①Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question.②The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.

painful  a. 令人痛苦的；令人不快的

be deep into  深入进行

journalism  n. 新闻业；新闻工作

credibility  n. 可信性，可靠性

self-analysis  自我剖析

journalism credibility  新闻可信度

为什么如此多的美国人不信任自己在报纸上看到的东西?美国报业编辑协会正试图解答这个棘手的问题。该协会正深入进行一项长期的自我剖析运动，名为“新闻可信度调查”。

①Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.

sad to say  遗憾的是

turn out to be  结果是，原来是

factual  a. 事实的

head-scratching  a. 令人费解的，令人挠头的

puzzlement  n. 迷惑，困惑

in the world  究竟，到底

遗憾的是，这次调查结果大多数是一些低级发现，诸如事实错误、拼写和语法错误，还夹杂着对“那些读者到底真正想要什么”许多令人挠头的困惑。

①But the sources of distrust go way deeper.②Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day’s events.③In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusions news.

way  ad. 大大地，远远地

template  n. 样板，标准

plug  v. 按通（电源），把（插头）插进（插座）；文中是指像插头插入插座一样把每天发生的事件“套入”一个模式

conventional  a. 按惯例的，习惯的，传统的

newsroom  n. 新闻编辑室；报章杂志阅览室

backbone  n. 支柱，骨干，基础

ready-made  a. 现成的，套用他人的

narrative  a. 叙事的，叙事体的

但这种对报刊的不信任有更深刻的根源。多数新闻记者学会了用一套标准模式去看待世界，并把每天发生的事件套入这一模式。换言之，在新闻采编室文化中存在着一种惯用的故事套路，为原本纷繁复杂的新闻内容提供了一个主干框架和一个现成的叙事结构。

①There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers ， which helps explain why the “standard templates”of the newsroom seem alien to many readers.②In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle-size cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area.③Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same questions.

disconnect  n. 脱节，不一致

alien  a. 非常怪异的，陌生的；格格不入的

questionnaire  n. 调查表，问卷

metropolitan  a. 大城市的，大都会的

resident  n. 居民；住户

新闻记者和读者之间存有社会和文化方面的脱节，这有助于解释为什么新闻编辑室的“标准模式”对众多读者来说似乎很陌生。在最近一次调查中，问卷被送往全国五个中等城市及一个大都市的记者手中。然后随机地给这些地区的居民打电话，询问相同的问题。

①Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they’re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in community.

upscale  a. 高端的，高消费阶层的

maid  n. 女仆

volunteer  a. 志愿的，自愿的/ n. 志愿者

put down roots in  扎根于

结果表明，与其他美国人相比，新闻记者更有可能居住高档社区、雇女佣、开奔驰、炒股票，而不大可能做礼拜、做志愿工，或扎根某个社区。

①Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite.②The astonishing distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.

broadly  ad. 总体上，大致上

astonishing  a. 令人惊讶的，惊人的

inaccuracy  n. 不准确；误差

reportorial  a. 新闻报道的

daily  a. 每日的，每天的

clash  n. 碰撞；冲突

记者们往往属于广义的社会文化精英的一部分，因此他们的工作成果往往反映了这一精英群体的传统价值观。(读者)对新闻媒介惊人的不信任的根源并非是报道失实或报道技巧拙劣，而是记者与读者的世界观每天都发生着碰撞。

①This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one.②Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers.③Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers.④But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about.⑤If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

explosive  a. 爆炸性的；易爆发的

vastly  ad. 特别地，极大地

annoy  v. 使不悦；惹恼

sponsor  v. 主办；举办

symposium  n. （复数symposiums/symposia）专题研讨会，讨论会，专题报告会

flee  v. 迅速离开；逃跑；逃离

get around to  抽出时间来做

bias  n. 偏见，成见

narrowly  a. 狭隘地；有限地

outlook  n. 观点，看法

这对任何一个行业来说，都是一种一触即发的形势，尤其是对一个日趋衰败的行业来说更是如此。这是一个深陷困境的行业，却一直雇用那些态度极大惹恼客户的员工。然后它又主办了许多研讨会和一个可信度调查项目，致力于探究客户为什么恼怒，为什么大量流失。但它似乎从来就抽不出时间来注意那么多昔日买主都在抱怨文化与社会等级偏见。如果它注意到了的话，就会开设多样化栏目(目前关注只限于种族与性别)，雇用那些世界观、价值观、教育水平和社会阶层完全不同的记者。

29.What is the passage mainly about?

[A] needs of the readers all over the world.

[B] causes of the public disappointment about newspapers.

[C] origins of the declining newspaper industry.

[D] aims of a journalism credibility project.

30.The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be ______.

[A] quite trustworthy                     

[B] somewhat contradictory

[C] very illuminating                     

[D] rather superficial

31. 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

32.Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its_______.

[A] failure to realize its real problem    

[B] tendency to hire annoying reporters

[C] likeliness to do inaccurate reporting      

[D] prejudice in matters of race and gender

trustworthy  a.  可信赖的，可靠的

somewhat  ad.  有点，稍微

illuminating  a.  有启发性的

superficial  a.  肤浅的

likeliness  n. 可能，可能性

in matters of 在……方面，就……而论

BDCA

29、文章首句提出了全文的中心议题：为什么如此多的美国人不相信自己在报纸上看到的东西?文章接下来先介绍了试图解答这个问题但却没有找到真正原因的一项新闻可信度调查；然后又探讨了造成读者不信任报纸的深层次原因。因而[B]正确。

30、第二段指出“遗憾的是，调查结果多半只是一些表面的发现以及许多令人挠头的困惑”；第三段首句转折指出“报业不信任危机有其更深刻的根源”。由此可见，这项调查结果令人失望，并未触及根本原因。[D]正确。

31、第六段末句明确指出：读者对新闻媒介令人震惊的不信任的根源不是……，而是记者与读者的世界观每天都在发生冲突。由此可见，[C]是作者强调的新闻记者存在的基本问题。

32、 第七段④句but话锋一转， 指出报业未曾做到的方面：对于原来那么多顾客所不满的文化、阶层偏见似乎一直以来都视而不见。由此可以推断，尽管报业做出种种努力，却仍然不令读者满意的原因是：未能认识到真正问题所在。因此[A]正确。