USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by A1 Neuharth in 1982 with the goal of providing a national newspaper in the US market, where generally only a single local newspaper was available. The paper has the widest circulation（發(fā)行量）of any newspaper in the United States, averaging over 2.25 million copies every weekday. It was the first color newspaper in the United States.

The newspaper was also among the first newspapers to use satellites to send the edition of the newspaper to different locations across the country for printing and distributing in those regional markets. This allowed the paper to include the most recent news and sports scores in each edition.

Each edition of the newspaper consists of four sections: News, Money, Sports and Life. On Fridays, tow life sections are included: the regular life for movies subtitled Weekend, which features television, films and trends, and a travel supplement called Destinations & Diversions. Each section is denoted（表示）by a certain color to different sections, which is seen in a box on the top-left corner of the first page, with News being blue(section A), Money with green (section B), red for Sportd (section C), and purple for life (section D). USA Today prints each complete story on the front page of the respective（各自的）section with exception to the cover story. The cover story is a longer story that requires a jump (readers must turn to another page in the paper in the paper to complete the story, usually the very next page, page 2 of that section).

Starting in February 2008, the newspaper added a magazine supplement（增刊）called Open Air, appearing several times a year.

1.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that USA Today____.

A. Developed from a famous America local newspaper

B. Was founded to cover world stories

C. Was among the first color newspapers in the world

D. Does not print on Saturdays or Sundays

2.Which of the following is TRUE about USA Today?

A. It uses satellites to print color copy.

B. It is the cheapest daily newspaper in the United States.

C. It offers readers the latest news.

D. It is the first international newspaper in the United States.

3.Mr. Watts wants to get the most recent travel information. He will turn to____.

A. Section A B. section B

C. section C D. section D

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