Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 17 to 24.

Newspapers can be traced back to 16^th century Venice. In 1566, handwritten news sheets - called 'avis' or ‘gazette' – filled with information on wars and politics in Europe were distributed weekly in Venice. Similar news sheets soon started to appear in other European countries. By 1615, Germany and Austria were publishing weeklies. And in 1621, the first news sheets appeared in England.

At first, these news sheets only printed news which came from outside the country in which they were printed. Discussion of local or national issues was avoided. Europe’s governments did not tolerate anything negative being said about them as it could lead to national unrest.

Such censorship slowed the development of newspapers. Nevertheless, a belief in the importance of a 'free press’ slowly began to take hold in Europe. England was among the first countries to escape government control of the press. This occurred during the reign of King Charles I in the 17^th century, when, during a period of breakdown in the king's authority, people began to publish what they wanted.

Eventually, free press had the right to criticize government and voice other ideas freely. In the middle of the 18^th century, Sweden became the first country to make press freedom a part of its law.

In the 19^th century, the newspaper industry was transformed by the invention of the telegraph. The telegraph was a communication system that allowed messages to be sent over long distances in a matter of minutes. It wasn’t long before newspapers became society's primary means of spreading and receiving information. In 1880, the first photographs appeared in newspapers and, by the end of the century, all the basic technical tools for the modern newspaper were in place.

The story of newspapers in the 20^th century was one of adaptation to changing consumer and media markets. The invention of radio, TV, and later the Internet, repeatedly drove newspapers to re-invent themselves. Also, during the 20^th century, mass-market advertising increased profitability for newspapers. This attracted large, publicly-owned corporations who began buying newspapers from the descendants of company founders.

Over the years, people have periodically predicted the extinction of newspapers. In fact, every time a new media has come into being, dire predictions have been made for existing forms (e.g. television was supposed to have replaced radio, radio was supposed to have replaced newspapers). Yet history has repeatedly shown that new media do not replace existing media. Instead, what happens is that media consumption grows, which creates the necessary space for the new media to become a part of the media landscape.

According to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), each day more than 1.5 billion people around the world read a newspaper. The WAN has also estimated the total annual worth of the global newspaper industry and put it at just under 180 billion USD. Such statistics suggest the newspaper industry is healthier than at any other time in its history. Indeed, if the industry proves itself as capable of adapting to change as it has done in the past, it is unlikely that newspapers will be disappearing from newsstands anytime soon.

In the 19^th century, _______. 

A. information in newspapers became more technical 

B. the newspaper industry invented the telegraph 

C. photos signaled the start of the modern newspaper era 

D. the role of newspapers became more important 

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Vào thế kỷ 19^th, _______.

A. thông tin trên báo chí trở nên kỹ thuật hơn

B. ngành công nghiệp báo chí phát minh ra máy điện báo

C. hình ảnh báo hiệu sự khởi đầu của kỷ nguyên báo chí hiện đại

D. vai trò của báo chí trở nên quan trọng hơn

Thông tin: In the 19^th century, the newspaper industry was transformed by the invention of the telegraph. The telegraph was a communication system that allowed messages to be sent over long distances in a matter of minutes. It wasn’t long before newspapers became society's primary means of spreading and receiving information. In 1880, the first photographs appeared in newspapers and, by the end of the century, all the basic technical tools for the modern newspaper were in place.

Tạm dịch: Vào thế kỷ 19, ngành công nghiệp báo chí đã được thay đổi nhờ phát minh ra máy điện báo. Máy điện báo là một hệ thống liên lạc cho phép gửi các tin nhắn qua khoảng cách xa chỉ trong vài phút. Không lâu sau đó, báo chí trở thành phương tiện truyền bá và tiếp nhận thông tin chính của xã hội. Năm 1880, những bức ảnh đầu tiên xuất hiện trên các tờ báo và vào cuối thế kỷ, tất cả các công cụ kỹ thuật cơ bản cho báo chí hiện đại đều đã có.

Chọn D