Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers
41—45 ADCAC 解析: 本文主要从新闻的来源和它的信息包含范围来说明它在人们日常生活生活中的重要性及人们订阅它的原因。 41. A 推断题。从第一段可知几乎每一个家庭至少都会订阅一份报纸，所以由此推断阅读报纸的习惯很“普及（widespread）”。 42. D 细节题。由The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate可知，古代新闻是通过人与人之间的交谈口头传播的。 43. C 推断题。根据it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country可知对广告商而言投入的广告费是“值得的（worthwhile）”；同时从后文可以知道其它选项不符合文意。 44. A 细节题。从took months and even years to travel from one country to another知，500年前新闻从一个国家传到另一个国家需要很长时间。其它的都能从文中找到相应介绍支持。 45. C 词义题。作者先在第一句介绍，每个家庭至少买一份报纸；由此我们可以推出后面的一些家庭与三四份报纸的关系是“订阅（subscribe）”即agree to buy for a specified time。
