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2010考研英语一 · 阅读理解 Text 1
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2010考研英语一阅读理解 Text 1 原文
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big- city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism, ” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are ’.”
Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
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21B
22A
23D
24A
25B
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21It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that ______.
答案B
解析原文开篇点明英语报纸艺术报道“inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness”，第二段又说如今四十岁以下读者几乎无法想象“high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers”，且二十世纪重要评论集“consisted in large part of newspaper reviews”。可见昔日报纸刊登的艺术评论远多于现在，B项成立。A项“disappeared”过于绝对，原文仅言范围与严肃性下降；C项读者量、D项年轻人质疑适宜性均无依据。
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22Newspaper reviews in England before World War II were characterized by ______.
答案A
解析第三段将二战前英国报纸评论称为“unfocused newspaper reviews”，并说当时纸张极便宜，评论被当作点缀，批评家“write in detail and at length about the events they covered”。unfocused即主题宽泛、不拘一格，对应A项free themes。B项casual与后文“serious business”“wore their learning lightly”却仍专业相悖；C项版式、D项激进观点原文未提。
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23Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on?
答案D
解析纽曼原话：“So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism”，萧伯纳与纽曼同属被信任的严肃评论家，故最可能认同并非所有作家都能胜任新闻写作，D项正确。A项“duty”未说；B项他们以刊登于日报为荣，并非视记者为可鄙；C项“tempted into”与原文对新闻业的定义不符。
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24What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?
答案A
解析末两段写卡达斯“prospect seems remote”，因为“postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose”，且业余评论传统已急速衰退。故其音乐评论如今难再吸引读者，A项正确。B项声誉并无争议，只是被遗忘；C项其文风并不迎合现代专家，仅专家还知其音乐著述；D项他并未违背业余传统，传统本身在退潮。
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25What would be the best title for the text?
答案B
解析全文主线是报纸艺术评论从昔日严肃、篇幅长大、被视作点缀，到范围与分量不可逆转地萎缩，宛如报纸中失落的一片天地。B项The Lost Horizon in Newspapers最能概括这一失落。A项仅怀旧报纸整体；C项把范围扩至整个新闻业；D项只聚焦几位评论家，均偏离艺术报道衰退这一核心。
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