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When people find out that I am a journalist, they often ask me: What do you think about the future of newspapers?
I tell them that I think the future of communications is moving online. People expect me to be fearful for the future of print. After all, in some people’s minds I wouldn’t be able to build a career in journalism if it all moves online. However, strangely enough, I’m actually comforted by the fact that online journalism is becoming usual. I am a blogger who has always been able to find a home for my writing online.
Since I began writing blogs, I have become aware of how many people you can reach with online writing. Compare this to the newspapers’ circulation base, and you will have a strong reason for online journalism.
In her successful blog post titled The job I have spent the last year learning is not the one I will have, author Jenny Surane states, “Print is an expensive product to love. And general managers, publishers and editors must now figure out a profitable way to get their news into readers’ heads.”She goes on to state that people don’t feel like picking up a newspaper now and would rather scroll(滚屏) through their Twitter feed, and get news from many different sources.
If print is dying, then a new form of communicating information is being born. The need for information has not died. If anything, it has increased. What has died, rather, is the way in which information is presented.
Now more than ever, in this age of information, there is a desire for stories on the same topic from different points of view. The printing industry can keep pace with the need of providing a variety of sources, if it chooses to.
Is the future of print grim? Maybe. But is the future of journalism of communicating information to people grim as well? Definitely not.
【解题导语】 作者是一名记者。文章从多个角度探讨新闻业的未来走向。
1．According to Paragraph 2, the author feels ．
A．confident about the future of his career
B．worried about the future of print
C．tired of being a newspaper journalist
D．embarrassed about online writing
A 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后两句可知，作者对他的职业前景感到有信心。故选A项。
2．What information is conveyed in Jenny’s blog post?
A．Twitter is not very popular.
B．It is hard to manage online journalism.
C．Print still has its own advantages.
D．People have more options to get information.
D 解析：推理判断题．根据文章第四段最后一句可知，现在人们不想看报纸，而更愿意通过手机或电脑来看“推特”上的回复，还可以从许多不同的来源获得新闻。由此可推测，如今人们可以有更多的选择来获取信息。故选D项。
3．What does the underlined word “grim” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Promising. B．Depressing.
C．Unforgiving. D．Encouraging.
B 解析：词义猜测题。结合上文中提及的内容可知，作者认为印刷业有可能消失，但是对新闻业的未来还是很有信心的，再结合最后一段可知，此处指“印刷业的将来会萧条吗？可能。但是传播信息给人们的新闻业的未来也会萧条吗？肯定不会。”由此可猜测，grim意思是“令人担忧的”。故选B项。promising意为“有希望的；有前途的”；unforgiving意为“不原谅人的；不宽容的”；encouraging意为“鼓舞人心的”。
4．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A．To explore the future of journalism.
B．To analyze the cause of print decline.
C．To explain the bright future of a journalist.
D．To introduce a successful blog post about print.
A 解析：写作意图题。通读全文可知，本文从不同角度探讨了新闻业的未来走向，这也是本文的写作目的。故选A项。
