阅读理解 The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, objectively selected facts. But in these 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 as "local" news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in terms of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you start interpretation, you are entering dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense. Those who are against interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine himself to the "facts". This insistence raises two questions: what are the facts? And: are bare facts enough? As to the first, consider how a so-called "factual" story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts. Then he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall constitute the lead of the piece. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on Page One, where it has a large impact, or on Page Twenty-four, where it has little. This is Judgment Number Three. Thus in the presentation of a so-called "factual" or "objective" story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporter and editor, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and their "news neutralism", arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.

单选题 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】尽管该题是个判断题，但是它涉及到对全文的整体理解，第一段的第二句、第二段的末句、第四段和第五段都是信息源。根据第一段可以判断选项A是不正确的，根据第二段的末句可以排除选项B。选项C是个强干扰项，不过作者多次对“objective”即新闻的客观性提出质疑，参照第四段，作者用so-called…“objective”说明了对客观性持否定态度，故选D)。

单选题 The purpose of the last paragraph is to___________.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】文章第四段作者阐述了对新闻客观性的看法，可以看出其否定态度，目的在于告诉读者所谓的客观性里有新闻工作者的主观判断。并非给“事实性新闻”重新下定义(选项A)，也非炫耀自己的判断(选项B)，虽然提及新闻工作者要动用研究资源(选项D)，但没有教他们如何去用。故选C)。

单选题 It is implied in the passage that___________.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】该题是推断题。选项A是与原文相反的信息，是错误的。原文未提及经济方面的话题，选项D也是错误的。根据前两题可知，作者对新闻客观性持否定态度，但并不是指写新闻稿件的作者一般都是客观的，只是人们一般认为新闻应当是客观的，所以选项C是不能从原文推断出来的。根据第三段的内容可得出结论，写事实性的新闻稿件，作者是需要主观判断的，故选B)。

单选题 Placement of a story will reflect the story''s___________.

单选题 Which of the following can best express the author''s attitude toward objectiveness?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】该题是推断题。选项D显而易见是错误的。从第二段可判断选项B是错误的，作者并不认为对新闻加以解释就是客观的。选项C不符合原文，编辑控制的版面安排而非客观性。综观全文，可知作者对所谓的新闻客观持不赞同态度，新闻必然涉及主观因素，纯粹的客观是不存在的。故选A)。