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问题 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] According to the passage, book review editors pay attention to all of the following in deciding which books should be reviewed in their publications EXCEPT
选项 A、news releases from publishers
B、sales figures compiled by bookstores
C、the opinions of literary experts
D、the probability that the books will be extensively advertised
E、the likelihood that the books will be reviewed in other publications
答案 B
解析 Which of the following is a factor that the passage does NOT indicate is considered by book review editors when deciding which book reviews to publish? The passage indicates that major decisions regarding which books will be reviewed in a given publication occur before the relevant books have been published; it follows that sales data for those books would not exist when initial decision making of curs. This immediately suggests that answer choice B may be correct. But to verify that answer choice
B is correct, it will be important to quickly check two things: first, that the passage neither states nor implies review editors consider sales data and, second, that for each of the other factors listed, the passage either states or implies that review editors do consider that factor.
A    The passage indicates that book review editors do in fact consider news releases from publishers.
B    Correct. Nothing in the passage indicates that book review editors consider sales figures compiled by bookstores. Furthermore, the passage indicates that such data would NOT be available for certain books that the editors and book publishers consider most worth publishing. Even so, the passage does not exclude the possibility that book review editors may consider publishing reviews of books already in bookstores, based on a review of bookstore sales data. However, it is important to note that the passage neither states nor implies that this is so.
C    According to the passage, book review editors do in fact listen to literary experts regarding books that may sell well over time despite slow initial sales.
D    According to the passage, book review editors receive news releases and printers’ proofs of certain books; this implies that the books will in fact be heavily advertised.
E    The passage states that book review editors must consider what will be newsworthy, advertised, and written about elsewhere. In other words, other publications’ writing about the same books factor into the decisions of these editors.
The correct answer is B.
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