2022年自考《综合英语（一）》练习试题3.5

II．阅读理解。认真阅读下列两篇短文，每篇短文有5个问题，根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。

Passage One

No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA.There are almost 2,000 of them,as compared with 180 in Japan,164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain.The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world.Famous dailies like the Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country.However,they are not national newspapers in the sense that The Times is in Britain or Le Monde is in France,since each American city has its own daily newspaper.The best of these present detailed description of national and international news,but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.

Like the press in most other countries,American newspapers range from the“sensational”which feature crime and gossip(闲谈),to the“serious”,which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events.But with few exceptions,American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information,for they have to compete with the attraction of television.

Just as American newspapers satisfy all tastes,so do they also try to attract readers of all political parties.A few newspapers support extremist(极端主义的)groups on the far right and on the far left,but most daily newspapers try to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are moderate.Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views,in order to present a balanced picture.

As in other countries,American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible,but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once courageously exposed political scandals(丑闻)or crimes,for instance,the Watergate Affair(水门事件).The Newspapers drew the attention of the public to the horrors of the Vietnam War.