会计硕士#2018会计硕士考研究生#英语阅读理解模拟题及参考答案[1]

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TheWallStreetJournalhascontinuedastheworld’smostcrediblenewssourceandonethatrefusedtoconformtothepassingprejudiceanderrorofthejournalisticherd.NaturallytheJournalreceivesongoingabusefromtheherdforitsdistressingindependence.Yet,rarelyisthecriticismstraightforwardbutratheranassaultontheconservatismoftheJournal’seditorialpage,whichstrikesconformistjournalistsasaninsultandistherealcauseoftheherd’sdistress.RatherthecriticismfocusesontheJournal’sbottomline,itssluggishshareprice,andrumorsthatthefamilycontrollingthepaper,theBancroftfamily,isunhappyandabouttosellit.

TherumorsoftheBancrofts’unhappinessareallhighlyexaggeratedandquicklyrefuted.Forthisproudfamilywhoseancestor,ClarenceW.Barron,purchasedtheJournalandwithittheDowJonesnewsservicein1902conceivesofitsownershipasa“publictrust.”ThatishowRoyA.Hammer,alawyerandtrusteefortheentitiesthroughwhichtheBancroftscontrolthepaper,describedtheirsenseofownership.Thisisnotsounusual.GreatnewspapershavealwaysplayedamajorroleinAmericanciviclife.Isaid“greatnewspapers, ”seriousnewspapers,thekindthatputgatheringnewsaheadofsensationalism.

Mostofthetrulyprofitablenewspapersinthecountrytodayareessentiallyshoppingcircularswithsomecheapjournalismprintedonthosepagesnotdevotedtoshoppingmallsales.Thegreatnewspaperchainstakeoverlocalpapers,firejournalists,andsetouttofilltheirpageswithstillmoreadvertisements.Well,theysupplyaservice.Theyletreadersknowabouttheprice,say,ofchickenattheGiantorsnowtiresattheCVS.Butfewerandfewerlocalnewspaperssupplymuchnewsandanalysis.Greatnewspapersdo,andnotonethatIknowofmakesavastamountofmoney.

Greatnewspapersdohelptosettheagendaforthenation.Theybreakstoriesofcorruptionoronothervitalmatters.OneofthefewthingsIfindadmirableabouttheNewYorkTimesisthatitscontrollingfamily,theSulzbergerfamily,isnotintentonsqueezingeverypennyofprofitoutofitsflagshippaper.ThuslastweekwhenIreadalongcritiqueintheTimesoftheWallStreetJournal’smanagementforitssluggishfinancialperformance,Idiscoveredhypocrisy.

Thehypocrisyisallthegreatercomingfromliberalswhoarecriticizingconservativesfortheirallegeddevotionthe“AlmightyDollar.
”Profitsareessentialtoallbusinesses.Foronethingtheyareaveryaccuratepollofthepopulace’stastes,butthereareotherservicessomecorporationssupplytosociety.BoththeJournalandtheTimessupply&mdashattoohighacost&mdashinformationthatenlightensthecitizenry.

1.Thejournalisticherd’sdistressiscausedbytheWallStreetJournal’s_____.

[A]credibility[B]prejudice[C]conformism[D]professionalism

2.TheBancroftfamilypurchasedtheWallStreetJournalto_____.

[A]sellitforahigherprice[B]promotetheDowJonesnewsservice

[C]dominatethegreatnewspaperschains[D]influenceAmericanciviclife

3.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatgreatnewspapers_____.

[A]havetoengageinaformofsensationalism[B]makeabiggerprofitthanlocalpapers

[C]supplymuchnewsandanalysis[D]refusetoaccepttheerrorofthejournalisticherd

4.Theauthorsays“Idiscoveredhypocrisy”(Lastline,Paragraph4),because_____.

[A]theTimeswasinvolvedincorruption[B]theTimeswasbecomingprofit-driven

[C]theTimeswasattackingtheJournal[D]theJournalwasinfinancialdifficulty

5.Theauthorseemstobelievethatallthenewspapersshould_____.

[A]maxmizetheprofit[B]satisfythepublic’stastes[C]providesocialservices[D]informthereadersatahighcost

参考答案：1.C2.D3.C4.B5.C