The rapid growth of Smartphones and electronic tablets（平板電腦）is making the Internet favourite for Americans reading news, a report said.
News consumption online increased 17% last year from the year before. Television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year. For the first time, the number of people who get news online at least three times a week is larger than the number of people who get news from the newspapers. TV news has been the most popular since the 1960s. It has replaced the afternoon newspapers. But now the online news seems to be more popular than the TV news.
People are used to having the Internet available on phones or small tablets. In December, 2010, 41% of Americans said they got most of their news on the Internet, more than double the 17% who said that a year earlier, the report said. In January, 2011, 7% of Americans owned electronic tablets, nearly double what it was three months earlier. It was the fastest-growing new digital technology, ahead of mobile phones when they were introduced. The online ad income was expected to surpass（超過）print newspaper ad income for the first time in 2010.
The news business used to be the intermediary（中介）. You needed newspapers and TV stations to reach your customers. In this age of the computer, it’s the software developers that you need.
小題1:Americans like getting news from ________ best today.
A．TV news
B．the Internet
C．newspapers
D．radios
小題2:About ________ % of Americans got most of their news on the Internet in 2009.
A．7
B．17
C．24
D．51
小題3:Which of the following media has more readers?
① TV news        ② the Internet        ③ the afternoon newspapers
A．①>②>③
B．②>①>③
C．③>①>②
D．③>②>①
小題4:About 3.5% of Americans had electronic tablets in ________.
A．October, 2010
B．December, 2010
C．February, 2011
D．March, 2011
小題5:The news business depends on ________ today.
A．the reporters
B．the readers
C．the newspaper sellers
D．the software developers

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析:本文主要介紹了信息技術(shù)的發(fā)展對新聞業(yè)的影響。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“But now the online news seems to be more popular than the TV news.”理解可知�，F(xiàn)在的美國人喜歡在網(wǎng)上獲取信息，故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“In December, 2010, 41% of Americans said they got most of their news on the Internet, more than double the 17% who said that a year earlier, the report said.”理解可知。在2009年，17%的美國人從網(wǎng)絡(luò)上獲取消息，故選B。
小題3:理解歸納題，根據(jù)文中第二自然段的語句理解可知，讀者的數(shù)量由高到低的排列應(yīng)是網(wǎng)絡(luò)，電視，還有報紙，故選B。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“In January, 2011, 7% of Americans owned electronic tablets, nearly double what it was three months earlier.”理解可知。在2011年的1月份的前3個月，也就是2010年的10月份，美國擁有平板電腦的人只有3.5%，故選A。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“In this age of the computer, it’s the software developers that you need.”理解可知�，F(xiàn)在新聞業(yè)依靠的是軟件的開發(fā)者，故選D。
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