關(guān)于21題正確答案本不存在什么“爭論”，因為公布答案的大部分機構(gòu)幾乎都清一色選了B。由于迦思佑公布的閱讀答案認為21題是選擇D。從而引起了很大的爭論。
21. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that ____
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.
迦思佑立場：21題的題干問的是在第一段和第二段中指出了什么樣的信息。很明顯，答案肯定是第一段和第二段完全讀完后才能確定答案。從這個角度來講，B選項的可能性就已經(jīng)很小了。因為B完全是根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容選出來的。第一二段如下：
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 criticismpublished 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.
這道題難在第二段的第一句話，即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.這句話幾乎把所有考生都讀暈了。但接下來用了個Yet轉(zhuǎn)折詞，后邊的大致含義就是20世紀出版的評論集內(nèi)容的很大一部分就是報紙評論。今天去讀這種評論集就驚奇這樣一個事實，即評論集的博學(xué)內(nèi)容曾經(jīng)被認為是適合在日報上發(fā)表的。答案的出處很明顯，肯定在yet之后。與此部分相關(guān)的選項只有D，并且把第二段的第一句話中的under age of forty替換為young。所以確定無疑是選D。
為什么不選B?B的含義是對的，但不是正確答案。若題干為從第一段中能得出什么，那就肯定是選B了。但題干問的是第一段和第二段中的含義是什么。所以不能選B。
21. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that ____
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.
迦思佑立場：21題的題干問的是在第一段和第二段中指出了什么樣的信息。很明顯，答案肯定是第一段和第二段完全讀完后才能確定答案。從這個角度來講，B選項的可能性就已經(jīng)很小了。因為B完全是根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容選出來的。第一二段如下：
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 criticismpublished 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.
這道題難在第二段的第一句話，即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.這句話幾乎把所有考生都讀暈了。但接下來用了個Yet轉(zhuǎn)折詞，后邊的大致含義就是20世紀出版的評論集內(nèi)容的很大一部分就是報紙評論。今天去讀這種評論集就驚奇這樣一個事實，即評論集的博學(xué)內(nèi)容曾經(jīng)被認為是適合在日報上發(fā)表的。答案的出處很明顯，肯定在yet之后。與此部分相關(guān)的選項只有D，并且把第二段的第一句話中的under age of forty替換為young。所以確定無疑是選D。
為什么不選B?B的含義是對的，但不是正確答案。若題干為從第一段中能得出什么，那就肯定是選B了。但題干問的是第一段和第二段中的含義是什么。所以不能選B。