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【单选题】Newspaper publishers in the United States have long been enthusiastic users and distributors of weather maps.Although some newspapers that had carried the United States WeatherBureau’s national weather map in 1912 dropped it once the novelty had passed, many continued to print the daily weather chart provided by(5) their local forecasting office. In the 1930’s, when interest in aviation and progress in　　air-mass analysis made weather patterns more newsworthy, additional newspapers　　started or resumed the daily weather map. In 1935, TheAssociated PressAP) news　　service inaugurated its WirePhoto network and offered subscribing newspapers　　morning and afternoon weather maps redrafted by theAP’s Washington,
B、C, office(10)from charts provided by the government agency.Another news service, United Press　　International (UPI), developed a competing photowire network and also provided　　timely weather maps for both morning and afternoon newspapers.After the United　　States government launched a series of weather satellites in 1966, both theAP and　　UPI offered cloud-cover photos obtained from the WeatherBureau.(15)In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the weather map became an essential　　ingredient in the redesign of theAmerican newspaper. News publishers, threatened　　by increased competition from television for readers’ attention, sought to package　　the news more conveniently and attractively. In 1982, many publishers felt　　threatened by the new US
A、Today, a national daily newspaper that used a page-wide,(20)full-color weather map as its key design element. That the weather map in USA　　21 Today did not include information about weather fronts and pressures attests to the　　largely symbolic role it playeD、Nonetheless, competing local and metropolitan　　newspapers responded in a variety of ways. Most substituted full-color temperature　　maps for the standard weather maps, while others dropped the comparatively drab(25)satellite photos or added regional forecast maps with pictorial symbols to indicate　　rainy, snowy, cloudy, or clear conditions.
A、few newspapers, notably The New York　　Times, adopted a highly informative yet less visually prominent weather map that　　was specially designed to explain an important recent or imminent weather event.　　Ironically, a newspaper’s richest, most instructive weather maps often are(30) comparatively small and inconspicuous.The author uses the term "Ironically" in line 29 to indicate that a weather map’s appearance
A、is not important to newspaper publishers

B、does not always indicate how much information it provides
C．reflects how informative a newspaper can be
D．often can improve newspaper sales

网考网参考答案：D
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