Passage1解读新闻
The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts,unalloyed,unslanted objectively lected facts.But in the days of complex news it must provide more, it must supply interpretation,the meaning of the facts.This is the most important assignment confronting American journalism—to make clear to the reader the problems of the day,to make international news as understandable as community news,to recognize that there is no longer any such thing(with the possible exception of such scribblings as society and club news)as“local”news,becau any event in the international area has a local reaction in manpower draft,in economic strain,in terms,indeed,of our very way of life.
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There is in journalism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation,you are entering rough and dangerous waters,the swirling tides of opinion.This is nonn.
The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine himlf to the“facts”.This insistence rais two questions:What are the facts?And:Are the bare facts enough?
As to the first question,consider how a so-called“factual”story comes about. The reporter collects,say,fif
ty facts,out of the fifty,his space allocation being necessarily restricted,he lects the ten which he considers most important.This is Judgment No.1.Then he or his editor decides which of the ten facts shall constitute the lead of the piece.This is Judgment No.2.Then the night editor
determines whether the article shall be prented on page one,where it has a large impact,or on twenty-four where it has little.Judgment No.3.
Thus,in the prentation of a so-called“factual”or“objective”story,at least three judgments are involved.And they are judgments not at all unlike tho involved in interpretation,in which reporter and editor,calling upon their rearch resources,their general background,and their“news neutralism,”arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.
风的四字成语The two areas of judgment,prentation of the news and its interpretation,are both objective rather than subjective process—as objective,that is,as any human being can be.(Note in passing:even though complete objectivity can never be achieved,nevertheless the ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels.)If an editor is intent on slanting the news,he can do it in other
ways and more effectively than by interpretation.He can do it by the lection of tho facts that prop up his particular plea.Or he can do it by the play he gives a story—promoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirty.
1.The most appropriate title for the passage would be______.
A.Everything Counts
B.Three Judgments
C.Interpreting the News
D.Choosing Facts
2.A reporter lects ten out of fifty available facts becau______.
A.his editor is prejudiced
B.space is limited
南瓜子C.he wants to simplify a complex story
D.the subject is not important
3.It can be inferred that the author thinks,in writing a factual story,the writer ______.
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A.must u judgment
B.should limit himlf to the facts
C.should make the story interesting
D.should slant the story
4.The least effective way of“slanting”news is by______.
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A.lection
B.ignoring it
关于创造力的名言C.focusing on local news
D.interpretation
5.Placement of a story on page one or page twenty-four will control its______.
A.impact名牌鞋子
B.accuracy
【答案与解析】
1.C整个短文都是在讨论解释新闻的问题。A：（任何东西都算数），显然不合短文本意；
B（三种判断）只是论据的一部分；D（选择事实）是在说到编辑可以对报导那个消息
进行挑选时说到的。
2.B原文中第四段提到的“his space allocation being necessarily restricted”正好回
答了这个问题。A、C和D都未在文中提及。
3.A句意为：在陈述一个实事求是的故事时，作家应当做到什么。倒数第二段中说这种时
候至少牵涉到3个因素。B正好是作者所批判的；C在文中没有提及；D违背了短文的原意。
4.D句意为：“歪曲新闻”的最无效的办法是什么。最后一段中说到，如果一个编辑想要
歪曲新闻的话，他用其他任何方式都可以比解释新闻更有效地歪曲新闻。言下之意，解释新闻就是最没用的手段了。
5.A句意为：把一段报道放在第一版或第24版可以控制什么。从第四段倒数第二句可知，
新闻放置的位置决定了它的impact，即效果和影响。故选项A正确。初中生早恋
