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[听力原文]11-15
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.

[听力原文]11-15
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.
What pages or columns of newspapers do most people read（）

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

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Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called "mall rats". Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores under one roof.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations of private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are parking spaces for 2,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People like doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built around the country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many
A. One spends so much time at malls.
B. One steals at malls.
C. One sees dentists at malls.
D. One eats a lot at malls.

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Fast-food restaurants are very popular in the United States. They are popular because the service is fast and the prices are low. Of all the fast-food restaurants, McDonald’s is probably the most famous and the most popular.
Richard and Maurice McDonald, the original owner of McDonald’s, opened their first self-service restaurant in San Bernadino, California. People would come from everywhere to buy their French fries and hamburgers. Workers would buy their lunches at McDonald’s because the hamburgers and French fries tasted better than their lunches from home.
By 1960, the McDonald brothers owned 228 self-service restaurants. Then, in 1960, Ray Kroc, a 56-year-old salesman, bought the name and most of the restaurants for 2.7 million dollars.
He then began to build new restaurants, and, by 1982, he owned about 7,063. Of those restaurants, about 1,283 were in other countries: Japan, West Germany, England, and Austr
A. Ray Kroc.
B. Two McDonald brothers.
C. A 56-year-old businessman.
D. A man from the McDonald family.