单选题 The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted (不歪曲的), objectively selected facts. But in the 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 the there is no longer any such thing as "local" news, bemuse 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 dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense.
The opponents of 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 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 an important decision bemuse many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph.) This is Judgments Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has larger 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 research resources, 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. (Note in passing: even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels.) 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(支持)his particular plea. Or he can do it by the play when he gives a story promoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirty.

单选题 The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage is______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】主旨题。
题意为“这篇文章的最佳标题为______”。本文首先指出一些人对解释新闻持批评态度,接着对这些人的观点进行批驳,最后阐述解说新闻领域和提供新闻内容一样都是客观过程。因此选项A“解释新闻”是答案。选项B“选择事实”;选项C“主观与客观的过程”;选项D“每件事都重要”。
单选题 Why does the writer of an article select ten out of 50 available facts?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。
题意为“一篇报道的作者为什么从50条新闻事实中选出10条?”根据文中第四段第三句“举例说,记者收集50条新闻事实。他从50条中选出10条他认为是最重要的新闻,因为他的版面空间的分配必定有所限制”,可知选项C“版面空间有限”是答案。选项A“他的编辑有偏见”;选项B“文章主题不重要”;选项D“读者偏好篇幅短的新闻”。
单选题 Why should the lead sentence present the most important fact?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。
题意为“为什么新闻导语应当讲述最重要的事实?”根据文章倒数第三段括号中提到的“……许多读者不读一段以下的新闻”,可知选项C为答案。选项A“它会影响读者继续读下去”;选项B“这是的最佳方式”;选项D“这会使读者高兴”。
单选题 What is the LEAST effective way of "slanting" news?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推断题。
题意为“歪曲新闻效果最差的方式是什么?”根据文章最后一段最后三句“如果编辑想要歪曲新闻,他可以采取其他方法,远比解释有效得多。他可以通过选择支持他的观点的素材,或通过他给每条新闻所定的位置达到歪曲的目的——提升到头版,或者降到第三十版”,可知选项A“解释”为正确答案。选项B“选材”;选项C“定位”;选项D“集中”。
单选题 What is the author's attitude toward the interpretation of news?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】作者态度题。
题意为“作者对解释新闻的态度是什么?”根据文章第二段“报界有一种普遍存在的观点:当你从事解释新闻的工作,你就进入了险象环生的水域。这纯粹是无稽之谈”,可知选项A“赞成的”为正确答案。选项B“关切的”;选项C“批评的”;选项 D“漠不关心的”。