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。
【考点阐发】灭尽师太常考(the most)本句的意思是“曩昔这些年英语报纸上所产生的最有影响力的变革的多是艺术评论的在报导范畴和严厉性的出错”。
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。
【考点阐发】①to the point of “到…境界” ②迁移转变常考，出21题。 “但是，在20世纪大量的最首要的批判集是有报纸评论构成的。”本句夸大20世纪的报纸评论数目不少。③沿着上句的意思阐述：现在读到如许的书的人不由会对下面这个究竟感触诧异：这些评论以前居然被认为合适在面向公共的日报上登载。
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。
【准确选项解析】B 由第一段的 ①decline in scope 和第二段的②a considerable number 都在夸大之前的报纸关于艺术评论数目不少，以是选择B
【滋扰选项阐发】A 比力轻易解除。与第一段①抵牾，原文只是说decline, 即降低，没有说消散(disappear)
C 比力轻易解除。“高质量的报纸未损失大量的读者”。无中生有。
D 强滋扰项。“年青的读者猜疑报纸上的评论分歧适”。原文③：《牛津高阶英汉双解辞书》marvel v be very surprised (and often admiring) 大为诧异(常含惊叹之意)，表白实在读者是赞成：这些评论可以再报纸上登载的。这里的doubt 暗示猜疑，以是与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. ⑤'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".'
【考
点阐发】①否认常考(unfocused)出22题。承接上文，上文讲咱们的评论数目削减，这里继续讲咱们乃至离20世纪初到二战时代的报纸评论也相差很远。Even farther removed from 表白作者的可惜之情。② in detail and at length“具体的”③ serious“严厉的”④calling“对做某项事情的强烈愿望或责任感” proud“自豪” 上面的这些词都表白二战前的报纸评论的气概。⑤否认常考，出23题。“是以，几近没有人有足够的伶俐或文学禀赋在消息奇迹上成绩本身，我更喜好吧消息奇迹界说为“被假作家羞辱地利用了的术语，对真作家来讲，他们不足齿数”。”实在本句话中Newman wrote,后面的底子不必要看懂。
22. Newspaper reviews in England before World War 2 were characterized by
A free themes。
B casual
style。
C elaborate layout。
D radical viewpoints。
【准确选项解析】A unfocused的英文诠释：not concentrated at one point or upon one objective, free的英文诠释是unrestricted，以是unfocused = free ,属于同义更换。
【滋扰选项阐发】
B 请看《牛津高阶英汉双解辞书》字典对casual 的诠释：(a)made or done without much care or thought; offhand 不经意的； 随意的； 马糊的； 姑且的(b) (derog 贬) showing little concern; nonchalant; irresponsible 不闻不问的； 无动於衷的； 不卖力任的(c) not methodical or thorough; not serious 无层次的； 不完全的； 不当真的 。这几个意思都是和② in detail and at length“具体的”③ serious“严厉的”④calling“对做某项事情的强烈愿望或责任感” proud“自豪”相抵牾的。以是不选。
C 强滋扰项。elaborate 可以更换原文中的in detail ，可是layout(结构)无中生有，以是本题与原文不相合适。
D radical 激进的 无中生有。
23. Which of the following would shaw and Newman most probably agree on?
A It is writers' duty to fulfill journalistic goals。
B It is contemptible for writers to be journalists。
C Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism。
D Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing。
【准确选项解析】D 对⑤同义更换。Few= not all ，have brains enough or literary gift enough=capable of
注重：D选项中not all属于部门否认，语气婉转，在选项中呈现常常准确。
【滋扰选项阐发】A journalistic goals(消息业的方针)，无中生有。
B “作家成为记者是值得鄙夷的。”与④的proud (骄傲的)相反。
C “作者轻易被消息业吸引”。对⑤移花接木。原文说的是被define "journalism" as… 所吸引，而不是被journalism所吸引。
①Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. ②Neville 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. ③During 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. ④He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. ⑤Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists. ①②③④⑤
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