单选题A few hundred years ago news did not _____.Areceive attentionBtravel fastCspread to other countriesDtake long to reach other countries
单选题
A few hundred years ago news did not _____.
A
receive attention
B
travel fast
C
spread to other countries
D
take long to reach other countries
参考解析
解析：
推理题。第二段第一句指出“Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings ... took months and even years to travel from one country to another”，即“五百年前，一些重要的消息……需要几个月甚至几年才能从一个国家传到另一个国家”。注意问题中有个not，因此B“传播快”符合原文含义。A项“受到关注”；C项“传播到其他国家”；D项“需要很长时间才能传播到别的国家”。考虑到问题中的not，这三项均不正确。
推理题。第二段第一句指出“Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings ... took months and even years to travel from one country to another”，即“五百年前，一些重要的消息……需要几个月甚至几年才能从一个国家传到另一个国家”。注意问题中有个not，因此B“传播快”符合原文含义。A项“受到关注”；C项“传播到其他国家”；D项“需要很长时间才能传播到别的国家”。考虑到问题中的not，这三项均不正确。
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