2022年考研英语二|外刊英语阅读-美国报纸行业的萧条Pt.1

考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。

学习步骤如下：

1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解

2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入

3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）

Whatever happened to the death of newspapers? A year ago the end seemed near. The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the internet. Newspapers like San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom. America's Federal Trade Commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers. Should they become charitable corporations? Should the state subsidize them? It will hold another meeting soon. But the discussions now seem out of date.

短文翻译

到底是什么导致了报纸行业的消亡?一年前报业似乎就已危在旦夕。这一衰退几乎使那些还未转向互联网的广告商和读者消亡殆尽。诸如《旧金山纪事报》一类的报纸当时就已开始记录自己的厄运。美国联邦贸易委员会曾发起一轮关于如何挽救报业的讨论。讨论围绕是否应将其转变为公益事业及政府是否应该给予资助展开。下次会议召开在即,但现在这样的探讨似乎已经过时了。

核心单词一览

真题练习

*一定要做题哦

26. By saying "Newspapers like...their own doom"(Lines 3-4,Para.1),the author indicates that newspapers_____.

[A] neglected the sign of crisis

[B] failed to get state subsidies

[C] were not charitable corporations

[D] were in a desperate situation

题目解析

26.【答案】[D] were in a desperate situatio

【解析】作者用这句话举例来说明上文所提出的现象，因此答案应该回到上句进行寻找，“A year ago the end seemed near.”（一年前，报业岌岌可危）一句提到了报业的状况。因此，题干所问句子实际是用比喻说法（为自己的命运编年记事）表明包括《旧金山纪事》在内的报纸身处绝境，命运堪忧，故D项符合题意，为正确答案。A项在原文并未提及；B项中的“国家补贴”在首段倒数第三句有所涉及，但这只是美国联邦贸易委员会探讨拯救报业的一项措施，内容是“国家要不要资助报业”，而非是“报业没能得到国家资助”；C项源自首段倒数第四句，也是联邦贸易委员会探讨的一项措施，内容是“报业要不要成为慈善机构”，而非“报业不是慈善机构”。