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1、河南汝阳县2016高考英语阅读理解(二轮)联训题(3)及答案.阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）屮，选出最佳选项。[2014-江西省南昌两校高三上学期笫四次联考】TheAmericannewspaperpublisherArthurSulzbergerSrdiedattheageof86.MrSulzbergerledTheNewYorkTimesformorethanthreedecades,beforepassingthebusinesstohisson.Hetookoverthepaperin1963whenitwasinfinancial
2、trouble,andtransformeditintotheheartofamulti-billiondollarmediaempire・HisfamilyannouncedhehaddiedathishomeinSouthampton,NewYorkState,afteralongillness.Hisson,ArthurSulzbergerJr,saidinastatementthathisfather,whomhereferredtobyhischildhoodnicknameofPunch,was"oneofourindustry'smostadmirede
3、xecutives^."Punch，theoldMarinecaptainwhoneverbackeddownfromafight,wasanabsolutelyfiercedefenderofthefreedomofthepresst”hesaid・TheNewYorkTimeswasboughtbyMrSulzbergerSr5sgrandfatherAdolphOchsin1896.DuringMrSulzberger^stenure,TheNewYorkTimeswon31Pulitzerprizes・BorninNewYorkCity,5February19
4、26,SrservedinMarineCorpsduringWorldWarIIandKoreanWar,joinedTheNewYorkTimesin1951aftergraduatingfromColumbiaCollege,tookoveraspublisherin1963afterhisbrother-in-lawdiedsuddenly,steppeddownin1997andpassedstewardshiptohisson,ArthurSulzbergerJr.Heoversawahugecirculationboostatthepaper,andinc
5、reaseditsparentcompany'sannualrevenues（年收入）from$100min1963to$1.7bnbythetimehesteppeddownin1997.Healsoledthepaperthroughhigh-levelclasheswiththepoliticalestablishment.In1971,TheTimespublishedaseriesofstoriessayingthatpoliticianshadsystematicallyliedovertheUSinvolvementinVietnam.Thesource
6、wasthousandsofleakedgovernmentdocumentsknownasthePentagonPapers.TheNixonadministrationdemandedthatthepaperstoppublishingthestoriesongroundsofnationalsecurity.Butthepaperrefused,andthenwonthesubsequentcourtcasebyarguingthattheFirstAmendmentoftheUSConstitution（宪法）guaranteedfreespeech.Thec
7、aseisseenasalandmarkinthehistoryoffreespeechintheUS.MrSulzbergersaidhereadmorethan7,000pagesofthePentagonPapersbeforepersonallydecidingtopublishthem.Hisfamilystillholdsacontrollingstake（控股权）inTheNewYorkTimes.Hewasastrongbelieverinfamilyownershipofnewspapers.Heoncejoked：“Myconcl
