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Unit3DiscoveringUsefulStructuresandListeningandTalking能力提升练

1.阅读理解

（2019宁夏银川一中高一上期末，★★☆）

Inthenearfuture，dailynewspapersandmonthlymagazineswillprobablydisappear.Electronicmedia（媒体）canprovidethesameinformationfasterandcheaper.TheInternet，togetherwithlaptopsandmobilephones，makesitpossiblethatalmosteveryonecanatanytimeandinalmostanyplacegetsomenewsforfreeorforfewfees.

YoullbrowsethecomputernewspapersormagazinesjustliketurningonTV.Anelectronicvoicewilltellyoustoriesaboutthelatestevents.Youllevengettochoosethekindofvoiceyouwanttohear，Wantmoreinformationonthebriefstory？Asimpletouchmakesthewholetextappear.

Therearethepredictionsfromtheexpertsworkingonthenewspapersofthefuture.Imaginedaspartofhomemediaentertainmentsystems，computernewspapersandmagazineswoulduniteprintedandbroadcastnews，offeringinformationandanalyzingvideoimagesofnewsevents.

Thecontinuinglossofreaderswillleadtoasmallnumberofadvertisementsinnewspapers.Itmakesnosensetospendmillionsofdollarstoprintads.

Withthedevelopmentoftechnology，moreandmoreelectronicmediahavebeencreateduntilnow，butreplacingthetraditionalnewspapersandmagazineshasalongwaytogo，becausetheresistancetocomputernewspapersandmagazinesfromjournalism（新闻业）maybemuchstronger.Sinceitissuchaculturalchange，itmaybenotuntilthepresentjournalist（新闻工作者），whoarentusedtoit，dieoffthatthenewspaperindustryisnotconsideredasanindustryanylonger.Anyway，technologyismakingthetraditionalnewspapersandmagazinesdisappeargradually.

1.ComputernewspapersandmagazineshavealltheadvantagesEXCEPTthat____.

A.youcanchoosethekindofvoiceyouliketohear

B.theyaremoreexpensivethantraditionalnewspapers

C.youcangetmoreinformationfromthemeasily

D.youcaneasilystoreinformationforthefutureu