If there is one thing I'm sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may changes. What basically makes news is what affects our lives----and the big political stories , the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It's already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do ------as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It's quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from the Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I'm pretty sure that is how it will happen in future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read-----say, sport and international news.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresee that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn't happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it's never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.
What is the best title for the passage? ______
A. The Best Way to Get News
B. The Changes of Media
C. Make Your Own Newspaper
D. The Future of Newspaper
In the writer's opinion, in the future, ______
A. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer
B. more big political affairs , wars and disasters will make news
C. newspapers will cover more scientific research
D. more and more people will read newspapers
What will probably be in the newspaper made by yourself ? ______
A. Sports and international news
B. A menu of all the news
C. The most important news
D. What you are interested in
From the passage , we can infer ______ .
A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media
B. newspaper will stay with us together with other media
C. television will take the place of newspaper
D. the writer believe some media will die out
The word "feed off" in the last paragraph means ______ .
A. depend on
B. live on
C. fight with
D. kill off