关于那个英语阅读第一题，(新添加对layout的解释)

kunkunkenny

These men (for they were all men) believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press。当时看了这句琢磨很久，有那种在大众压力之下敢于发表自己的见解、唤醒社会的意思，所以就想着说不定是激进的。当时思想很斗争，总觉得这个词带有中性偏贬义的意思，但最后还是选了这个。因为其它的都排除了

zl123cn

“radical idea 就有不同凡响的，好的观点的意思。”
——这其实是一种引申的意思。
大凡言论被击节叫好者，皆为惊世骇俗之语。
如我国报刊史上梁启超、陈独秀等人。

samezn18

越争越糊涂了  到底选哪个呢

zl123cn

radical 最根本的意思就是“根本，基本”之解
“激进”的意味就来源他们的言论和立场动辄“伤根动骨”，而不是渐进改良，所以为一般固执保守派所不容。
它有一种彻底性。

这绝对是用在政治性很强的语境中的，各位选这个词的不用再想了，肯定不会是它。

samezn18

虽然我选的A   free theme 但 还是觉得C靠谱   文章说   “进一步说我们如果远离那些东扯西扯不靠谱的评论   看那些主流报纸评论  它们是精心构思和很有水平的 ”

zl123cn

你显然翻得不对
We are even farther removed from the discursive 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. （这句的even farther removed....是与前文的二战后的报纸对比，前文说1945-1973的文艺批评构成了报刊评论的主要部分，现在笔锋一转，说20世纪前后到二战前这段时间了。）
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.（还是在说二战前这段时间，大报的critics的工作态度）
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. （举例说明critics的工作态度）
These men (for they were all men) believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. （具体说明这个工作态度：calling）

kunkunkenny

layout不对，这个选项太显而易见，很多人会忽略layout直接看elaborate就选了，总觉得这是命题人的陷阱

liuxiaomu

容易吗我，做个题都要便秘。

zl123cn

那么问二战前报纸是什么风格，马上就定位到这一句，且只有这一句：
We are even farther removed from the discursive 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.
从做题上说，也符合真题一贯来的定位查找方法，一般就是一句话，具体的问题它是不会让你前后联系，又猜又联想又发挥的。

zl123cn

unfocused，还有not focused，跟现在的高度聚焦的话题相比，那时候报刊上的话题是free theme，没有像现在这么趋同？

可以这么理解。