2010考研英语真题Text1(答案解析)

Text 1

①

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.

【考点分析】

灭绝师太常考（

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

①

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.

②

Yet 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】

①

to the point of

到

...

地步

②

转折常考，出

2 1

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】【

】

由第一段的

①

decline in scope

和第二段的②

a 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

】

< br>

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（

disappe ar

）

【

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.

②

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.

③

Theirs was a serious business. and even those reviews who wore their learning lightly, like

George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newm

an, could be trusted to know what they were about.

④

These 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 ournalism,Newman wrote,

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

serious

严肃 的

④

calling

< br>对做某项工作的强烈欲望或责任感

骄傲

< br>

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.

【正确选项解 析】

【

A

】

unfocused

的英文解释：

no t concentrated at

one point or upon

one objective, free

的英文解释是

unrestricted

，所以

unfoc used = free ,

属于同义替

换。

【干扰选项分析】

【

B

】

请看

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

字典对

casual

的解释：

（

a

）

made or done without

much care or thought; offhand

不经意的

;

随便的

;

马虎的

;

临时的

(

b

) (

derog

贬

)

showing little concern; nonchalant; irresponsible

漠不关心的

;

无动於衷的

;

不负责

任的

(

c

) not methodical or thorough; not serious

无条理的

;

不彻底的

;

不认真的

.

这几个意思都是和②

in detail and at length

详细的

serious

严肃 的

④

calling

< br>对

做某项工作的强烈欲望或责任感

骄傲

相矛盾的。所以不选。

【

C

】

强干扰项。

elaborate

可以替换原文中的

in detail

，但是

layout(

布局

)

无中生有，