根据下面材料，回答题。DevelopmentinNewspaperOrganizationOneofthemostimportantdevelopme

共享题干题根据下面材料，回答题。 Development in Newspaper Organization One of the most important developments in newspaper organization during the first part of the twentieth century ____46____, which are known as wire services. Wire-service companies employed reporters, who covered stories all over the world. Their news reports were sent to papers throughout the country by telegraph. The papers paid an annual fee for this service. Wire services continue ____47____ Today the major wire services are the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). You will frequently find AP or UPI at the beginning of a news story. Newspaper chains and mergers began to appear in the early 1900s. A chain consists of two or more newspapers ____48____. A merger involves combining two or more papers into one. During the nineteenth century many cities had more than one competitive independent paper. Today in most cities there are only one or two newspapers, and ____49____. Often newspapers in several cities belong to one chain. Papers have combined ____50____. Chains and mergers have cut down production costs and brought the advantages of big-business methods to the newspaper industry.1.[不定向选择题]第49题__________A.to play an important role in newspaper operation B.was the growth of telegraph service C.and they usually enjoy great prestige D.they are usually operated by a single ownerE.in order to survive under the pressure of rising costF.owned by a single person or organizationABCDEF确定 2.[不定向选择题]第50题__________A.to play an important role in newspaper operation B.was the growth of telegraph service C.and they usually enjoy great prestige D.they are usually operated by a single ownerE.in order to survive under the pressure of rising costF.owned by a single person or organizationABCDEF确定

1.参考答案：D
参考解析：根据上下文的语义——报业链的组成，可知此处应该选填D(他们由一家公司运营)。?
2.参考答案：E
参考解析：空白处之前说的是不同的报纸也合并起来，空白处之后说的是通过合并降低了成本并带来优势，所以空白处谈论的是合并的目的。?3.[不定向选择题]第48题__________A.to play an important role in newspaper operation B.was the growth of telegraph service C.and they usually enjoy great prestige D.they are usually operated by a single ownerE.in order to survive under the pressure of rising costF.owned by a single person or organizationABCDEF确定

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