Newspaper in Western Europe

Newspaper in Western EuropeBy the eighteenth century, newspapers had become firmly established as ameans of spreading news of European and world affairs, as well as of localconcerns, within European society. One of the first true newspapers was theDutch paper Nieuwe Tijdingen It began publication in the early seventeenthcentury at about the same time that the overseas trading company called theDutch East India Company was formed The same ships that brought goodsback from abroad brought news of the world, too.According to paragraph 1，what was true about the Dutch paper NieuweTijdingen ?A.It reported news mainly about ships and trade goods.B.It was established in the eighteenth century.C.It was among the first real newspapers in Europe.D.It was published by an overseas trading company.Dutch publishers had an advantage over many other publishers aroundEurope because the Netherlands’ highly decentralized political system madeits censorship laws very difficult to enforce. [ ▇ ] Throughout Europe in theseventeenthcentury,governmentsbeganrecognizingtherevolutionarypotential of the free press and began requiring licenses of newspapers—tocontrol who was able to publish news. [ ▇ ]Another tactic, in France andelsewhere on the continent from the 1630s onward, was for governments tosponsor official newspapers. [▇] These state publications met the increasingdemand for news but always supported the government’s views of the eventsof the day. [▇]Paragraph 2 suggests that the main reason why governments began to licensenewspapers wasA.to make sure that newspapers were of high qualityB.to provide their countries' publishers with an advantage over otherEuropean publishersC.to reduce competition among government-sponsored newspapersD.to help control the public's attitudes about the newsLook at the four squares[▇]that indicate where the following sentence couldbe added to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit?And even when it was possible to apply laws limiting speech, authoritieswere reluctant to do so because of the growing economic importance ofthe commercial book market.According to paragraph 2, what was true about official governmentnewspapers?A.They made censorship laws more difficult to enforceB.They expanded the revolutionary potential of the pressC.They appeared first in the Netherlands,D.They always agreed with the government's opinion.By the eighteenth century, new conditions allowed newspapers to flourish asnever before. First, demand for news increased as Europe’s commercial andpolitical interests spread around the globe—merchants in London, Liverpool，or Glasgow, for example, came to depend on early news of Caribbeanharvests and gains and losses in colonial wars. Europe's growing commercialstrength also increased distribution networks for newspapers. There weremore and better roads, and more vehicles could deliver newspapers in citiesand convey...