【英语题目】
①The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody, but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspaper are least distinctive. ②Car and film reviewers have gone. ③So have science and general business reporters. ④Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off. ⑤Newspapers are less complete as a result. ⑥But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business.
【答案解析】
【答案】A。试题类型：推理判断题。
【思路解析】由于题干只提供了段落范围，属于段落型推理题。考生在解决此类问题时可以根据四个选项中的关键信息返回原文定位，运用排除法解题。根据选项A中的关键词Distinctiveness，可以定位到第1句后半句...but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspaper are least distinctive,也就是说“遭受重创的是报社中最不具特色的领域”，因此可以判断，具有特色的领域受到的损失不是特别严重，是报业立足的一个根本点。正话反说，因此选项A正确。
【干扰项分析】根据选项B中的关键词Completeness，可以定位到第6句But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business，本句说的是“完整性不再是优势”，从中不能反向推出“完整性是报业危机的原因”，选项B属于推理过度。根据选项C中的关键词Foreign bureaus，可以定位到第4句Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off，原文提到Foreign bureaus已经被“无情地裁掉”，因此不可能是play a crucial role，选项C属于是非颠倒。根据选项D中的关键词Readers以及car and film reviews，可定位到第2句Car and film reviewers have gone,原文只说车评人和影评人离开报社，而没有说读者是否喜欢，选项D属于推理过度。
