newspaper是可数名词还是不可数名词? 因为构成newspaper的news(消息)和paper(纸)都是不可数名词，所以不少考生受此影响想当然地误认为newspaper(报纸)也是不可数名词。
其实，newspaper表示供阅读的一张一张的“报纸”，是标准的规则的可数名词。
请看经典实例：
When I came in my father was reading a newspaper in bed.
当我进去的时候我的爸爸躺在床上看报纸。
He was carrying a newspaper.
他拿着一份报纸。
He fanned himself with a newspaper to cool down.
他用一张报纸给自己扇凉。
Give me some newspapers to read.
给我几张报纸读。
When I entered he was reading a newspaper.
我进来时他在读报纸。
Don't trust what you read in the newspapers!
别相信你在报纸上读到的！
They sell books as well as newspapers.
他们既卖报也卖书。
Announcements of births, marriages and deaths appear in some newspapers.
有些报纸刊登出生、结婚、死亡通告。
I was looking for my handbag, which was buried under a pile of old newspapers.
我正在找我那被埋在一堆旧报纸下面的手提包。
Then he picks up the ashes with an old newspaper and wants to throw them into the long grass.
然后他用一张旧报纸捡起那些灰烬,想把它们扔进长长的草里。
newspaper还有：“报馆;报社，报界”的含义 ，也是标准的可数名词。
It is Britain's fastest growing national daily newspaper.
这是英国发展最快的全国性日报社。
Many national newspapers rallied to his support.
许多全国性报纸一致对他表示支持。
In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources.
近年来这家报社一直在靠有限的资源艰难维持。
Any newspaper would pay big money to get the inside story on her marriage.
任何报纸都愿出高价购买关于她婚姻的内情。
Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department.
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
We fully intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.
我们一心想传讯这家报纸。
If the newspapers find out, he's finished in politics.
如果报界发现这些问题，他的政治生涯就完了。
The newspaper did not see fit to publish my letter.
那份报纸认为我的信件不宜发表。
The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.
各家报纸纷纷退避，不敢调查详情。
newspaper (尤指用作他途的)旧报纸
Newspaper consists of pieces of old newspapers, especially when they are being used for another purpose such as wrapping things up.
报纸中的旧报纸，尤其是当它们被用于包装东西、覆盖、铺盖等其他目的时，就转化为“不可数名词”：
He found two pots, each wrapped in newspaper.
他发现了两个分别用报纸包着的罐子。
Wrap it in (a sheet of ）newspaper. 把它用(一张)报纸包起来。
Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.
他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
特别注意：paper也有“报纸，报社，报界”含义，也是标准的可数名词：
Have you seen today's paper?
你看到今天的报纸没有？
I might get a paper in the village.
我或许能在村子里找到一份报纸。
I went to buy a paper at the corner dairy.
我到街角的小店去买了份报纸。
The paper's circulation continues to climb.
这份报纸的发行量在继续增长。
Could you watch my bags for me while I buy a paper?
我去买份报纸，你能替我照看一下我的包吗？
You can't believe everything you read in the paper.
报纸上看到的东西不能全信。
It was this campaign that established the paper's reputation.
正是这场运动确立了这家报纸的声誉。
The papers (= newspapers in general) soon got hold of the story.
报纸很快就获悉了这件事的来龙去脉。
The paper had to publish a correction to the story.
这家报纸不得不对这则新闻报道发一个更正。
The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.
这份报纸对这起凶杀案骇人听闻的细节描述得淋漓尽致。
The paper had inside information and scooped all its rivals.
这家报纸获得内部消息，抢在所有竞争对手之前发表了。
The story was blazed all over the daily papers.
那个传闻被各家报纸炒得沸沸扬扬。