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1、Passage1TheNewYorkTimesisanAmericandailynewspaper,foundedinN.Y.Ithasbeen(1)________publishedsinceSeptember18,1851.Ithaswon112PulitzerPrizes,morethananyothernewsorganization.ItswebsiteisAmerica’smostpopularnewssite,receivingmorethan30millionuniquevisitorspermonth.Followingindustrytrends,itswee
2、kdaycirculation(2)______________fewerthanonemilliondailysince1990.NicknamedTheGrayLady,TheTimesislongregardedwithintheindustryasa(3)________“newspapersofrecord”.Thecompany’schairmanisArthurOchsSulzbergerJr.,whosefamilyhas(4)________thepapersince1896.Thepaper’smotto,“AlltheNewsThat’sFittoPrint
3、”,appearsinthe(5)________left-handcornerofthefrontpage.Itswebsitehas(6)________itto“AlltheNewsThat’sFittoClick”.Itis(7)______________sections:News,Opinions,Business,Arts,Science,Sports,Style,Home,andFeatures.TheNewYorkTimesstayedwiththeeight-columnformatforseveralyearsaftermostpapersswitchedt
4、osix,andwasoneofthelastnewspaperstoadoptcolorphotography.In1896,AdolphOchsboughttheNewYorkTimes,amoney-losingnewspaper,andformedtheNewYorkTimesCompany.TheOchsSulzbergerfamily,oneoftheUnitedStates’newspaperdynasties,hasownedTheNewYorkTimeseversinceTurnerCatledge,thetopeditoratTheNewYorkTimesfo
5、ralmosttwo(8)________,wantedtohidetheownershipinfluence.ArthurSulzbergerroutinelywrotememostohiseditor,(9)___________________,instructions,complaints,andorders.WhenCatledgewouldreceivethesememoshewoulderasethepublisher’s(10)________beforepassingthemtohissubordinates.Passage2Someofthearguments
6、againstbikesharearejustconfusing.Idon’tknowhowto(1)________theargumentthatwedon’tneedbikesharebecauseeveryonewhowantstobikealreadyownsabike.That’slikesayingthatwedon’tneedrestaurantsbecauseeverybodyhasa(2)________.Idon’tknowwhattodowiththeargumentthatbikesharestationstakeupvaluablespaceonapub
7、licstreet.Youknowwhatisalsotakingupvaluablespaceonapublicstreet?Yourcar.Mycar.NowtherearethingsIdon’tloveaboutbikeshare.I’mnot(3)________abouttheideaofmorepeopleridingbikeswithnohelmets,whichisprobablybecauseafewtimesI(4)______________abikeat
