Read the passage News Online and choose the best way to complete the sentences. This morning I watched appalled as starving Africa refugees fought for food at an aid center and a small child was pulled to safety from under people’s feet. It was 6.30 and I was in bed, with three pillows behind me, a cup of strong tea in my hand, and my laptop, most appropriately, on my lap. A short time ago i took the difficult decision to give up my daily newspaper, and to get my morning news online instead. I say “difficult decision” because by doing so I ‘ve let down the delightful owner of my local corner shop, who depends on sales of newspapes for his survival. But the decision once taken, there are so many advantages of online news over the printed version. I choose the paper I want to begin with and there, online, are brief summaries of the main news items of the day, picturs in full colour, and two-or-three-minute videos that show me the news as it unfolds. Should I desire, I can stay with one paper and read its different sections, or flick from paper paper to paper, noting with interest how different the news coverage of teh same story can be. One thing that constantly fanscinates me is that the front-page stories are often startlingly different. What one paper considers front-page news is relegated to page three in another. This is particularly true of the more downmarket newspaper, which feature celebrity stories on page one that may not get even a mention in the more serious papers. Despite the above, I have to admit to worrying that as more and more people get their news online, newspapers will find themselves fighting for survival. I console myself with the thought that a weekend paper still lands on my doorstep each Sunday—— I don’t think I could ever give that up! Now choose the best way to complete the sentences. 1. At 6.30 the writer was __________. (a)Watching television (b)At an aid center in Africa (c)Watching a news story online (d)Making a cup of tea 2. The writer recently decided to _________. (a)Read news online, although she was not very happy about doing this (b)Get the online as well as buy a daily newspaper (c)Give up buying a newspaper from the corner shop (d)Stop buying a daily newspaper bur start getting a weekend newspaper 3.The writer prefers getting news online because_________. (a)She prefers reading summaries of the news to reading long articles. (b)News and videos are in full color (c)Online newspapers have more sections (d)She can read different versions of the same story 4. The writer is fascinated by the fact that _____ (a)Newspapers often have very different opinions of a news story’s importance (b)Serious newspapers rarely have stories about celebrities (c)downmarket newspapers have the same stories on the front page (d)Newspapers always have the same front-page stories 5. The writer thinks that _________. (a)Newspapers should only publish news online (b)Daily newspapers may not survive (c)One day she will also stop getting a weekend newspaper (d)Weekend papers will survive