Passage Two
The author states that no modem newspaper ______.
A.is free of propaganda
B.is controlled by big business interests
C.separates fact and opinion
D.operates according to a code of ethics
参考答案:A
解析:[听力原文]26-30 Even the fairest and most impartial newspaper is a medium of propaganda. Every daily newspaper has an editorial page. The opinion is expressed on events and personalities in the news. But editorial judgment is so persuasively presented that many people accept these opinions as facts. Good journalists uphold a code of ethics that distinguishes between news and editorial opinion. This code holds that in an editorial column the publisher is entitled to advocate any cause he chooses. It is understood that there he is speaking as a partisan and may express any view he desires. Because a modem newspaper is so expensive to produce and so costly to establish, newspapers have increasingly become big business organizations. Although there are exceptions, these large newspapers tend to reflect the views of their owners in their editorials on economic and political matters. In the news columns, however, the complete and unbiased facts should be reported. The better metropolitan newspapers and the great press associations usually can be relied on to keep their news impartial. But the less ethical publications often deliberately "color" the news to favor or oppose certain groups or movements.
[分析]: 观点态度的找寻和判断。 根据原文相关内容可知Even the fairest and most impartial newspaper is a medium of propaganda即使最公平、最公正的报纸也是宣传的媒介。由此可推断没有报纸能够摆脱宣传。[解题关键] 掌握特殊的否定式表述是解题的关键。本题中no…is free of表达强调,说明所有报纸都受宣传的影响。此外,be free of意为“不受……影响,摆脱”。