本段首句到第四句描述现象：美国报纸行业的末日正在逼近。第五句到第八句提出联邦贸易委员会的不同解决方案（悬而未决）。第九句给出作者观点：其实没必要讨论（言下之意作者认为其实问题没那么严重）。
从考点设置来说，本段最后一句为明确的作者观点，适合设置主旨题的正确选项。
In much of the world there is the sign of crisis. German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession. Even American newspapers，which inhabit the most troubled come of the global industry，have not only survived but often returned to profit. Not the 20% profit margins that were routine a few years ago，but profit all the same.
本段首句承接上段最后一句，指出危机有消退的迹象。第二句到第四句通过举例支持首句的观点（德国和巴西的报业已经摆脱衰退，美国也开始盈利）。
从考点设置来说，本段首句作为全段主旨是重要考点，但是和上一段的最后一句重合，因此可以选择不针对本段设置考点。
It has not been much fun. Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard. The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13，500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2007. Readers are paying more for slimmer products. Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs. Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and，sadly for many journalists，they can be pushed further.
本段首句反对上段内容：情况还不容乐观。第二句+第三句指出问题一：靠
裁员维持生计。第四句指出问题二：报纸性价比下降。第五句指出问题三：拒绝向边远地区投递（缩减人力成本）。第六句通过转折指出：这些做法确实挽救了报纸行业，但是记者却要面临持续的裁员。
从考点设置来说，本段第二句到第五句为并列内容，对首句进行举例论证，属于重要内容，可以三个并列的问题中的一点设置细节题的正确选项。
Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses，with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers. American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads. Fully 87% of their revenues came