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1、Question1-9AlthoughsocialchangesintheUnitedStateswerebeingwroughtthroughoutmostofthenineteenth-century,,publicawarenessofthechangesincreasedtonewlevelsinthe1890's.Theacute,growingpublicawarenessofthesocialchangesthathadbeentakingplaceforsometimewastiedtotremendousgr
2、owthinpopularjournalisminthelatenineteenthcentury,includinggrowthinquantityandcirculationofbothmagazinesandnewspapers.Thesedevelopments,inadditiontothecontinuedgrowthofcities,weresignificantfactorsinthetransformationofsocietyfromonecharacterizedbyrelativelyisolateds
3、elf-containedcommunitiesintoanurban,industrialnation.Thedecadeofthe1870's,forexample,wasaperiodinwhichthesheernumberofnewspapersdoubled,andby1880theNewYorkGraphichadpublishedthefirstphotographicreproductioninanewspaper,portendingadramaticriseinnewspaperreadership.Be
4、tween1882and1886alone,thepriceofdailynewspapersdroppedfromfourcentsacopytoonecent,madepossibleinpartbyagreatincreaseindemand.Furthermore,theintroductionin1890ofthefirstsuccessfullinotypemachinepromisedevenfurthergrowth.In1872onlytwodailynewspaperscouldclaimacirculat
5、ionofover100,000,butby1892sevenmorenewspapersexceededthatfigure・Aworldbeyondtheimmediatecommunitywasrapidlybecomingvisible.ButitwasnotnewspapersalonethatwerebringingthenewawarenesstopeopleIntheUnitedStatesinthelatenineteenthcentury.Magazinesastheyareknowntodaybeganp
6、ublicationaround1882,and,infact,thecirculationofweeklymagazinesexceededthatofnewspapersintheperiodwhichfollowed.By1892,forexample,thecirculationoftheLadies'HomeJournalhadreachedanastounding700,000.Anincreaseinbookreadershipalsoplayedasignificantpartinthisgeneraltren
7、d.Forexample,EdwardBellamy'sutopiannovel,LookingBackward,soldoveramillioncopiesin1888,givingrisetothegrowthoforganizationsdedicatedtotherealizationofBellamy^visionofthefuture.Theprintedword,unquestionably.wasintrudingontheinsulationthathadcharacterizedUnitedSlatesso
8、cietyinanearlierperiod.1・Theword"acute”inline3isclosestinmeaningto(A)useful(B)intense(C)genuine(D)controversial2.Accordingtothepassage,the
