Passage3WhydosomanyAmericansdistr ustwhattheyreadintheirnewspapers?TheAmericanSocietyofNewspaperEditorsistr yingtoanswerthispainfulquestion.Theorganizationisdeepintoalongselfanalysisknownasthejournalismcredibilityproject.
Sadtosay,thisprojecthasturnedouttobemostlylowlevelfindingsaboutfactualerrorsandspellingandgrammarmistakes,combinedwithlotsofheadscratchingpuzzlementaboutwhatintheworldthosereadersreallywant.
Butthesourcesofdistr ustgowaydeeper.Mostjounalistslearntoseetheworldthroughasetofstandardtemplates(patterns)intowhichtheyplugeachday'sevents.Inotherwords,thereisaconventionalstorylineinthenewsroomculturethatprovidesabackboneandareadymadenarrativestr uctureforotherwiseconfusingnews.
Thereexistsasocialandculturaldisconnectbetweenjournalistsandtheirreaders,whichhelpsexplainwhythe“standardtemplates"ofthenewsroomseemalientomanyreaders.Inarecentsurvey,questionnairesweresenttoreportersinfivemiddlesizecitiesaroundthecountr y,plusonelargemetr opolitanarea.Thenresidentsinthesecommunitieswerephonedatr andomandaskedthesamequestions.
RepliesshowthatcomparedwithotherAmericans,journalistsaremorelikelytoliveinupscaleneighborhoods,havemaids,ownMercedeses,andtr adestocks,andthey'relesslikelytogotochurch,dovolunteerwork,orputd ownrootsinacoummunity.
Reporterstendtobepartofabroadlydefinedsocialandculturalelite,sotheirworktendstoreflecttheconventionalvaluesofthiselite.Theastonishingdistr ustofthenewsmediaisn'tr ootedininaccuracyorpoorreportorialsskillsbutinthedailyclashofworldviewsbetweenreportersandtheirreaders.
Thisisanexplosivesituationforanyindustr y,particularlyadecliningone.Hereisatr oubledbusinessthatkeepshiringemployeeswhoseattitudesvastlyannoythecustomers.Thenitsponsorslotsofsymposiumsandacredibilityprojectd edicatedtowonderingwhycustomersareannoyedandfleeinginlargenumbers.Butitneverseemstogetaroundtonoticingtheculturalandclassbiasesthatsomanyformerbuyersarecomplainingabout.Ifitd id,itwouldopenupitsdiversityprogram,nowfocusednarrowlyonraceandgender,andlookforreporterswhodifferbroadlybyoutlook,values,education,andclass.
第59题：Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
Aneedsofthereadersallovertheworld
Bcausesofthepublicdisappointmentaboutnewspapers
Coriginsofthedecliningnewspaperindustr y
Daimsofajournalismcredibilityproject
正确答案：B选［B］。文章第一段的第一句以问句的形式表明了本文的主旨，即要寻找许多美国人对报纸报导不信任的原因，也就是［B］项的内容。
