheradio?Ordoyouevencareaboutnewsatall?

Wouldyoumindiftherewerenonews?

1Accordingtothewriter,newspapersare.

A、morepopulartoday

B、lesspopulartoday

C、aspopularasbefore

D、gettingmoreandmorepopular

标准答案：B

知识点解析：章首句说到：“Newspapersarcnotncarlyaspopulart