考研英语阅读理解答案试题解析

2010年答案试题解析——阅读理解

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①Of 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.

考点分析the most本句的意思是"过去这些年英语报纸上所发生的最有影响力的变化的可能是艺术评论的在报道范围和严肃性的堕落".

①It 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. ②Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. ③ 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.考点分析①to the point of "到...地步"

②转折常考,出21题; "然而,在20世纪大量的最重要的批评集是有报纸评论组成的;"本句强调20世纪的报纸评论数量很多;③沿着上句的意思论述：如今读到这样的书的人不禁会对下面这个事实感到惊讶:这些评论之前竟然被认为适合在面向大众的日报上刊登;

21. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that

A arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.

B English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.

C high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.

D young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.

正确选项解析B 由第一段的①decline in scope 和第二段的②a considerable number 都在强调以前的报纸关于艺术评论数量很多,所以选择B

干扰选项分析A 比较容易排除;与第一段①矛盾,原文只是说decline, 即下降,没有说消失disappear

C 比较容易排除;"高质量的报纸未丧失大量的读者";无中生有;

D 强干扰项;"年轻的读者怀疑报纸上的评论不合适";原文③：牛津高阶

英汉双解词典marvel v. be very surprised and often admiring 大为惊讶常含赞叹之意,表明其实读者是赞同：这些评论可以再报纸上刊登的;这里的doubt 表示怀疑,所以与marvel意思相反;

① 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 2,at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. ②In 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. ③Theirs was a serious business. and even those reviews who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be

trusted to know what they were about. ④These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. ⑤So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in ournalism,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".

考点分析①否定常考unfocused出22题;承接上文,上文讲我们的评论数量减少,这里继续讲我们甚至离20世纪初到二战期间的报纸评论也相差很远;Even farther removed from 表明作者的惋惜之情;② in detail and at length"详细的"③ serious"严肃的"④calling"对做某项工作的强烈欲望或责任感" proud"骄傲" 上面的这些词都表明二战前的报纸评论的风格;⑤否定常考,出23题;"因此,几乎没有人有足够的智慧或文学天赋在新闻事业上成就自己,我更喜欢吧新闻事业定义为"被假作家耻辱地使用了

的术语,对真作家来说,他们不足挂齿";"其实本句话中Newman wrote,后面的根本不需要看懂;

22. Newspaper reviews in England before World War 2 were characterized by

A free themes.

B casual style.

C elaborate layout.

D radical viewpoints.