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Put each of the following words or phrases in the correct gap.

cartoons, gossip columns, reviews, headlines, want ads, classified section, sections, sensational, scan, editorials, reporters, forecast, advertising, opinions

I like reading newspapers, especially on Sundays. I get a big cup of coffee, buy the New York Times and sit down for a long through the various . Of course, I tend to head right to the sometimes called the "funnies". By looking at the first page, I see what the principle stories are by looking at the . One of my favorite sections is where various are expressed in the . Some of these opinions are , but they are not nearly as bad as the , which usually make me laugh! I would always like a better job, so I go to the and take a look at the The New York Times has wonderful ,who do an excellent job getting the facts right. Unfortunately, the weather is often quite wrong. One last thing, do you know why the New York Times is so large? Because of the which sometimes takes up an entire page!
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