Natalie prefers yellow, whereas I prefer green.()
A. if
B. while
C. then
D. so
根据短文回答 51~65 题。
The Great Newspaper War
Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used no illustrations and the articles were_______(1) Politics or business.
Two men_______(2) that——Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Morning Journal Pulitzer_______(3) the New York World in 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very _______(4) one overnight (一夜之间). He (5) lots of illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on_______ (6) crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she was _______(7) to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor_______(8) of patients in those hospitals.
In 1895, Hearst_______(9) to New York from California He wanted the New York Morning Journal to be more sensational (轰动的) and more exciting_______ (10) The New York World. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he _______ (11) The price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than _______ (12). He often said, "Big print makes big news."
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they_______(13) to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator (插呼画家), to _______ (14) Pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was_______ (15). Hearst answered, "You furnish (提供) the pictures. I'll furnish the war."
第 51 题 请选择(1)处的最佳答案
A. about
B. in
C. with
D. of
根据短文回答 46~50 题。
The Joy of Living Alone
More and more Americans are living atone. Some live atone because of divorce or the death of a partner._______(1) According to a recent U.S. census (人口普查), 25 percent of all households in the U.S. are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.
The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely._______(2) The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.
It's now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone. As people get better jobs and become financially independent, it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household._______(3) However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.
The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it. "Living alone is a luxury," says Nina Hagiwara, 38. "Once you do it, you can't ever go back to living with others." David C'Debaca, 46, agrees. _______(4)
Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.
_______(5) The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.
第 46 题 请选择(1)处的最佳答案
A. There's more pressure to get married nowadays.
B. The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.
C. However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.
D. It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.
E. In fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S. are under the age of 35.
F. He says, "I like being by myself."
In 1861, it seemed inevitable that the Southern states would break away from the Union.