中級閱讀模擬測驗　第二十五回

The Riverside Weekly is printed by six people in a small room above a bakery. Its 11 is only four thousand copies, yet almost every family in town reads it. The paper has no foreign 12 and no famous writers; the news comes from teachers, farmers and shop owners who send in stories by email. The most popular page carries a 13 by a retired doctor, who answers health questions in plain language. When the town hall wants to 14 a road closure, it still uses this paper rather than the radio. Readers say they trust what is 15 down by a neighbor.

At six o'clock every evening, a 16 sits down in front of three cameras and reads the day's news to half a million people. The job looks easy, but the last hour before the show is not. A late traffic 17 may arrive at 5:55, and the whole running order must change. The station also has to decide which stories to 18 live and which to leave for its website. Young reporters often want to sit in that chair, yet many of them 19 once they see how fast the plan changes. In the end, the 20 must also decide what to leave out.