Almost every family buys a copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to(订阅) as many as __36__ different newspapers. But __37__ do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, __38__ of important happenings-battles __39__ or won, kings or rulers overthrown or __40__ -took months or even __41__ to travel from one country to another. The news __42__ by word of mouth was __43__. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that happen in __44__countries on the same __45__ they happen.