Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? _1_ an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets _2_ the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to _3_ the news.
Newspapers have one basic _4_ , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to _5_ it. Radio, telegraph, television, and _6_ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. _7_ , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the _8_ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are _9_ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers _10_ of the latest news, today's newspapers _11_ and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices _12_ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very _13_ .Newspapers are sold at a price that _14_ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main _15_ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The _16_ in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This _17_ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends _18_ on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment _19_ in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information _20_ the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.

1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed
11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover D.succeeds in
15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured
18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered
20.A.by B.with C.at D.about