填空题
PART FIVE
·Read the following text.
·In most of the lines 34—45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
·If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your answer sheet.
·If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your answer sheet.
Dallas-based media conglomerate Belo Corp. (NYSE. BLC) said
Wednesday that it would cut off 250 jobs, mostly at its flagship (34) ______
newspaper The Dallas Morning News.
The company also announced that an investigation of circulation
of practices at The Morning News found no evidence of improper activity (35) ______
on the part of the current senior executives of The Dallas Morning (36) ______
News or on the part of Belo Corp. executives.
Belo said flat revenue since 2001 in the Dallas=Fort Worth area which (37) ______
made changes in the expense structures of The Morning News and (38) ______
WFAA-TV, with Belo’s ABC affiliate in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, (39) ______
necessary. The cuts are expected to take place by Nov. 1.
Belo disclosed Aug. 5 that The Morning News had overstated with (40) ______
newspaper circulation by 5 percent on Sundays and 1.5 percent for
other days. Advertisers overpaid them because rates are normally (41) ______
based on circulation.
The investigation found that the circulation overstatement at The Morning News
which resulted from an aggressive sales incentive (42) ______
campaign that has been discontinued.
Belo said last month that it had mailed or he had personally delivered (43) ______
19,000 checks to compensate advertisers who were overcharged
because of overstatements of circulation numbers at its flagship
newspaper. Though it also will incur $4 million in costs associated with (44) ______
ad credits to advertisers.
The company also said it expected to cut $10 million in losses by
closing down three local cable news channels it ran with Time Warner Cable. (45) ______