Question

    Up till about 130 years ago, newspapers in the United States attracted only the most serious readers. They used no illustration (插图) and the articles were about politics or business.

Two men changed that - Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal. Pulitzer bought the New York World in 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very exciting one overnight. He added lots of illustrations and he told his reporters to write articles on every crime they could find. And they did. One of them-a woman reporter, even pretended she was mad and was sent to a hospital. She then wrote many articles about the poor treatment of patients in those hospitals where mad men were kept.

In 1895, Hearst came to New York from California. He wanted the Journal to be more exciting than the world. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he lowered the price to a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his newspaper headings were bigger than anyone else’s. He often says, “Big print makes big news.”

Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they could to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator, to draw pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was going on, Hearst answered, “You provide the pictures. I’ll provide the war.”

1.What kind of news did American newspapers carry 130 years ago?

A.Only serious matters. B.All kinds of exciting news.

C.Crimes and mad people. D.The treatment of patients in hospital.

2.What can we know about the woman reporter in the second paragraph?

A.She helped Joseph Pulitzer buy the New York Journal.

B.She was forced to be mad and was sent to a hospital.

C.She learned a lot about the real life of the mad patients in hospital.

D.She made the newspaper from traditional to exciting.

3.What does this passage mainly talk about?

A.The difficulties that the newspaper owners faced.

B.Two most famous reporters of the United States.

C.Newspaper owners were fond of crimes and war.

D.Two important men changed newspapers greatly

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文中讲述了一百三十年前传统的美国报纸被Joseph Pulitzer和William Randolph Hearst这两个人一次次改变的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中Up till about 130 years ago, newspapers in the United States attracted only the most serious readers. They used no illustration (插图) and the articles were about politics or business.可知直到大约130年前，美国的报纸只吸引最严肃的读者。他们没有使用插图，文章是关于政治或商业的。由此可知，130年前，只有严肃的事情才在美国报纸上刊登。故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段中One of them-a woman reporter, even pretended she was mad and was sent to a hospital. She then wrote many articles about the poor treatment of patients in those hospitals where mad men were kept.可知其中一个是女记者，她甚至假装疯了，被送进了医院。接着，她写了许多文章，讲述那些关押发疯的人的医院里病人的糟糕待遇。由此可知，女记者了解了很多关于医院里的疯病人的真实生活。故选C。

3.主旨大意题。根据第二段第一句Two men changed that - Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal可知有两个人改变了这一点——买下了《纽约世界》的Joseph Pulitzer，和买下了《纽约日报》的William Randolph Hearst。结合文章主要讲述了一百三十年前传统的美国报纸被Joseph Pulitzer和William Randolph Hearst这两个人一次次改变的故事。由此可知，这篇文章主要讲了两个重要人物使报纸发生了很大的变化。故选D。