Question

【題目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

It is usually a common practice that journal websites offer readers their free online editions of articles and other information. However, America’s most popular newspaper website announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a 【1】. The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to set out plans for a pay wall around its digital offering, 【2】 the accepted practice that Internet users will not pay for news.

Struggling with a decline of advertising and a downward 【3】in street corner sales, The New York Times intends to introduce a “metered” model at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have exceeded (超過) a set number of its online articles per month.

The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper on the 【4】 side of an increasingly wide chasm (鴻溝) in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not charge Internet readers.

The New York Time’s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, 【5】 that the idea was a gamble. 【6】 a print circulation of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, behind the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. While most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 【7】national scope—as well as 16 bureaus (辦事處) in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and 【8】 26 bureaus elsewhere in the world.

But like many in the publishing industry,the paper is in the grip of a serious financial crisis. Its parent company,the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 【9】 a loss of $70 million in the nine months to September and recently accepted a $250 million loan from a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim, to 【10】 its balance sheet.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】B

【3】F

【4】E

【5】G

【6】H

【7】D

【8】J

【9】A

【10】K

【解析】

本文是一篇新聞報道。美國最受歡迎的報紙網(wǎng)站《紐約時報》宣布，免費(fèi)在線新聞時代即將結(jié)束，網(wǎng)站計劃推出付費(fèi)墻。當(dāng)讀者每月閱讀超過一定數(shù)量的在線文章時，他們將被要求付費(fèi)。但其他的報紙則表示，他們不會向網(wǎng)絡(luò)讀者收費(fèi)。

【1】考查固定短語。句意：然而，美國最受歡迎的報紙網(wǎng)站宣布，免費(fèi)在線新聞時代即將結(jié)束。短語draw to a close“漸近結(jié)束，告終”。符合句意。故選I項。

【2】考查現(xiàn)在分詞。句意：《紐約時報》已經(jīng)成為迄今為止最大的出版商，該報計劃圍繞其數(shù)字產(chǎn)品推出付費(fèi)墻，摒棄了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶不為新聞付費(fèi)的慣例。abandon意為“放棄，丟棄”；此處abandoning是現(xiàn)在分詞作結(jié)果狀語，表示自然而然的結(jié)果。符合句意。故選B項。

【3】考查名詞。句意：在廣告量下降和街角銷售量下降的趨勢下，《紐約時報》打算在2011年初推出“計量”模式。a downward tendency意為“向下的趨勢，下降的傾向”，符合句意。故選F項。

【4】考查現(xiàn)在分詞。句意：這一決定將這份有著159年歷史的報紙置于媒體行業(yè)日益擴(kuò)大的鴻溝的收費(fèi)這一邊。charge意為：收費(fèi)，指控，控告。在此處charging是現(xiàn)在分詞作定語，charging side“收費(fèi)的一邊”。符合句意。故選E項。

【5】考查一般過去時。句意：《紐約時報》的出版商Arthur Sulzberger承認(rèn)了這個想法是一場賭博。acknowledge意為：承認(rèn)，認(rèn)可。根據(jù)acknowledge后的賓語從句that the idea was a gamble中的時態(tài)可知，acknowledge是過去的動作，用一般過去時acknowledged。符合句意。故選G項。

【6】考查現(xiàn)在分詞。句意：《紐約時報》自詡的發(fā)行量，工作日是995,000份，周日是140萬份。boast意為：夸口說，自吹自擂地說，以有…而自豪。此處boasting 是現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語。符合句意。故選H項。

【7】考查動詞。句意：《紐約時報》是少數(shù)幾家能夠宣稱擁有全國性業(yè)務(wù)的報紙之一。

claim意為：聲稱，宣稱。情態(tài)動詞can后用動詞原形，claim是動詞原形。符合句意。故選D項。

【8】考查一般現(xiàn)在時。句意：它在美國各地設(shè)有11個辦公處，并在世界其他地方還保持有26個辦事處。maintain意為“維持，保持，維護(hù)”。根據(jù)上一句it has 11 offices…可知，說的是現(xiàn)在的情況，maintain用一般現(xiàn)在時, 主語為it，為第三人稱。故選J項。

【9】考查一般過去時。句意：其母公司“紐約時報公司”擁有15份報紙，但在截至9月的9個月內(nèi)虧損7000萬美元。短語suffer a loss “遭受損失”。根據(jù)下一句…accepted a $250 million loan…可知，報紙?zhí)潛p。時間狀語in the nine months to September是過去的時間，suffer用一般過去時。符合句意。故選A項。

【10】考查動詞不定式。句意：（紐約時報公司）最近接受了墨西哥億萬富翁 Carlos Slim 提供的2.5億美元貸款，以強(qiáng)化其資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表。strengthen意為“使加強(qiáng) ，鞏固”。此處是不定式做目的狀語，在不定式后用動詞原形，符合句意。故選K項。