Text 1 Of all the changes that have take

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问题 Text 1 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,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.22.Newspaper reviews in England before World War II were characterized byA.free themes.B.casual style.C.elaborate layout.D.radical viewpoints.

选项 A.free themes.
B.casual style.
C.elaborate layout.
D.radical viewpoints.

答案 A

解析根据题干中的时间提示词：World War II我们可以定位到文章的第三段第一句话。原文中“unfocused”意思是：不集中的，散漫的，选项A中“free”的解释是unrestricted，所以两个词是同义词，属于同义替换。B项中“casual”的意思是：随便的；临时的；漠不关心的，这几个意思都是和文中的in detail and at length“详细的”，serious“严肃的”，calling“对做某项工作的强烈欲望或责任感”，proud“骄傲”相矛盾的，所以不选。C是强干扰项，“elaborate”可以替换原文中的“in detail”，但是“layout”（布局）无中生有，所以本题与原文不相符合。D项中“radical”是“激进的”，无中生有。

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