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)TheBuildingofthePyramidsTheoldeststonebuildingsintheworldarethepyramids.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...