Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

An Open Letter to an Editor

I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently — one who works for you. In fact, he’s one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.

Your reporter gave me a copy of his résumé (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues, approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I’m sure you would hate to lose him.

Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment, and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you’ve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.

So why is he looking for a way out?

He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.

The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.

He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he’s doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for our paper. That’s what you want for him, too, isn’t it?

So your reporter has set me thinking.

Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists — everyone — is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can’t do it, they’ll find someone who can.

1.What does the writer think of the reporter?

A. Optimistic.                B. Imaginative.

C. Ambitious.                 D. Proud.

2.What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks?

A. Finding the news value of his stories.

B. Giving him financial support.

C. Helping him to find issues.

D. Improving his good ideas.

3. Who probably wrote the letter?

A. An editor.               B. An artist.

C. A reporter.              D. A reader.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一封写给编辑的公开信，信中提出了希望编辑能够把记者的好的想法变成现实。

1. wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.可知他想要承担更多的工作，被别人推动着向前进，他希望接受挑战，他希望能被推倒新的高度。这些都说明他很有抱负和野心。故总结出ambitious这个词：有抱负的。选C。

2. 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段前两句He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he’s doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it.可知他希望自己的编辑能够帮助他把一些好的想法变成现实，并探索最好的方法把故事报道出来。也就是说他想他的编辑帮助改善他的那些好的观点。故D正确。

3. 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists — everyone — is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can’t do it, they’ll find someone who can可知这里的we就是指作者.句意：我们最大的希望就是有最好的记者，最好的编辑等。说明作者就是报社的内部人士，排除BD项。作者是为一位记者提出要求的。说明作者应该是报社的管理人员，故A正确。

【名师点睛】

本文考查的三题都是推理判断题，我们可以使用正选法与排除法来解决此类问题。正选法与排除法：正选法即根据所读材料内容从正面选择最佳答案。如果在有些情况下从正面选择答案有困难，考生则可以考虑选用排除法，即排除四个选项中的三个错误选项，那么剩下的选项即为正确答案。排除法是解答阅读理解题的常用方法，对于那些不合情理或荒谬的选项、与短文内容相反的选项、与短文内容不相关的选项、虽在短文中出现但答非所问的选项，以及不是问题的主要因素的选项等，都可以采用排除法。考生可以遵循如下“三级思考”的方法排除干扰项：

(1) 如果干扰项明显与文章相矛盾，即为“误”，可以直接排除。

(2) 如果干扰项与文章内容不矛盾，但在原文中没有依据，这种脱离原文的“虚”的选项也可以排除。

(3)有些干扰项似乎很有道理，文中也能找到相关的依据，但它并不能完全满足题目的要求，未能以文章的主题、作者的思维模式为出发点，未能充分体现严谨性和最大的合理性，这种虽没错但不是最佳答案的“偏”选项也可以排除。只要考生经过“是否矛盾? (误否) ——是否有依据? (虚否?) ——是否以偏概全 (偏否?)”的逐级思考过程来分析和甄别每一个选项，那么解题的正确率就会得以提高。正确的答案应该是与原文意义一致的选项，或是经过“三级思考”仍不能排除的选项。

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