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Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don’ t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say that their readers are lazy. They say they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the reader’s interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headlines that make you stop and look. If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps you will go on to read the rest of the story. Just the same, there are a lo
A. more popular today
B. less popular today
C. as popular as before
D. getting more and more popular

[单项选择]Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don’ t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say that their readers are lazy. They say they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the reader’s interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headlines that make you stop and look. If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps you will go on to read the rest of the story. Just the same, there are a lot of people who do
A. the headlines
B. the sports page
C. the front page
D. the classified advertisements

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Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper everyday. Most people read only the sports page, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don’t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say their readers are lazy. They say nobody really wants to read a newspaper. So they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the readers’ interest with the pictures and exciting headlines.
Why are newspapers not as popular as they were in the past？

Because there are（）who seriously read a newspaper everyday.

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

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