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Behind every book review there are two key figures: a book review editor and a r
Behind every book review there are two key figures: a book review editor and a r
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2025-02-25
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Behind every book review there are two key figures: a book review editor and a reviewer. Editors decide whether a book is reviewed in their publication, when the review appears, how long it is, and who writes the review.
When many periodicals feature the same books, this does not prove that the editors of different periodicals have not made individual decisions. Before publication, editors receive news releases and printer’s proofs of certain books, signifying that the publishers will make special efforts to promote these books. They will be heavily advertised and probably be among the books that most bookstores order in quantity. Not having such books reviewed might give the impression that the editor was caught napping, whereas too many reviews of books that readers will have trouble finding in stores would be inappropriate. Editors can risk having a few of the less popular titles reviewed, but they must consider what will be newsworthy, advertised, and written about elsewhere.
If these were the only factors influencing editors, few books that stand little chance of selling well would ever be reviewed. But editors feel some concern about what might endure, and therefore listen to literary experts. A generation ago, a newspaper used a brilliant system of choosing which books to feature. The book review editor sent out a greater number of books than reviews he actually intended to publish. If a review was unenthusiastic, he reasoned that the book was not important enough to be discussed immediately, and if good reviews of enough other books came in, the unenthusiastic review might never be printed. The unenthusiastic reviewers were paid promptly anyway, but they learned that if they wanted their material to be printed, it was advisable to be kind.
Most editors print favorable and unfavorable reviews; however, the content of the review may be influenced by the editor. Some editors would actually feel that they had failed in their responsibility if they gave books by authors they admired to hostile critics or books by authors they disapproved of to critics who might favor them. Editors usually can predict who would review a book enthusiastically and who would tear it to shreds. [br] It can be inferred that, as a prospective book buyer, the author of the passage would generally respond to highly enthusiastic reviews of new books with
选项
A、resignation
B、amusement
C、condemnation
D、skepticism
E、disinterest
答案
D
解析
What does the passage suggest about how its author might respond to highly enthusiastic reviews of new books? Nothing in the passage suggests the response would be resignation, amusement, or condemnation.
This narrows down the possibilities to skepticism or disinterest. The intended meaning of disinterest is "lack of interest. "It is unlikely that the author of the passage would be generally uninterested in highly enthusiastic reviews of new books.
This of course leaves skepticism as the best candidate. The passage does suggest that this might be the passage author’s attitude: the passage discusses the impact of commercial considerations—the business of selling books— on review editors’ choices regarding which books to review. It follows that highly enthusiastic reviews may, at least in some cases, be influenced by such considerations. With this in mind, the author of the passage is likely to approach such reviews with skepticism. In other words, the author holds a certain amount of doubt as to whether such reviews accurately reflect the true worth of the books reviewed.
A Given the critical approach to reviewing practices conveyed in the passage, it is unlikely that the response of the author would be resignation.
B The author of the passage might, for various reasons, be amused at some highly enthusiastic reviews. Nevertheless, the passage does not suggest that amusement would be the author’s response to any highly enthusiastic review.
C Nothing in the passage suggests that the author’s general response to enthusiastic reviews would be condemnation.
D Correct. As explained above, skepticism is most likely to be the author’s most usual response.
E Some book reviews, even highly enthusiastic ones, might not interest the author of the passage. However, nothing in the passage indicates that the author’s general response would be to show no interest.
The correct answer is D.
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