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ing ? 029. The book is not _____ what we paid. ? A. worth B. valuable C. cost D. dear ? 030. The city was _____ to me, and I didn39。t know where to go. ? A. interesting B. large C. strange D. exciting D B A A C ? 031. It39。s no _____ arguing about it, because he will never change his mind. ? A. time B. while C. use D. help ? 032. As the storm drew near, black clouds were _____ over the sky. ? A. smoothing B. wandering C. running D. gathering ? 033. Every time he tried to start the car, the wheels _____ deeper into the mud. ? A. stayed B. sank C. fell D. dropped ? 034. He spoke so quickly that I didn39。t _____ what he said. ? A. receive B. accept ? C. take D. catch ? 035. Her husband felt it would be silly to __ the colour of the curtains before they had painted the room. ? A. change B. find C. choose D. lose C D B D C ? 036. At last day _____ and it began to get light. It39。s time for you to leave. ? A. lighted B. broke C. rose D. began ? 037. Smoking is not _____ in the meeting hall. ? A. supposed B. allowed ? C. happened D. admitted ? 038. To ask someone for help is to turn _____ him. ? A. to B. for ? C. on D. by ? 039. Did you get much _____ from your holiday? ? A. honour B. benefit C. reward D. prize ? 040. She _____ me to open the door. ? A. posted B. noticed C. signed D. drilled B B A B C ? Several factors make a good newspaper story. First obviously it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 21 . They usually respond to it in one of three ways. ? By providing 22 detail, ment or background information. ? By finding a new 23 on the day39。s major stories. ? By printing pletely different stories which TV doesn39。t broadcast. ? What else? Well it also has to be 24 . People don39。t want to read about ordinary, everyday life. Because of this, many stories 25 some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be 26 news. “Plane lands safely no one hurt” doesn39。t sell newspapers. “Plane 27 200 dead!” does. ? Next, there39。s human interest. People are interested in other 28 particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, 29 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers. ? Finally, for many editors, 30 is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, place and events which their readers know. That39。s why the stories in Tokyo39。s newspapers are of ten very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires. addition B. publications B. available B. look B. dramatic B. neglect B. bad B. bumps B. people B. in any case B. similarity C. reporters C. inaccessible C. angle C. professional C. increase C. exciting C. strikes C. things C. for example C. uniqueness D. broadcasters D. memorable D. section D. sensitive D. involve D. informative D. drops D. news D. After all D. familiarity A A C B D B A B C D