Hundredsofyearsagonewswascarriedfromplacetoplacebypeopleonfootorbyhorse.Ittookdaysweeksandsometimesmonthsforpeopletoreceivenews.Nowitispossibletosendwordsandpicturesaroundtheworldinseconds(秒).BillionsofpeoplelearnaboutnewsstoriesoftheirowncountryandallovertheworldeverydayeitherbywatchingTVorreadingnewspapers.

Newspapershavebeenanimportantpartofeverydaylifesincethe18thcentury.Manycountrieshavehundredsofdifferentnewspapers.Howdonewspapereditors(编辑)decidewhichnewsstoriestoprint(印刷)?Whydotheyprintsomestoriesandnotothers?Whatmakesagoodnewspaperstory?

Firstlyitisimportanttoreportnewstories.TVstationscanreportnewsmuchfasterthannewspapers.Yetnewspapersgivemoreaboutthesamestory.Theymayalsolookatthestoryinanotherwayortheymayprintcompletely(完全地)differentstoriestothoseonTV.

Secondlyanewsstoryhastobeinterestingandunusual.Peopledon’twanttoreadstoriesabouteverydaylifeAsaresultmanystoriesareaboutsomekindofdangerandseemtobe"bad"news.Forexamplenewspapersneverprintstoriesaboutplaneslandingsafelyinsteadtheyprintstoriesaboutplaneaccidents.

Anotherfactor(因素)isalsoveryimportantinmanynewsstories.Manypeopleareinterestedinnewsinforeigncountriesbutmoreprefertoreadstoriesaboutpeopleplacesandevents(事件)intheirowncountry.SothestoriesonthefrontpageinChinesenewspapersareusuallyverydifferentfromtheonesinBritishFrenchandAmericannewspapers.

小题1:According(根据)thepassagehowdopeoplelearnaboutnewsstoriesintheworldnow?A．Theycarrynewsstoriesandtellothersfromplacetoplaceohfootorbyhorse.B．Theytelleachotherwhattheyhaveseenwiththeireyes.C．TheywatchTVorreadnewspapers.D．Theylistentotheradioeveryday.小题2: ThedifferencebetweennewspaperstoriesandTVnewsreportsisthat .A．peoplecanlearnmoreaboutthesamenewsstoryfromanewspaperB．peoplecanreadthenewsstorymorequicklyinanewspaperC．peoplecanreadnewsstoriesinothercountries