"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 1961.A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account.They usually set the news agenda for the rest of the media.41.______

Of all the "old" media, newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet.Circulation has been falling in America, Western Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand for decades (elsewhere, sales are rising ).42.______

That sort of inference would have produced a sniff from a Beaverbrook or a Hearst, but even the most cynical news baron could not dismiss the way that ever more young people are getting their news online.Britons aged between 15 and 24 say they spend almost 30% less time reading national newspapers once they start using the web.

Advertising is following readers out of the door.The rush is almost improper, largely because the Internet is a seductive medium that seemingly matches buyers with sellers and proves to advertisers that their money is well spent.Classi fiedads, in particular, are quickly shifting online.43.______

Newspapers have not yet started to shut down in large numbers, but it is only a matter of time.Over the next few decades half the rich world’s general papers may fold.Jobs are already disappearing.44.______ In 2005 a group of shareholders in Knight Ridder, the owner of several big American dailies, got the firm to sell its papers and thus end a 114-year history.This year Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, attacked the New York Times Company, the most august journalistic institution of all, because its share price had fallen by nearly half in four years.

Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something.In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism.45.______

They are trying to create new businesses on- and offline.And they are investing in free daily papers, which do not use up any of their limited editorial resources on uncovering political corruption or corporate fraud.So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them.Even if it does, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.第41题的答案是______.

"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 1961.A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account.They usually set the news agenda for the rest of the media.41.______

Of all the "old" media, newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet.Circulation has been falling in America, Western Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand for decades (elsewhere, sales are rising ).42.______

That sort of inference would have produced a sniff from a Beaverbrook or a Hearst, but even the most cynical news baron could not dismiss the way that ever more young people are getting their news online.Britons aged between 15 and 24 say they spend almost 30% less time reading national newspapers once they start using the web.

Advertising is following readers out of the door.The rush is almost improper, largely because the Internet is a seductive medium that seemingly matches buyers with sellers and proves to advertisers that their money is well spent.Classi fiedads, in particular, are quickly shifting online.43.______

Newspapers have not yet started to shut down in large numbers, but it is only a matter of time.Over the next few decades half the rich world’s general papers may fold.Jobs are already disappearing.44.______ In 2005 a group of shareholders in Knight Ridder, the owner of several big American dailies, got the firm to sell its papers and thus end a 114-year history.This year Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, attacked the New York Times Company, the most august journalistic institution of all, because its share price had fallen by nearly half in four years.

Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something.In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism.45.______

They are trying to create new businesses on- and offline.And they are investing in free daily papers, which do not use up any of their limited editorial resources on uncovering political corruption or corporate fraud.So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them.Even if it does, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.第42题的答案是______.

"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 1961.A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account.They usually set the news agenda for the rest of the media.41.______

Of all the "old" media, newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet.Circulation has been falling in America, Western Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand for decades (elsewhere, sales are rising ).42.______

That sort of inference would have produced a sniff from a Beaverbrook or a Hearst, but even the most cynical news baron could not dismiss the way that ever more young people are getting their news online.Britons aged between 15 and 24 say they spend almost 30% less time reading national newspapers once they start using the web.

Advertising is following readers out of the door.The rush is almost improper, largely because the Internet is a seductive medium that seemingly matches buyers with sellers and proves to advertisers that their money is well spent.Classi fiedads, in particular, are quickly shifting online.43.______

Newspapers have not yet started to shut down in large numbers, but it is only a matter of time.Over the next few decades half the rich world’s general papers may fold.Jobs are already disappearing.44.______ In 2005 a group of shareholders in Knight Ridder, the owner of several big American dailies, got the firm to sell its papers and thus end a 114-year history.This year Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, attacked the New York Times Company, the most august journalistic institution of all, because its share price had fallen by nearly half in four years.

Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something.In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism.45.______

They are trying to create new businesses on- and offline.And they are investing in free daily papers, which do not use up any of their limited editorial resources on uncovering political corruption or corporate fraud.So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them.Even if it does, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.第43题的答案是______.

"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 1961.A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account.They usually set the news agenda for the rest of the media.41.______

Of all the "old" media, newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet.Circulation has been falling in America, Western Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand for decades (elsewhere, sales are rising ).42.______

That sort of inference would have produced a sniff from a Beaverbrook or a Hearst, but even the most cynical news baron could not dismiss the way that ever more young people are getting their news online.Britons aged between 15 and 24 say they spend almost 30% less time reading national newspapers once they start using the web.

Advertising is following readers out of the door.The rush is almost improper, largely because the Internet is a seductive medium that seemingly matches buyers with sellers and proves to advertisers that their money is well spent.Classi fiedads, in particular, are quickly shifting online.43.______

Newspapers have not yet started to shut down in large numbers, but it is only a matter of time.Over the next few decades half the rich world’s general papers may fold.Jobs are already disappearing.44.______ In 2005 a group of shareholders in Knight Ridder, the owner of several big American dailies, got the firm to sell its papers and thus end a 114-year history.This year Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, attacked the New York Times Company, the most august journalistic institution of all, because its share price had fallen by nearly half in four years.

Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something.In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism.45.______

They are trying to create new businesses on- and offline.And they are investing in free daily papers, which do not use up any of their limited editorial resources on uncovering political corruption or corporate fraud.So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them.Even if it does, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.第44题的答案是______.

"A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself," mused Arthur Miller in 1961.A decade later, two reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles that brought down President Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account.They usually set the news agenda for the rest of the media.41.______

Of all the "old" media, newspapers have the most to lose from the Internet.Circulation has been falling in America, Western Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand for decades (elsewhere, sales are rising ).42.______

That sort of inference would have produced a sniff from a Beaverbrook or a Hearst, but even the most cynical news baron could not dismiss the way that ever more young people are getting their news online.Britons aged between 15 and 24 say they spend almost 30% less time reading national newspapers once they start using the web.

Advertising is following readers out of the door.The rush is almost improper, largely because the Internet is a seductive medium that seemingly matches buyers with sellers and proves to advertisers that their money is well spent.Classi fiedads, in particular, are quickly shifting online.43.______

Newspapers have not yet started to shut down in large numbers, but it is only a matter of time.Over the next few decades half the rich world’s general papers may fold.Jobs are already disappearing.44.______ In 2005 a group of shareholders in Knight Ridder, the owner of several big American dailies, got the firm to sell its papers and thus end a 114-year history.This year Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, attacked the New York Times Company, the most august journalistic institution of all, because its share price had fallen by nearly half in four years.

Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something.In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism.45.______

They are trying to create new businesses on- and offline.And they are investing in free daily papers, which do not use up any of their limited editorial resources on uncovering political corruption or corporate fraud.So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them.Even if it does, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.第45题的答案是______.