Britishnewspapersareamongtheoldestandmostfamousintheworld.Butrecentlybigchangeshaveseenthesetraditionalpublicationstrytofitthemodernworld.After216yearsThenmes(《泰晤士报》)haschangeditssizetobecomemuchsma
Britishnewspapersareamongtheoldestandmostfamousintheworld.Butrecentlybigchangeshaveseenthesetraditionalpublicationstrytofitthemodernworld.After216yearsThenmes(《泰晤士报》)haschangeditssizetobecomemuchsmaller.Infactthepaperhascutitssizeinhalffromabroadsheettotabloid.
InBritainthenewspapermarketisdividedbetweenthelargerbroadsheetsandthesmallertabloids.Thesetermsrefertothesizeofthepapers'pagesbutthereisalsoacleardifferenceincontent.BroadsheetssuchasTheTimesTheGwardian(《卫报》)andDailyTelegraph《每日电讯报》)areseriouspapers.Theycoverabroadrangeofpoliticaleconomicandinternationalis?sues.Theirstoriesarealsoreasonablylongandusequiteformallanguage.
Tabloidshavefarmorestoriesaboutlessseriousissuessuchascelebrities'lovelives.Theirstoriesareshorterandusemoresimplelanguage.Tabloidsoftenhavebiggerpictures.Britain'sbestsellingnewspaperTheSunisatabloidandhasanaked(棵体的)girlonpagethreeevery?day.
BychangingtothesizeofatabloidTheTimesisfollowinginthefootstepsofalessfa?mousbroadsheetpaperTheIndependent(《妆:报》).Itchangedtotabloidlastyearandsawitssalesincreasegreatly.Althoughbothpapershaveswitchedtothesmallersizethecontentofthepapershasremainedthesame.Theyarebothstillseriouspapers.
Thetwopapersclaimthatpeoplefindthesmallersizeeasiertohandlewhentheytraveltoworkonthebusorthetraininthemorning.Insteadofcallingthenewstyleoftheirpapertab?loidthepapersaysitsnewsizeis"compact"(紧凑型).
( )5.Whatisthedifferencebetweentabloidandcompact?
A.Theyhavethesamesizeandmeaningbutdifferentcalling.
B.Tabloidisakindofsmallerpaperwithshortstoriespicturesandcelebrities'affairs.
C.Compactisthesamekindofpaperasitsbroadsheetwiththesamecontents.
D.Theyareinthesamesizebutdifferentcontents:popular―serious.
( )6.Accordingtothetextwhichcanbestdescribethetwokindsofpapers?
A.Broadsheetsarelargerinsizewhiletabloidsaresmaller.
B.Tabloidsarelessseriousthanbroadsheets.
C.Broadsheetscontainmorenewsthant