[单项选择]In Britain, popular newspapers are also called______


A. tabloids
B. quality
C. broadsheets
D. junk

[单项选择]In Britain, popular newspapers are also called ______.
A. tabloids
B. quality
C. broadsheets
D. junk

[单项选择]The heir to the Britain Crown is also called______


A. Prince of Scotland
B. Prince of .Wales
C. Prince of Westminster
D. Prince of England

[单项选择]What are the most popular ESP courses in Britain


A. Courses for doctors.
B. Courses for businessmen.
C. Courses for reporters.
D. Courses for lawyers.

[单项选择]Walking is Britain’s most popular outdoor（）and is the most pleasant and satisfying way of discovering the countryside.
A. pastime
B. recreation
C. entertainment
D. pursuit

[单项选择]Walking is Britain's most popular outdoor ______ and is the most pleasant and satisfying way of discovering the countryside.
A. pastime
B. recreation
C. entertainment
D. pursuit

[单项选择]Which band is from Britain


A. MLTR.
B. Backstreet.
C. M2M.
D. U2.

[单项选择]Travel medicine in Britain is


A. not something anyone wants to run.
B. the responsibility of the government.
C. administered by private doctors.
D. handled adequately by travel agents.

[单项选择]Many American newspapers attract readers of different political tendencies by ______ .


A. supporting extremist groups from time to time
B. inviting middle-of-the-road Americans to write articles for them
C. avoiding carrying articles about extremists
D. printing articles representing different political viewpoints

[单项选择]Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses, with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers. American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads. Fully 87% of their revenues came from advertising in 2006, according to the OECD. In Japan the proportion is 35%. Not surprisingly, Japanese newspapers are much more stable. The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody, but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive. Car and film reviewers have gone. So have science and general business reporters. Foreign bureaus have been savagely pruned. Newspapers are less complete as a result. But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business. Just look at the fate of Otis Chandler"s creation. Thanks to family connections, Chandler ended up in control of the Los Angeles Times in 1960. The paper he inherited was parochial and conservative, reflecting the city it served. Chandler abandoned the anti-union dogma and set about building a west-coast rival to the New York Times. His paper was heavy on foreign news and serious, objective reporting. The result was hugely impressive—but not, as it turned out, suited to the internet era. In the past few years the paper has suffered repeated staff cuts. In 2007 it was acquired by a property magnate and in 2008 filed for bankruptcy protection. The problem with such newspapers is that, although they do much that is excellent, they do little that is distinctive enough for people to pay for it. The Los Angeles Times" foreign reporting is extremely good. But it is hard to argue that it is better than the stuff supplied by the New York Times or foreign papers. Similarly, it has never been clear why each major newspaper needs its own car reviewer a Corolla is a Corolla, whether it is driven in Albuquerque or Atlanta. Papers should concentrate on what they do best, which means, in many cases, local news and sport. If the rest is bought in from wire services or national organizations, readers are unlikely to complain—as long as there is enough competition between those larger providers to keep up standards. Specialization generally means higher quality. It is grim to forecast still more writers losing their jobs. But whether newspapers are thrown onto doorsteps or distributed digitally, they need to deliver something that is distinctive. New technologies like Apple"s iPad only make this more true. The mere acquisition of a smooth block of metal and glass does not magically persuade people that they should start paying for news. They will pay for news if they think it has value. Newspapers need to focus relentlessly on that.From Paragraph 1 we learn that American newspapers
A. are balanced businesses now.
B. are more stable than Japanese ones.
C. get most revenues from readers.
D. have been heavily relying on ads.

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The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in public places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B. C.. In the 700s, the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and distributed among the citizens. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany. The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant( current), which didn’t appear until March 1702. In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. The paper was called Publick (public) Occurrences, hath forreign (foreign) and domastick (domestic). The local government, however, didn’t approve of the paper and stopped its publication after the first issue. In 170
A. 700 years.
B. Over 2 000 years.
C. About 1 300 years.
D. About 380 years.

[单项选择]What is the capital of Britain


A. London.
B. Liverpool.
C. Manchester.
D. Birmingham.