Who won the World Cup 1994 football game What happened at the United Nations How did the critics like the new play (1) an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets (2) the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to (3) the news.
Newspapers have one basic (4) , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to (5) it.
Radio, telegraph, television, and (6) inventions brought competition for newspaper. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. (7) , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the (8) and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are (9) and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers (10) of the latest news, today’s newspapers (11) and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices (12) advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for very (13) .
Newspapers are sold at a price that (14) even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main (15) of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The (16) in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’s value to advertisers. This (17) in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper
Circulation depends (18) on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment (19) in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information (20) the community, city, county, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.
3（）
A.gather
B.spread
C.carry
D.bring
参考答案：A
解析：
[考点] 词语搭配知识
本题考查可以和宾语news搭配的谓语动词，根据语义判断出答案。空格所在句子的大致意思为：不管世界上什么地方发生任何事件，记者都会出现在现场______消息。依据常识，记者出现在事发现场首先是搜集消息，而gather可以和news搭配，表达的意思就是搜集消息，因此A选项是正确答案。
[干扰项分析] B选项的干扰性最强，spread可以和news搭配，意为：传播消息，但记者在事发现场搜集消息比传播消息更符合常识，因此不选B选项；同理D选项意为：带来消息，不合常识；carry表示“登载”时一般与report，story，article等搭配，和news搭配既不合表达习惯也不合常识。