- 阅读理解A
题干：WhydosomanyAmericansdistrustwhattheyreadintheirnewspapers?TheAmericanSocietyofNewspaperEditorsistryingtoanswerthispainfulquestion.Theorganizationisdeepintoalongself-analysisknownasthejournalismcredibilityproject.Sadtosay,thisprojecthasturnedouttobemostlylow-levelfindingsaboutfactualerrorsandspellingandgrammarmistakes，combinedwithlotsofhead-scratchingpuzzlementaboutwhatintheworldthosereadersreallywant.Butthesourcesofdistrustgowaydeeper.Mostjournalistslearntoseetheworldthroughasetofstandardtemplates(patterns)intowhichtheyplugeachday'sevents.Inotherwords,thereisaconventionalstorylineinthenewsroomculturethatprovidesabackboneandaready-madenarrativestructureforotherwiseconfusingnews.Thereexistsasocialandculturaldisconnectbetweenjournalistsandtheirreaders，whichhelpsexplainwhythe“standardtemplates”ofthenewsroomseemalientomanyreaders.Inarecentsurvey,questionnairesweresenttoreportersinfivemiddle-sizecitiesaroundthecountry，plusonelargemetropolitanarea.Thenresidentsinthesecommunitieswerephonedatrandomandaskedthesamequestions.RepliesshowthatcomparedwithotherAmericans,journalistsaremorelikelytoliveinupscaleneighborhoods,havemaids，ownMercedeses，andtradestocks，andthey'relesslikelytogotochurch,dovolunteerwork，orputdownrootsinacommunity.Reporterstendtobepartofabroadlydefinedsocialandculturalelite,sotheirworktendstoreflecttheconventionalvaluesofthiselite.Theastonishingdistrustofthenewsmediaisn'trootedininaccuracyorpoorreportorialskillsbutinthedailyclashofworldviewsbetweenreportersandtheirreaders.Thisisanexplosivesituationforanyindustry,particularlyadecliningone.Hereisatroubledbusinessthatkeepshiringemployeeswhoseattitudesvastlyannoythecustomers.Thenitsponsorslotsofsymposiumsandacredibilityprojectdedicatedtowonderingwhycustomersareannoyedandfleeinginlargenumbers.Butitneverseemstogetaroundtonoticingtheculturalandclassbiasesthatsomanyformerbuyersarecomplainingabout.Ifitdid，itwouldopenupitsdiversityprogram，nowfocusednarrowlyonraceandgender，andlookforreporterswhodifferbroadlybyoutlook，values,education,andclass.
题目：The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their_____. - A 、working attitude
- B 、conventional lifestyle
- C 、world outlook
- D 、educational background
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
推理题。第三段指出，多数记者通过一套标准的模式来看世界，将每天报道的消息嵌人这些 模式。第四段又指出，由于在记者和读者之间存在着一个社会和文化上的分歧，这就解释了 为什么新闻报道的“标准模式”似乎不为许多读者所接受。第六段作者指出，记者似乎属于 社会和文化名流的一分子，所以他们的工作倾向反映这部分人的传统价值观。由此可见，公 众对新闻媒体的不信任根源于记者和读者之间世界观的冲突。因此C选项正确。
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