考研英语阅读试卷135

考研英语（阅读） - 试卷 135（总分： 60.00 ，做题时间： 90分钟 ）一、 Reading Comprehension（总题数：6 ，分数：60.00）1. Section II Reading Comprehension （分数：10.00 ）解析：2. Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. （分数： 10.00 ）解析：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, likeGeorge 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, hat 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, 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 Carduss 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. （分数： 10.00 ） （1）.It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that （分数： 2.00 ）A.arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.B.English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.VC.high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.D.young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.解析：解析：推断题。本题可用排除法。A项“艺术评论已经从大城市的报纸上消失了”，第一段只是说“decline 不等于“disappear "，故排除。B项“英文报纸过去常刊载更多的艺术评论”,根据第二段第二句话可知此项正确。C项“高 品质的报纸留住了大批读者”，原文没有提到相关信息。D项“年轻读者怀疑评论文章是否适合刊登在日报上”，属于望 文生义，原文提到年轻读者惊诧于艺术评论曾被大量刊 登在面向普通读者发行的日报上这样一个事实，是为了说明现在艺术评论的衰落，而不是这些文章是否适合刊登。(2) .Newspaper reviews in England before World War II were characterized by (分数： 2.00 )A.free themes. VB.casual style.C.elaborate layout.D.radical viewpoints.解析：解析：推断题。本题考查二战前英国报纸评论的特点，根据题干关键词定位到第三段。首句有三个词值得注意：unfocused 、 dirt-cheap 、 ornament ，就是说20 世纪初至二战前，英国的报纸评论内容包罗万象(unfocused) ，新闻用纸便宜 (dirt-cheap) ，并且艺术评论仅仅是报纸的装饰(ornament) ，由此可以推断出A 项正确，即报纸评论内容繁杂、主题自由。B项"风格随意"、C项"布局精心"、D项"观点激进"，均是针对原文的stylish、in detail and length 等出的干扰项。(3) .Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on? (分数： 2.00 ) 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.V解析：解析：细节题。根据题干关键词定位到第三段。 D 项是对第三段末句 so few authors have brainsenoughor literary gift enough to keep their ownend up in journalism 的同义改写， not all 相当于sofew， are capableof相当于have brains enough or literary gift enough ,故选择D项。A项"认为作家都有责任从事新闻工作”属于 过度推断，B项“作家们不屑去做新闻工作者”，与两位作家对新闻工作的积极态度相悖。C项“作家有可能被吸引从事新闻写作”无从推知。(4) .What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs? (分数： 2.00 )A.His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.VB.His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.C.His style caters largely to modern specialists.D.His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.解析：解析：推断题。 A 项“他的音乐评论对当今读者可能已没有什么吸引力了”是第四段最后一句 his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists和第五段第三句 postmodern readers havelittle use for in which he specialized的概括和同义改写，