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根据短文回答题。The Great Newspaper WarUp until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used no illustrations and the articles were_______(1) Politics or business. Two men_______(2) that——Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Morning Journal Pulitzer_______(3) the New York World in 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very _______(4) one overnight (一夜之间). He (5) lots of illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on_______(6) crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she was _______(7) to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor_______(8) of patients in those hospitals.
In 1895, Hearst_______(9) to New York from California He wanted the New York Morning Journal to be more sensational (轰动的) and more exciting_______(10) The New York World. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he _______(11) The price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than _______(12). He often said, "Big print makes big news."
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they_______(13) to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator (插呼画家), to _______(14) Pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was_______(15). Hearst answered, "You furnish (提供) the pictures. I'll furnish the war."请选择(1)处的最佳答案 A.about
B.in
C.with
D.of
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