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Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-re

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问题     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.
    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. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. 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.
    We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 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. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. "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’.
    Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. 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 on the game of cricket. 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. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
    Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
选项 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.
答案B
解析 本题是推理题。依据在文章第二段的这句话：Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews．这句话的意思是：然而，20世纪出版的相当数量的艺术评论的重要作品集主要都是由报纸评论文章组合而成的。说明过去的英文报纸中有更多的艺术评论。A项的错误在于偷换原文概念，原文说high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers，即“高质量的艺术评论几乎在大多数大城市的报纸上都能找到”，而A项变成艺术评论已经从大城市“报纸上消失”；C项中的a large body of readers是原文没有提到的新信息；D项中的young readers对应第二段开头句，而suitability对应第二段结尾句，这是典型的拼凑选项，属于干扰项。
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