第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have   36   these traditional publications try to  37  the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its   38   to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has  39  its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid（小型报纸）. In Britain the newspaper market is  40  between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms  41  the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear  42  in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are  43  papers. They  44  a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also  45  long and use quite formal language. Tabloids have  46  more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more  47  language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's  48  newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked page on page three every day. By  49  to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the  50  of a less famous broadsheet paper, the Independent. It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase  51 . Although both papers have   52   to the smaller size, the content of the papers has  53  the same. They are both still serious papers. The two papers  54  that people find the smaller size easier to  55  when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. The times says its new size is 'compact', not tabloid. 36. A. found                   B. known                C. seen                   D. proved 37. A. match                    B. suit                     C. change                D. fit 38. A. length                       B. thickness             C. width                         D. size 39. A. printed                 B. cut                        C. added                       D. enlarged 40. A. divided                  B. separated                  C. arranged                D. marked 41. A. turn into                 B. think about               C. refer to                    D. connect with 42. A. meaning                  B. difference             C. mark                        D. sign 43. A. useful                        B. easy                    C. serious                  D. long 44. A. sell                       B. include                    C. take                      D. cover 45. A. certainly             B. reasonably                      C. probably                D. necessarily 46. A. a few                        B. little                        C. far                           D. any 47. A. difficult                        B. simple                 C. easy                        D. good 48. A. best-selling                B. good-looking            C. slow-moving            D. ugly-looking 49. A. going                    B. getting                   C. coming                    D. changing 50. A. footsteps                       B. way                    C. direction                  D. method 51. A. slowly                    B. usually                    C. little                    D. greatly 52. A. halved                    B. made                   C. changed                 D. cut 53. A. become                   B. remained              C. left                   D. found 54. A. agree                     B. hope                    C. expect                 D. insist 55. A. handle                       B. look                         C. see                           D. buy