高考英语模拟试题阅读理解精选编讲第164篇——秒词邦背单词软件

Before the 1830s,most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year. Today $8 or $10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time these amounts were forbidding to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience. They were dull and visually forbidding. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.

The trend, then, was toward the "penny paper"— a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper; perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single copies on the street.

This development did not take place overnight. It had been possible(but not easy)to buy single copies of newspapers before 1830,but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printer's office to purchase a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. However, within a few years, street sales of newspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copies was seldom a penny—usually two or three cents was charged —and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase "penny paper " caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.

This new trend of newspapers for "the man on the street" did not begin well. Some of the early ventures(企业)were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.

在19世纪30年代之前，美国的大多数报纸都是通过年订阅的方式出售的，通常是每年8到10美元。今天8美元或10美元似乎是一小笔钱，但在那个时候，这些钱对大多数公民来说是禁止的。因此，报纸几乎只被政界或商界的富人阅读。此外，大多数报纸几乎没有吸引大众的内容。它们沉闷而令人望而生畏。但19世纪30年代发生的革命改变了这一切。

当时的趋势是“便士报纸”——这个术语指的是向公众广泛提供的报纸。它指的是任何便宜的报纸;也许更重要的是，这意味着报纸可以在街上买到单份。

这一发展不是一夜之间发生的。在1830年以前，买一份报纸是可能的(但并不容易)，但这通常意味着读者必须到印刷厂去买一份。街头销售几乎无人知晓。然而，在几年内，报纸的街头销售将在东部城市司空见惯。起初，单份报纸的价格很少是一便士——通常是两三美分——一些较老的知名报纸要价五到六美分。但是“便士纸”这个短语引起了公众的兴趣，很快就会出现真正只卖一便士的报纸。

这种面向“普通人”的报纸新趋势一开始并不顺利。一些早期的风险投资很快就失败了。已经在经营的出版商，那些拥有成功报纸的人，并不想改变这种传统。一些年轻而大胆的商人开始了这一行动。

句子成分分析：

[Today] $8 or $10 seems a small amount of money, || but [at that time] these amounts were forbidding [to most citizens].

句子语法结构详解：

* seems 为系动词作谓语，采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* money 为名词作表语。
* but 为并列连词，连接并列句，表转折。
* were 为系动词作谓语，采用一般过去时。
* forbidding 为形容词作表语。

句子相关词汇解释：

Phrase:

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句子成分分析：

[Accordingly], newspapers were read almost [only by rich people] [in politics or the trades].

句子语法结构详解：

(read 为过去分词，与其动词原形拼写相同。)

* read 为谓语，采用一般过去时和被动语态。
* were 为助动词。the 为定冠词。

句子相关词汇解释：

Vocabulary:

句子成分分析：

This new trend (of newspapers (for "the man (on the street)")) did not begin [well].

句子语法结构详解：

* begin 为谓语，采用一般过去时。
* did 为助动词。the 为定冠词。

句子相关词汇解释：

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