【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.
【1】在過去25年裏，英語報紙發生的所有變化中，影響最深遠的也許是其藝術報道的範圍和嚴肅性的無情下降。
【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 new spaper 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.
【1】對於40歲以下的普通讀者來說，很難想象高質量的藝術評論會出現在大多數大城市的報紙上。【2】然而，20世紀出版的相當數量的最重要的批評文集包含了大部分新的評論。【3】今天讀這樣的書會驚訝於這樣一個事實，即它們的學術內容曾經被認爲適合在普通流通的日報上發表。
【1】We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of t he 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. 【2】In those far-off days, it was taken for granted tha t 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 reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bern ard Shaw and Ernest Newman, 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 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’. ”
【1】從20世紀之交到第二次世界大戰前夕，在新聞紙非常便宜、時尚的藝術評論被認爲是其出現的出版物的裝飾品的時候，我們離英國出版的無焦點的報紙評論更遠了。【2】在那些遙遠的日子裏，人們理所當然地認爲，主要報紙的評論家會詳細地寫下他們報道的事件。【3】他們的事業是嚴肅的，即使是那些對自己的學識不感興趣的評論家，如喬治·伯恩·德·肖和歐內斯特·紐曼，也可以相信他們知道自己在做什麼。【4】這些人相信新聞業是一種職業，併爲能在日報上發表文章而自豪。【5】紐曼寫道:“很少有作家有足夠的頭腦或文學天賦來保持自己在新聞業的地位，以至於我很想把‘新聞業’定義爲‘一個沒讀過的作家對讀過的作家的繼續評論的術語’。"
【1】Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. 【2】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 ont he game of cricket.【3】 During 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. 【4】He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. 【5】Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
【1】不幸的是，這些批評家幾乎被遺忘了。【2】內維爾·卡杜斯從1917年開始爲《曼徹斯特衛報》撰稿，直到1975年去世前不久，現在人們只知道他是板球比賽方面的文章作家。【3】然而，在他的一生中，他也是英國最重要的古典音樂評論家之一，也是一位廣受讚賞的文體家，他的《自傳》(1947年)成了暢銷書。【4】他於1967年被授予爵士頭銜，是第一位獲得此殊榮的音樂評論家。【5】然而，他現在只有一本書出版，除了專家，他關於音樂的大量著作都不爲人知。
【1】1Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? 【2】The prospect seems remote. 【3】Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. 【4】Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
【1】卡杜斯的批評有可能重新流行起來嗎？【2】前景似乎渺茫。【3】早在他去世之前，新聞品味就已經發生了變化，後現代讀者對他所擅長的裝飾華麗的維多利亞時代散文幾乎沒有什麼用處。【4】此外，音樂批評中的業餘傳統已經一落千丈。
- 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.
第21題是從第一段和第二段，可以知道什麼？
A選項說藝術評論在大城市消失了，顯然錯誤。B選項說英國的報紙過去有更多的藝術評論，定位到文章第二段的第二句話，正確。C選項未提及。D選項未提及。 - Newspaper reviews in England before world warⅡwere characterized by
[A] free themes.
[B] casual style.
[C] elaborate layout.
[D] radical viewpoints.
第22題問的是在第二次世界大戰前夕，英國的報紙評論是什麼特點？
定位到文章第三段的第一句話，說的是無焦點的評論，也就是自由評論，選A。 - 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.
第23題，S和N兩個人同意什麼觀點？
A選項作家的責任就是去完成新聞的目標，錯誤。B選項作家成爲新聞工作者是鄙視的，錯誤。C選項作家可能想成爲新聞工作者，錯誤，未提及。D選項，不是所有的作家都有能力寫作。正確。定位到文章的第三段的第三四五句話。 - What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?
[A] His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.
[B] 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.
第24題通過最後兩段，我們可以知道什麼？
A選項說他的音樂評論今天可能不會吸引讀者。正確，定位到文章的第五段。B選項明顯錯誤，C選項未提及，D選項未提及。 - What would be the best title for the text?
[A] Newspapers of the Good Old Days.
[B] The lost Horizon in Newspapers.
[C] Mournful Decline of Journalism.
[D] Prominent Critics in Memory.
第25題，哪一個是文章最好的題目。
整篇文章說的都是報紙評論消失的事情，選項B，報紙上消失的地平線。