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American newspapers are reporting what some people fear is the slow death of

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问题     American newspapers are reporting what some people fear is the slow death of their own industry. Newspapers earn most of their money from selling space for advertising. The rates they charge are 【B1】______the number of readers. Industry profits are【B2】______, and many newspaper companies have large debts from buying other papers. Some papers have recently closed or declared【B3】______or reduced their operations. Newspapers are looking for new ways to reinvent themselves, new ways to earn money. That includes giving new【B4】______to an old idea—charging for at least some of the material that most papers now publish online for free.
    Internet access to newspapers means that more people may read the news, which is good for society. The question is how much people【B5】______pay for news that they have【B6】______ receiving for free.
    The look of American newspapers changed after USA Today arrived in 1982. People who compared it to television did not【B7】______ mean that as praise, but the new design succeeded. Now newspapers are looking to redesign themselves for an increasingly online world. Millions more people read papers like USA Today and The New York Times for free on the web than paying for a printed【B8】______. Publishers who chose that business plan might【B9】______it now, but they might not have had much choice.
    【B10】______means changing as conditions change. Like any other business, newspapers have to balance their needs with the needs of their customers, the readers they need to keep. [br] 【B2】
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答案 shrinking
解析 根据空格所在位置及句意可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)的一ing形式。结合录音可填入shrinking，意为“收缩”。
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