题目内容：

    The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more: it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is a very important assignment facing American journalists - to make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news understandable as community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing as "local" news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in the financial market, political circles, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you start an interpretation, you are entering dangerous waters, the rushing tides of opinion. This is nonsense.

The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall limit themselves to the "facts". This insistence raises two questions: What are the facts? Are the bare facts enough?

As for the first question, consider how a so-called "factual" story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall make up the beginning of the article, which is an important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large influence, or on page twenty four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.

Thus in the presentation of a so-called "factual" or"objective" story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporters and editors, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and heir "news neutralism", arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.

The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective and subjective processes. If an editor is determined to give a prejudiced view of the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that support his particular viewpoint. Or he can do it by the place he gives a story - promoting it to page one or dragging it to page thirty.

1.According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.If a reporter makes clear the facts he writes, he will no doubt get into trouble.

B.Journalists must select facts objectively to make current events clear to the readers.

C.The most important task of reporters is to provide unprejudiced facts for the readers.

D.For reporters, interpretation of facts is no less important than presentation of the facts.

2.The beginning of the article should present the most important fact because________.

A.it will influence the reader to continue

B.many readers read only the first paragraph

C.it details the general attitude of the writer

D.it's the best way to write according to the schools of journalism

3.Where a story is presented in a newspaper shows________.

A.the editor's prejudice

B.the reporter's background

C.the story's factual matter

D.the story's effect on the readers

4.Which of the following can best express the author's attitude toward objectiveness?

A.Objectiveness is controlled by editors rather than writers.

B.Properly choosing facts prepares a solid ground for objectiveness.

C.He doesn't think there exists complete objectiveness in news writing.

D.To make clear the news is a way to be objective and responsible for the readers.