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我认为，这几十年里报纸已经成为一种习惯，而不是一种功能。报纸已享有太长时间的特权，任何变化都会让人们难以接受。实际上，我不知道近20年里还有哪种媒体的变化像日报那样小。反对变化就是停止发展，进而使报纸失去作用。
【正确答案】：

I BELIEVE THAT OVER A PERIOD OF DECADES NEWSPAPERS HAVE BECOME A HABIT RATHER THAN A FUNCTION. THEY HAVE HELD THEIR FRANCHISE SO LONG THAT CHANGE HAS BECOME INADMISSIBLE. I DO NOT KNOW, IN FACT, OF ANY MEDIUM THAT HAS CHANGED AS LITTLE IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS AS THE DAILY PRESS. AND THIS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS THE END OF GROWTH — WHICH, IN TURN, MARKS THE END OF USEFULNESS.

【题目解析】：考点：a period of decades：几十年。habit：习惯。rather than：而不是。function：功能。franchise：特权。inadmissible：不允许的，不能采纳的。as ……as：像……一样……。medium：媒体。resistance：抵抗，反对。 mark：动词，标志。 usefulness：有用，实用，可用性。句子结构：第二句中含有“太……以至于”的意味，可以用so……that句式。最后一句中，“反对变化”是两个分句的主语，有两个动词，可以用连词连接或者用关系词引导从句。