Passage 3
The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted, 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 (with the possible exception of such scribbling as society and club news) as “local” news, because 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.
There is in journalism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation, you are entering choppy and dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense.
The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine themselves to the “facts”. This insistence raises two questions: what are the facts? And: are the bare facts enough?
As to the first query, consider how a so-called “factual” story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space allotment being necessarily restricted, 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 important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. 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. 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 general background, and their “news neutralism”, arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.
The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather than subjective processes—as objective, that is, as any human being can be. (Even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the ultimate goal.) 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 selection of those facts that prop up his particular plea. Or he can do it by the pay he gives a story-promoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirsty.
Why does the reporter select only ten facts out of fifty available ones?
根据第四段第二句“his space allotment being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten, which he considers most important.”可知由于版面限制，记者需要有选择性地挑选那些更为重要的报道。因此作者的版面空间 是有限的。故选C。
What is the least effective way of “slanting” news?
根据最后一段倒数第三句可知“If an editor is intent on slanting the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation.”如果编辑想要歪曲新闻，他可以采取其他远比解读新闻更有效的方 法。比如选择特定的排版，有偏颇地只报道那些符合自己观点的新闻内容等等。因此解读新闻并不包含在 歪曲新闻的做法内。故选B。
Why should the lead sentence present the most important fact?
根据第四段倒数第三句“This is important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph.”可知首句十分重要，因为很多读者不会有耐心读下去，所以编辑会把最重要的新闻放在最前面。
The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage is ________.
文章虽然提及两个领域：提供新闻内容和解读新闻。但重点放在了如何解读新闻上。A选项与新闻关 系不大，B选项只是提供新闻内容的一个步骤。D选项“所有事都很重要”，文章没有着重强调这一方面。故选C。
The author believed that the news must be ________.
根据最后一段括号中内容“Even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the ultimate goal”尽管不可能做到绝对的客观，但是这一理想必须是我们永远追求的目标。 由此可知作者认为新闻必须追求客观。