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补全短文专项训练（一）DevelopmentinNewspaperOrganizationOneofthemostimportantdevelopmentsinnewspaperorganizationduringthefirstpartofthetwentiethcentury______(1)_______,whichareknownaswireservices.Wire-servicecompaniesemployedreporters,whocoveredstoriesallovertheworld.Theirnewsreportsweresenttopapersthroughoutthecountrybytelegraph.Thepaperspaidanannualfeeforthisservice.Wireservicescontinue_______(2)________.TodaythemajorwireservicesaretheAssociatedPress(AP)andUnitedPressInternational(UPI).YouwillfrequentlyfindAPorUPIatthebeginningofanewsstory.Newspaperchainsandmergersbegantoappearintheearly1900s.Achainconsistsoftwoormorenewspapers_______(3)______.Amergerinvolvescombiningtwoormorepapersintoone.Duringthenineteenthcenturymanycitieshadmorethanonecompetitiveindependentpaper.Todayinmostcitiesthereareonlyoneortwonewspapers,and_______(4)______.Oftennewspapersinseveralcitiesbelongtoonechain.Papershavecombined________(5)_______.Chainsandmergershavecutdownproductioncostsandbroughttheadvantagesofbig-businessmethodstothenewspaperindustry.A.toplayanimportantroleinnewspaperoperationsB.wasthegrowthoftelegraphservicesC.andtheyusuallyenjoygreatprestigeD.theyareusuallyoperatedbyasingleownerE.inordertosurviveunderthepressureofrisingcostsF.ownedbyasinglepersonororganizationKEY:BAFDE（二）TheBuildingofthePyramidsTheoldeststonebuildingsintheworldarethepyramids.Theyhavestoodfornearly5,000years,anditseemslikethat_____(1)_____.ThereareovereightyofthemscatteredalongthebanksoftheNile,someofwhicharedifferentinshapefromthetruepyramids.Themostfamousofthesearethe"Step"pyramidandthe"Bent"pyramid.Someofthepyramidsstilllookmuchthesameastheymusthavedonewhentheywerebuiltthousandsofyearsago.Mostofthedamagesufferedbytheothershasbeenatthehandsofmenwhowerelookingfortreasureor,moreoften,____(2)____.ThedryclimateofEgypthashelpedtopreservethepyramids,andtheirveryshape_____(3)_____.Thesearegoodreasonswhytheycanstillbeseentoday,butperhapsthemostimportantisthattheywereplannedtolastforever.Itispracticallycertainthatplansweremadeforthebuildingofthepyramids_____(4)____.However,therearenowritingsorpicturestoshowushowtheEgyptiansplannedorbuiltthepyramidsthemselves.Consequently,weareonlyabletoguessatthemethodsused.Nevertheless,byexaminingtheactualpyramidsandvarioustoolswhichhavebeenfound,archaeologistshaveformedafairlyclearpictureofthem.Onethingiscertain:theremusthavebeenmonthsofcarefulplanning_____(5)_____.Thefirstthingtheyhadtodowastochooseasuitableplace.Youmaythinkthiswouldhavebeeneasywithmilesandmilesofemptydesertaround,butapyramidcouldnotbebuiltjustanywhere.Certainruleshadtobefollowed,andcertainproblemshadtobeovercome.EXERCISE:AforstonetouseinmodernbuildingsBhasmadethemlesslikelytofallintoruinCbeforetheycouldbegintobuildDbecausetheplansofotherlargeworkshavefortunatelybeenpreservedEwhilebuildingthepyramidsFtheywillcontinuetostandforthousandsofyearsyetKey:FABDC（三）EinsteinNamed"PersonofCentury"AlbertEinstein,whosetheoriesonspacetimeandmatterhelpedunravelthesecretsoftheatomandoftheuniverse,waschosenas"PersonoftheCentury"byTimemagazineonSunday.Amanwhoseverynameissynonymouswithscientificgenius,Einsteinhascometorepresent_(1)_thefloweringof20thcenturyscientificthoughtthatsetthestagefortheageoftechnology."Theworldhaschangedfarmoreinthepast100yearsthaninanyothercenturyinhistory.Thereasonisnotpoliticaloreconomic,buttechnolo...