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相关推荐：>>>2017年考研现场确认时间及地点汇总>>>全国各地2017年考研报考点汇总>>>2017年考研时间、研究生考试时间安排>>>2017年考研大纲下载及解析汇总>>>2017年全国硕士研究生招生简章专题新东方网校推荐：2017年考研政治、英语、数学课程！！点击进入免费试听>>WhydosomanyAmericansdistrustwhattheyreadintheirnewspapers?TheAmericanSocietyofNewspaperEditorsistryingtoanswerthispainfulquestion.Theorganizationisdeepintoalongself-analysisknownasthejournalismcredibilityproject。Sadtosay,thisprojecthasturnedouttobemostlylow-levelfindingsaboutfactualerrorsandspellingandgrammarmistakes,combinedwithlotsofhead-scratchingpuzzlementaboutwhatintheworldthosereadersreallywant。Butthesourcesofdistrustgowaydeeper.Mostjournalistslearntoseetheworldthroughasetofstandardtemplates(patterns)intowhichtheyplugeachday'sevents.Inotherwords,thereisaconventionalstorylineinthenewsroomculturethatprovidesabackboneandaready-madenarrativestructureforotherwiseconfusingnews。Thereexistsasocialandculturaldisconnectbetweenjournalistsandtheirreaders,whichhelpsexplainwhythe"standardtemplates"ofthenewsroomseemalientomanyreaders.Inarecentsurvey,questionnairesweresenttoreportersinfivemiddle-sizecitiesaroundthecountry,plusonelargemetropolitanarea.Thenresidentsinthesecommunitieswerephonedatrandomandaskedthesamequestions。RepliesshowthatcomparedwithotherAmericans,journalistsaremorelikelytoliveinupscaleneighborhoods,havemaids,ownMercedeses,andtradestocks,andthey'relesslikelytogotochurch,dovolunteerwork,orputdownrootsinacommunity。Reporterstendtobepartofabroadlydefinedsocialandculturalelite,sotheirworktendstoreflecttheconventionalvaluesofthiselite.Theastonishingdistrustofthenewsmediaisn'trootedininaccuracyorpoorreportorialskillsbutinthedailyclashofworldviewsbetweenreportersandtheirreaders。Thisisanexplosivesituationforanyinstry,particularlyadecliningone.Hereisatroubledbusinessthatkeepshiringemployeeswhoseattitudesvastlyannoythecustomers.Thenitsponsorslotsofsymposiumsandacredibilityprojectdedicatedtowonderingwhycustomersareannoyedandfleeinginlargenumbers.Butitneverseemstogetaroundtonoticingtheculturalandclassbiasesthatsomanyformerbuyersarecomplainingabout.Ifitdid,itwouldopenupitsdiversityprogram,nowfocusednarrowlyonraceandgender,andlookforreporterswhodifferbroadlybyoutlook,values,ecation,andclass。29.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?[A]Needsofthereadersallovertheworld[B]Causesofthepublicdisappointmentaboutnewspapers[C]Originsofthedecliningnewspaperinstry[D]Aimsofajournalismcredibilityproject30.Theresultsofthejournalismcredibilityprojectturnedouttobe。[A]quitetrustworthy[B]somewhatcontradictory[C]veryilluminating[D]rathersuperficial31.Thebasicproblemofjournalistsaspointedoutbythewriterliesintheir_________。[A]workingattitude[B]conventionallifestyle[C]worldoutlook[D]ecationalbackground32.Despiteitsefforts,thenewspaperinstrystillcannotsatisfythereadersowingtoits_________。[A]failuretorealizeitsrealproblem[B]tendencytohireannoyingreporters[C]likelinesstodoinaccuratereporting[D]prejudiceinmattersofraceandgender名师解析29.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?本文主要讲的是什么?[A]Needsofthereadersallovertheworld.全世界读者的需要。[B]Causesofthepublicdisappointmentaboutnewspapers.造成公众对报纸失望的原因。[C]Originsofthedecliningnewspaperinstry.新闻业衰败的根源。[D]Aimsofajournalismcredibilityproject.新闻可信度项目的目标。【答案】B【考点】文章主旨题。【分析】文章的第一句就提出了本文旨在说明的问题“为什么那么多的美国人不相信自己在报纸上读到的内容呢?”从第二段、第三段的内容来看，作者都在试图寻找造成公众对报纸失望的一个真正的根本性的原因。因此可以判断[B]为正确答案。[A]不正确，是因为它仅仅是新闻界的调查项目得到的一个结果而已。[C]和[A]相比较，还是[A]来得比较确切。[C]已经从文章主旨引申到别的项目上去了。[D]仅仅是为了查明原因而进行的一个调查项目而已。30.Theresultsofthejournalismcredibilityprojectturnedouttobe。新闻可信度项目的结果是。[A]quitetrustworthy相当可信[B]somewhatcontradictory有点矛盾[C]veryilluminating非常有启发性[D]rathersuperficial相当肤浅【答案】D【考点】事实细节题。【分析】根据本题题干可以定位到第二段，文中指出“该项目最终所发现的原因大都是新闻报道中的事实错误，拼写或语法错误，以及许多关于读者到底想读些什么令人挠头的困惑”，在作者看来，这些发现大都是“低级的”(low-level)，而真正的原因没有这么表面“gowaydeeper”(第三段首句中)。因此可以判定是答案是[D]选项。31.Thebasicproblemofjournalistsaspointedoutbythewriterliesintheir_____。作者描述的新闻记者的基本问题存在于他们的_____。[A]workingattitude工作态度[B]conventionallifestyle传统的生活方式[C]worldoutlook世界观[D]ecationalbackground教育背景【答案】C【考点】事实细节题。【分析】文章的解题点在文章的倒数第二段中“对新闻媒体的这种令人震惊的不信任的根源不在于报道失实或低下的报道技巧，而在于记者与读者的世界观每天都发生着碰撞”这句话。也就是说，作者的基本问题是“世界观”的问题。另外三个选项都不是最基本的问题。32.Despiteitsefforts,thenewspaperinstrystillcannotsatisfythereadersowingtoits_________。尽管很努力，新闻行业仍然不能满足读者的需要是因为其_______。[A]failuretorealizeitsrealproblem不能够认识到真正的问题[B]tendencytohireannoyingreporters倾向于雇佣那些恼人的记者[C]likelinesstodoinaccuratereporting可能作出不准确的报道[D]prejudiceinmattersofraceandgender在种族和性别方面的歧视【答案】A【考点】事实细节题。【分析】本题的解题点可以确定到最后一段。文中说他们“又举办许多研讨会，搞什么可信度项目，试图了解读者为什么对他们不满意，为什么大量流失。但是，对于那么多原来的顾客所不满的文化和阶级偏见，他们似乎就是没有看见”。由此我们可以看出，真正的原因是他们不能够意识到真正的问题所在，因此正确答案是[A]。