今天的句子：（经典的阅读真题）

（2001年的真题今天看起来依然不失鲜活！）

But the newspaper industry never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

思考题：

Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ________.

[A] failure to realize its real problem

[B] tendency to hire annoying reporters

[C] likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

[D] prejudice in matters of race and gender

词汇突破：

1. race and gender 种族和性别

2. get around to noticing 注意到

3. annoying 令人讨厌的

4. likeliness 可能性=likelihood=possibility

5. owing to 因为

6. prejudice 歧视=bias

7. in matters of 就什么而言

8. narrowly 仅仅，只是

第一句：

But the newspaper industry never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases/ that so many former buyers are complaining about.

参考译文：但报纸行业似乎从未注意到许多以前的买家所抱怨的文化和阶级偏见。

第二句：

If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

切分：

1. If it did, 

又来了经典考点！补全信息！找指代！

（1）It= the newspaper industry

（2）if the newspaper industry notice the cultural and class biases

如果报业注意到了文化和阶级的歧视；

2.it would open up its diversity program, 

3. now focused narrowly on race and gender, 

= its diversity program (is) now focused narrowly on race and gender

4.and （it would）look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

参考译文：如果报业注意到了文化和阶级的歧视，它就会开放其多元化计划（现在这个项目仅仅关注了狭隘的种族和性别）并寻找那些在观点、价值观、教育背景和阶级方面差异很大的记者。

（说明报业没有意识到文化和阶级的歧视，也就是报业没有意识到自己的真正问题。）

Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ________.

尽管报纸行业做出了种种努力，读者仍然不能满意，因为报纸行业______

[A] failure to realize its real problem

没有意识到自己真正的问题

（模糊替换！没有意识到自己的问题=没有意识到真正的问题。）

A为正确答案！

[B] tendency to hire annoying reporters

倾向于雇佣让人讨厌的记者

（文中也没有提及。）

[C] likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

有可能做一些不准确的报道

（文中没有提及。）

[D] prejudice in matters of race and gender

种族和性别方面的歧视

（第二句第三部分可以知道：现在这个项目仅仅关注了种族和性别，这说明报业已经注意了在种族和性别方面的歧视，读者的不满不是来自种族和性别的歧视，而是报业没有意识到自己在教育和阶级上的歧视。）