考研英语阅读理解试题及名师解析(8)

考研英语阅读理解试题及名师解析

(8)

Why

do

so

manyAmericans

distrust

what

they

read

in

their

newspapers?

The

American

Society

ofNewspaper

Editors

is

trying

to

answer

this

painful

question.

The

organizationis

deep

into

a

long

self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project

。

Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low- levelfindings

about

factual

errors

and

spelling

and

grammar

mistakes,

combined

withlots

of

head-scratching

puzzlement

about

what

in

the

world

those

readers reallywant

。

But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learnto see

the

world

through

a

set

of

standard

templates

(patterns)

into

which

theyplug each day’s events. In other words, there is a conventional story

line inthe newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made

narrativestructure for otherwise confusing news

。

There

exists

a

social

and

cultural

disconnect

between

journalistsand

their

readers,

which

helps

explain

why

the

“standard

templates”of

the

newsroom

seem

alien

to

many

readers.

In

a

recent

survey,

questionnaireswere sent to reporters in five middle-size cities around the

country,

plus

onelarge

metropolitan

area.

Then

residents

in

these

communities were phoned atrandom and asked the same questions

。

Replies

show

that

compared

with

other

Americans,

journalists

aremore

likely

to

live

in

upscale

neighborhoods,

have

maids,

own

Mercedeses, andtrade stocks, and they’re less likely to go to church, do

volunteer work, orput down roots in a community

。

Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and culturalelite,

so

their

work

tends

to

reflect

the

conventional

values

of

this

astonishing

distrust

of

the

news

media

isn’t

rooted

in

inaccuracy

or

poorreportorial

skills

but

in

the

daily

clash

of

world

views

between

reporters and theirreaders

。

This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly adeclining

one.

Here

is

a

troubled

business

that

keeps

hiring

employees

whoseattitudes

vastly

annoy

the

customers.

Then

it

sponsors

lots

of

symposiums

and

acredibility

project

dedicated

to

wondering

why

customers are annoyed andfleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to

get

around to noticing

thecultural

and

class biases

that

so

many

former

buyers

are

complaining

about.

Ifit

did,

it

would

open

up

its

diversity

program, now focused narrowly on raceand gender, and look for reporters

who differ broadly by outlook, values,education, and class

。

29. What is the passage mainly about?

[A]Needs of the readers all over the world

[B]Causes of the public disappointment about newspapers

[C]Origins of the declining newspaper industry

[D]Aims of a journalism credibility project

30. The results of the journalism credibility project turned out tobe

。

[A]quite trustworthy

[B]somewhat contradictory

[C]very illuminating

[D]rather superficial

31. The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writerlies in

their _________

。

[A]working attitude

[B]conventional lifestyle

[C]world outlook

[D]educational background

32. Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannotsatisfy the

readers owing to its_________

。

[A]failure to realize its real problem

[B]tendency to hire annoying reporters

[C]likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

[D]prejudice in matters of race and gender

名师解析

29. What is the passage mainly about?

本文主要讲的是什么

?

[A]Needs of the readers all over the world.

全世界读者的需要。

[B]Causes of the public disappointment about newspapers.

造成公众

对报纸失望的原因。