根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。
小題1:, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?
小題2:. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. 小題3:. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平裝本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater,小題4:.
Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. 小題5:.A good encyclopedia (百科全書), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.
A.Television has not killed reading, however.
B.Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes
C.Every home should have a good dictionary.
D.Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment.
E. and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.
F. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.
G.TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:E
小題5:C
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