2010年考研英语一阅读A题翻译加解析

【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】在过去25年里，英语报纸发生的所有变化中，影响最深远的也许是其艺术报道的范围和严肃性的无情下降。
【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】对于40岁以下的普通读者来说，很难想象高质量的艺术评论会出现在大多数大城市的报纸上。【2】然而，20世纪出版的相当数量的最重要的批评文集包含了大部分新的评论。【3】今天读这样的书会惊讶于这样一个事实，即它们的学术内容曾经被认为适合在普通流通的日报上发表。
【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】从20世纪之交到第二次世界大战前夕，在新闻纸非常便宜、时尚的艺术评论被认为是其出现的出版物的装饰品的时候，我们离英国出版的无焦点的报纸评论更远了。【2】在那些遥远的日子里，人们理所当然地认为，主要报纸的评论家会详细地写下他们报道的事件。【3】他们的事业是严肃的，即使是那些对自己的学识不感兴趣的评论家，如乔治·伯恩·德·肖和欧内斯特·纽曼，也可以相信他们知道自己在做什么。【4】这些人相信新闻业是一种职业，并为能在日报上发表文章而自豪。【5】纽曼写道:“很少有作家有足够的头脑或文学天赋来保持自己在新闻业的地位，以至于我很想把‘新闻业’定义为‘一个没读过的作家对读过的作家的继续评论的术语’。"
【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，这些批评家几乎被遗忘了。【2】内维尔·卡杜斯从1917年开始为《曼彻斯特卫报》撰稿，直到1975年去世前不久，现在人们只知道他是板球比赛方面的文章作家。【3】然而，在他的一生中，他也是英国最重要的古典音乐评论家之一，也是一位广受赞赏的文体家，他的《自传》(1947年)成了畅销书。【4】他于1967年被授予爵士头衔，是第一位获得此殊荣的音乐评论家。【5】然而，他现在只有一本书出版，除了专家，他关于音乐的大量著作都不为人知。
【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】卡杜斯的批评有可能重新流行起来吗？【2】前景似乎渺茫。【3】早在他去世之前，新闻品味就已经发生了变化，后现代读者对他所擅长的装饰华丽的维多利亚时代散文几乎没有什么用处。【4】此外，音乐批评中的业余传统已经一落千丈。

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.
    第21题是从第一段和第二段，可以知道什么？
    A选项说艺术评论在大城市消失了，显然错误。B选项说英国的报纸过去有更多的艺术评论，定位到文章第二段的第二句话，正确。C选项未提及。D选项未提及。
22. Newspaper reviews in England before world warⅡwere characterized by
    [A] free themes.
    [B] casual style.
    [C] elaborate layout.
    [D] radical viewpoints.
    第22题问的是在第二次世界大战前夕，英国的报纸评论是什么特点？
    定位到文章第三段的第一句话，说的是无焦点的评论，也就是自由评论，选A。
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.
    第23题，S和N两个人同意什么观点？
    A选项作家的责任就是去完成新闻的目标，错误。B选项作家成为新闻工作者是鄙视的，错误。C选项作家可能想成为新闻工作者，错误，未提及。D选项，不是所有的作家都有能力写作。正确。定位到文章的第三段的第三四五句话。
24. 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题通过最后两段，我们可以知道什么？
    A选项说他的音乐评论今天可能不会吸引读者。正确，定位到文章的第五段。B选项明显错误，C选项未提及，D选项未提及。
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.
    第25题，哪一个是文章最好的题目。
    整篇文章说的都是报纸评论消失的事情，选项B，报纸上消失的地平线。