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In the near future, daily newspapers and monthly magazines will probably disappear. Electronic media can provide the same information faster and cheaper. The Internet, together with laptops (笔记本电脑) and cellphones, makes it possible that almost everyone can at any time and in almost any place get some news for free or for few fees.
You'll browse the computer newspapers or magazines just like switching on TV. An electronic voice will tell you stories about the latest events. You'll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear.
There are the predictions (预言) from experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of homebased media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers and magazines would unite printed and broadcast news, offering information and analyzing (分析) video images of news events.
The continuing loss of readers will result in a small number of advertisements in newspapers. It makes no sense to spend millions of dollars to print ads.
With the development of technology, more and more electronic medium have been created until now, but replacing the traditional newspapers and magazines has a long way to go, because the resistance to computer newspapers and magazines from journalism (新闻业) may be much stronger. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be not until the present journalists, who aren't used to it, die off that the newspaper industry is not considered as an industry any longer. Anyway, technology is making the traditional newspapers and magazines disappear gradually.
语篇解读：随着科技的进步与发展，报刊、杂志在不久的将来可能会不复存在，取而代之的将会是方便快捷、价格低廉甚至带有声音的网络报纸或杂志。
1．Computer newspapers and magazines have all the advantages EXCEPT that ________.
A．they are more expensive than traditional newspapers
B．you can choose the kind of voice you like to hear
C．you can get more information from them easily
D．you can easily store information for the future use
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段可知，网络报纸或杂志的优势之一就是价格低廉，甚至可能是免费的，因此A项内容与文章内容不符。故选A。
2．The underlined word “resistance” in the fifth paragraph probably means “________”．
A．a thought which directs your action
B．a force that acts to stop something happening
C．a force which helps you do something
D．an idea which is different from others
解析：选B 词义猜测题。根据画线单词所在的句子内容，并结合下面的句子可以推断，该词大意为“抵制，抵抗”。故选B。
3．We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．all technological developments are very important
B．traditional newspapers and magazines will disappear soon
C．new things will replace the old ones in the future
D．traditional newspapers and magazines will be more popular
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据全文内容，特别是最后一段最后一句可以推断，在将来，新的事物必将取代旧的事物。
4．The author writes the article to ________.
A．let people know the great development of the journalism
B．tell readers what newspapers and magazines are like in the future
C．prove newspapers and magazines are not welcomed any more
D．say traditional newspapers and magazines are better than before
解析：选A 写作意图题。根据文章内容可知，作者写这篇文章的目的就是为了让人们了解新闻业方面取得的巨大发展和进步。
