Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 10.The future of the daily newspaper is in danger. With changes in people's reading habits and financial concerns, it seems that more and more of us are turning (1)............from the traditional daily newspaper as a means of getting our information and going online or to TV news for the headlines and main stories instead....
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 10.
The future of the daily newspaper is in danger. With changes in people's reading habits and financial concerns, it seems that more and more of us are turning (1)............from the traditional daily newspaper as a means of getting our information and going online or to TV news for the headlines and main stories instead. Does this mean that newspaper will (2)............become a thing of the past?
Many experts believe that newspapers will survive in some form in the future (3)............the convenience of the internet, their main rival. The main reason for thinking this is that a large percentage of the population is (4)............35 and has a strong newspaper reading habit. For many of these people, reading newspapers is not simply a way of getting the information about (5)............events but part of a traditional routine. For them, catching up with the main stories electronically from news websites or TV news broadcast will never be a real substitute for turning the pages of a paper on the train or at the table.
However the main competition for newspapers (6)............from their own online version. Access to these is currently free of charge but for how much longer? Many newspaper corporations are (7)............that the only way forward for all newspapers is to charge customers to read the online versions. Apparently, surveys (8)............that as many as 48%of British and American consumers are prepared to pay for this service, although they are not prepared to pay very (9)............! Would you be willing to pay for online access to news websites or should it continue to be free for everyone? Can you (10)............a world without newspapers?
Question 1: A.out B. over C. away D. forward
Question 2: A. shortly B. next C. lately D. early
Question 3: A.although B. however C. despite D. but
Question 4: A. over B. more C. after D. further
Question 5: A.modern B. current C. late D. ultimate
Question 6: A. gets B. goes C. gives D. comes
Question 7: A. accepted B. insisted C. convinced D. chosen
Question 8: A.tell B. show C. allow D. describe
Question 9: A. lot B. much C. largely D. enough
Question 10:A. imagine B. predict C. believe D. fancy
1.Tom said he would come to the meeting
2.Mary said she I couldn't afford to buy a new car
3.Miss Young said she had to talk to professor Reed
4.They said they had had lunch in Lug's restaurant "
5.He said he had met her about 3 months before
6.She said Peter and Sure were getting married the next day
7.She said she was meeting them at 4 o'clock that day
8.He said stephen was bringing some records to the party that night
9.She said her parents were ariving the next week
Change these statements into reported speech