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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] Which of the following is an assumption made by the book review editor referred to in line 27?
选项 A、A book of great worth will receive only good reviews.
B、An important book will endure despite possible bad reviews.
C、Reviewers might hide their true opinions in order to have their reviews published.
D、Book review editors should select reviewers whose opinions can be guessed in advance.
E、Book review editors have an obligation to print extensive reviews of apparently important books.
答案 A
解析 Which one of the five options is an assumption the book review editor made in following the boot review system described? The editor’s policy was  to publish the reviews that gave books a sufficiently positive evaluation while often refusing to publish unenthusiastic reviews; that is, reviews that did not rate books highly.
Given the information in the passage, it is likely that this editor followed other editors in feeling some concern about what might endure. That is, these editors would presumably not wish to risk ignoring a book of great worth. Therefore, this editor may have believed that his brilliant system of not publishing negative reviews would guard against such a risk. In other words, the editor assumed that unenthusiastic reviews accurately reflected the value of the books reviewed. By this logic, a book of great worth would, of course, receive only positive reviews.
A    Correct. The editor, in applying the system described, assumed that a book of great worth would receive only positive reviews.
B    If the editor assumed this, he would be
justified in publishing bad reviews given that a good book would eventually be vindicated.
C    There is nothing to suggest that the editor thought the reviewers to be dishonest in representing their views of the books they review; that is, that the reviewers would lie in order to get their reviews published. While this may have been the case, the passage provides no evidence to suggest that the editor assumed this.
D    Nothing in the passage suggests that the editor’s practice was governed by this sort of rule regarding how book review editors should select reviewers.
E    The passage suggests the book review editor wanted books of significant worth reviewed in his newspaper. However, it does not suggest that the editor assumed this rule should apply to all book review editors.
The correct answer is A.
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