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（2010年真题香香整理）Text1Ofallthechanges｛定语从句thathavetakenplaceinEnglish-languagenewspapersduringthepastquarter-century｝在近25年里，英语报纸发生了许多变化。在这些变化当中，,perhapsthemostfar-reaching（change）hasbeentheinexorabledecline衰退inthescope范围andseriousness严肃性oftheirartscoverage报道.艺术报道在范围上的缩小和严肃性的下降Itisdifficult这是困难的tothepointofimpossibility介词短语做状语｛实际主语fortheaveragereaderundertheageoffortytoimagineatimewhenhigh-qualityartscriticism高质量的艺术评论文章couldbefoundinmostbig-citynewspapers｝以前有，现在没有，lost→25题.四十岁以下的读者几乎难以想象大城市的报纸上一翻开就能找到高质量的评论。Yet｛主语aconsiderablenumberofthemostsignificantcollectionsofcriticismpublishedinthe20thcentury｝consisted构成inlargepartofnewspaperreviews.在二十世纪人们出版了许多非常重要的评论集，这些评论集主要是由报纸评论构成的Toreadsuchbookstodayistomarvelatthefactthattheirlearnedcontentswereoncedeemedsuitableforpublicationingeneral-circulationdailies.Weareevenfartherremoved消除，远离fromtheunfocusednewspaperreviews｛定语publishedinEnglandbetweentheturnofthe20thcenturyandtheeveofWorldWarII（22题）｝,atatimewhen定语newsprintwasdirt-cheapandstylishartscriticismwasconsideredanornament装饰品tothepublicationsinwhichitappeared有风格的文学评论是报纸的一种装饰.Inthosefar-offdays,itwastakenforgrantedthatthecriticsofmajorpaperswouldwriteindetailandatlengthabouttheeventstheycovered.Theirswasaseriousbusiness,他们的评论是严肃的andeventhosereviewerswhoworetheirlearninglightly,从外表上看似乎没有那么大学问的人likeGeorgeBernardShawandErnestNewman,couldbetrustedtoknowwhattheywereabout也知道他们在干嘛.两次提到这两个人，考后Thesemenbelievedinjournalismasacalling召唤,andwereproudtobepublishedinthedailypress对他们写的东西发表感到骄傲.“So因此fewauthors没有几个作者havebrainsenough有足够的智力orliterarygiftenough足够的文学天赋tokeeptheirownendup在…方面出人头地injournalism新闻界,”Newmanwrote,“that以至于Iamtemptedtodefine‘journalism’给新闻下个定义as‘atermofcontempt蔑视appliedbywriters｛whoarenotread｝towriterswhoare（read）.那些没有在报纸上发表文章的作者把这个词用在在报纸上发表文章的人身上’”Unfortunately,thesecriticsarevirtuallyforgotten.NevilleCardus,whowrotefortheManchesterGuardianfrom1917untilshortlybeforehisdeathin1975,isnowknownsolelyasawriterofessaysonthegameofcricket.Duringhislifetime,though,hewasalsooneofEngland’sforemostclassical-musiccritics,astylistsowidelyadmiredthathisAutobiography(1947)becameabest-seller.Hewasknightedin1967,thefirstmusiccritictobesohonored.Yetonlyoneofhisbooksisnowinprint,andhisvastbodyofwritingsonmusicisunknownsavetospecialists.IsthereanychancethatCardus’scriticismwillenjoyarevival?同位语从句，Cardus的艺术评论还有机会复苏吗？Theprospectseemsremote.Journalistictasteshadchangedlongbeforehisdeath,andpostmodernreadershavelittleusefortherichlyupholsteredVicwardianproseinwhichhespecialized.Moreover,theamateurtraditioninmusiccriticismhasbeeninheadlongretreat.21.Itisindicated暗示inParagraphs1and2that这种题目一般在第二段第一句；如果第二段第一句是个例子，那么答案在第一段最后一句强调newspaperreviews[A]artscriticismhasdisappearedfrombig-citynewspapers.[B]English-languagenewspapersusedtocarrymoreartsreviews.[C]high-qualitynewspapersretainalargebodyofreaders.[D]youngreadersdoubtthesuitabilityofcriticismondailies.22.Newspaperreviews评论（inEn...