[問題]2004年8月第一篇 Q9 (reading)

[doggyface922]

People living today in the northwestern state of Washington who have many sources
of news in addition to newspapers must stretch their imaginations to understand the
importance of the press during much of the state's history. Beginning in 1852 with
The Cohumblan. the first paper in Washington Territory, ,lewspapers served to connect
settlers in frontier communities with each other and with the rnajor events of their times.
Unlike many mid-century papers, The Columbian, published every Saturday in Olympia,
one of Washington's larger towns, was "neutral in politics," meaning that it was not the
organ of a particular political party or religious group. For its first few years, it was the
only newspaper in the territory, but during the following decades, enterprising
Washingtonians founded many other papers. Few of these papers lasted long. Until the
turn of the century, most were the production of an individual editor, who might begin
with insufficient capital or fail to attract a steady readership. Often working with no
staff at all, these editors wrote copy, set type, delivered papers, oversaw billing, and
sold advertising. Their highly personal journals reflected their own tastes, politics, and
known as the "Oregon style"--graphic, torrid, and potentially libelous.
Early newspapers were thick with print, carrying no illustrations or cartoons.
Advertising was generally confined to the back pages and simply listed commodities
received by local stores. Toward the end of the century, newspapers in Washington
began to carry national advertising, especially from patent medicine companies, which
bought space from agencies that brokered ads in papers all over the country. By 1900,
Washington boasted 19 daily and 176 weekly papers. Especially in the larger cities, they
reflected less the personal opinions of the editor than the interests of the large businesses
they had become. They subscribed to the Associated Press and United Press news
services, and new technology permitted illustrations. Concentrating on features, crime
reporting, and sensationalism, they imitated the new mass-circulation papers that William
Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were making popular throughout the United States.
9. In line 22, the word "boasted" is closest in meaning to
(A) planned
(B) financed
(C) was forced to close
(D) took pride in having


答案是 B ，為蝦米?文章哪裡看得出來啊? 請各位大大幫幫忙，感謝哩

[hsyeng]

我怎覺得答案昰D阿~~

[sharonstone]

我怎覺得答案昰D阿~~

同意答案D +1

[duck]

我當初寫時也覺得是D
且..還直覺答案給錯了 嘻~~~

[doggyface922]

我也是選答案D說.....我還以為我沒看懂文章的意思，可是想破頭就是聯想不到financed勒...看來應該是答案有錯，謝謝大家囉

[jckh]

感謝各位...順便問一下第4.6.7題

4. In line 13, the word "oversaw" is closest in meaning to
(A) estimated
(B) supervised
(C) collected
(D) provided

答案:A, 我選B

6. According to the passage, which of the following was true of curly Washington newspapers?
(A) Most were owned by part-time editors who worked at other
jobs.
(B) Most were run by editors who had little or no earlier newspaper
experience.
(C) Most received financial support from the town in which they
were published.
(D) Most stayed in business for only a short while.

答案:D, 我選C <---亂選的

7. What does the author mention as typical of early newspaper editors from Washington?
(A) Their capital grew rapidly.
(B) Their political opinions changed with time.
(C) They had many types of responsibilities.
(D) They were generally members of the same political party.

答案:D, 我選C


麻煩高手解答了...謝謝...

[2005fresh]

4.選B

6.D沒錯,因為 Few of these papers lasted long

7.選C,因為these editors wrote copy, set type, delivered papers, oversaw billing, and sold advertising

[peggy91979]

這篇我也是覺得答案...問題多多
終於有正確的答案了

[Yellow]

可否請教你們的2004年考題是從哪裡來的呀!? 我都沒有...