2010年考研英语一阅读理解Text1-考研英语真题详解
New words:
far-reaching
具有深远影响的
inexorable
不可阻挡的
decline
衰退
coverage
新闻报道
to the point of
达到......程度
criticism
（文学、艺术等的）评论
considerable
相当多的；相当大的
collection
文集
marvel at sth
感到惊奇；大为赞叹
learned
有学问的、博学的
deem
（尤用于被动语态）认为；视为
publication
出版物
circulation
（出版物的）发行
removed
远离的
unfocused
无待定目标或方向的
newsprint
新闻纸
dirt-cheap
非常便宜的
ornament
装饰；点缀
far-off
遥远的；久远的
critic
评论员；评论家
at length
详细地；全面地
cover
（新闻记者）报道
reviewer
评论家
wear one’s learning lightly
以轻松活泼的方式展示某人的学识
journalism
新闻业，新闻工作
calling
职业；使命
brain
头脑
gift
天赋；才能
tempt
引诱；诱惑；吸引
term
专有名词；术语；名称
contempt
轻视；藐视
apply
应用；运用
virtually
事实上；实际上
solely
仅；只
essay
散文
game of cricket
板球比赛
foremost
最杰出的；首要的
stylist
文体家
autoautobiography
自传
beset-seller
畅销书
knight
封爵
honor
给......荣誉；向......表示尊敬
in print
（书）可买到的
body of
大批、大量
save
节省、除了
specialist
专家
revival
复苏
prospect
前景
postmodern
后现代的
have little/no use for sth
用不着kripp，不需要
richly
华美地；堂皇地；
upholsteryed
经过装饰了的
specialize in sth
专门从事；专供
amateur
业余爱好者
headlong
迅猛地；飞速地
retreat
撤退；退却
retain
保留；保持
suitability
适合
characterize
使......具有特点
theme
主题
casual
随便的
elaborate
精心制作的
layout
版面
radical
激进的
viewpoint
态度；观点
fulfill
完成；实现
contemptible
可鄙的；卑劣的
appeal to sb
对某人有吸引力
reputation
声望；名誉
in dispute
处于争论中
cater to
迎合；满足需要
good old days
当年；美好的往日
horizon
地平线
mournful
悲哀的
prominent
杰出的；卓越的；
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century王萌黎 , 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刘宇珊 , like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman赖小子 , 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吉米来吧 , "that I am tempted to define 'journalism' as 'a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.'"
Unfortunately驼铃简谱, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975龙趸鱼 , is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though马广福, 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 Cardus's criticism will enjoy a revival金熙秀 ? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death,李树浩 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.
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.
22.Newspaper reviews in England before World War II were characterized by
[A] free themes.
[B] casual style.
[C] elaborate layout.
[D] radical viewpoints.
23.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.
24.What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs王艺洁 ?
[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.
25.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
New words:
far-reaching
具有深远影响的
inexorable
不可阻挡的
decline
衰退
coverage
新闻报道
to the point of
达到......程度
criticism
（文学、艺术等的）评论
considerable
相当多的；相当大的
collection
文集
marvel at sth
感到惊奇；大为赞叹
learned
有学问的、博学的
deem
（尤用于被动语态）认为；视为
publication
出版物
circulation
（出版物的）发行
removed
远离的
unfocused
无待定目标或方向的
newsprint
新闻纸
dirt-cheap
非常便宜的
ornament
装饰；点缀
far-off
遥远的；久远的
critic
评论员；评论家
at length
详细地；全面地
cover
（新闻记者）报道
reviewer
评论家
wear one’s learning lightly
以轻松活泼的方式展示某人的学识
journalism
新闻业，新闻工作
calling
职业；使命
brain
头脑
gift
天赋；才能
tempt
引诱；诱惑；吸引
term
专有名词；术语；名称
contempt
轻视；藐视
apply
应用；运用
virtually
事实上；实际上
solely
仅；只
essay
散文
game of cricket
板球比赛
foremost
最杰出的；首要的
stylist
文体家
autoautobiography
自传
beset-seller
畅销书
knight
封爵
honor
给......荣誉；向......表示尊敬
in print
（书）可买到的
body of
大批、大量
save
节省、除了
specialist
专家
revival
复苏
prospect
前景
postmodern
后现代的
have little/no use for sth
用不着kripp，不需要
richly
华美地；堂皇地；
upholsteryed
经过装饰了的
specialize in sth
专门从事；专供
amateur
业余爱好者
headlong
迅猛地；飞速地
retreat
撤退；退却
retain
保留；保持
suitability
适合
characterize
使......具有特点
theme
主题
casual
随便的
elaborate
精心制作的
layout
版面
radical
激进的
viewpoint
态度；观点
fulfill
完成；实现
contemptible
可鄙的；卑劣的
appeal to sb
对某人有吸引力
reputation
声望；名誉
in dispute
处于争论中
cater to
迎合；满足需要
good old days
当年；美好的往日
horizon
地平线
mournful
悲哀的
prominent
杰出的；卓越的；
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century王萌黎 , 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刘宇珊 , like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman赖小子 , 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吉米来吧 , "that I am tempted to define 'journalism' as 'a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.'"
Unfortunately驼铃简谱, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975龙趸鱼 , is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though马广福, 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 Cardus's criticism will enjoy a revival金熙秀 ? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death,李树浩 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.
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.
22.Newspaper reviews in England before World War II were characterized by
[A] free themes.
[B] casual style.
[C] elaborate layout.
[D] radical viewpoints.
23.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.
24.What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs王艺洁 ?
[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.
25.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