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$\quad$$\quad$Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter ,Elisabeth ,spoke of the “unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institutions”. Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only “sorting mechanism ”in society should be profit and the market .But “it’s us ,human beings, we the people who create the society we want ,not profit ”.
$\quad$$\quad$两年前,Rupert Murdoch的女儿Elisabeth谈到,“我们许多机构都缺乏诚信,这令人不安。” 她认为,诚信已经崩溃,因为人们普遍认为,社会中唯一的“分类机制”应该是利润和市场,但“是我们,人类,我们这些人创造了我们想要的社会,而不是利润”。
$\quad$$\quad$Driving her point home, she continued: “It’s increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose, of a moral language within government, media or business could become one of the most dangerous goals for capitalism and freedom.” This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies such as News International, she thought ,making it more likely that it would lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking .
$\quad$$\quad$根据她的观点,她继续说道:“越来越明显的是,政府、媒体或企业内部都缺乏道德语言和目标,可能成为资本主义和自由对危险的目标之一。”她认为,同样道德目的的缺失正在伤害新闻国际(News International)等公司,使其更有可能像大规模非法电话窃听那样迷失方向。
$\quad$$\quad$As the hacking trial concludes – finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones ,and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge –the wider issue of dearth of integrity still stands, Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people .This is hacking on an industrial scale ,as was acknowledged by Glenn Mulcaire, the man hired by the News of the World in 2001 to be the point person for phone hacking. Others await trial. This saga still unfolds.
$\quad$$\quad$黑客试验得出结论——发现有罪的《世界新闻报》的一个前编辑安迪·库尔森因参与窃听电话,发现他的前任,丽贝卡•布鲁克斯(Rebekah Brooks),却在同样的控诉中得到无罪释放——缺乏完整性证据的更广泛的问题依然存在,已知其入侵多达5500人的手机。正如《世界新闻报》(News of the World)在2001年聘请的电话窃听负责人格伦•穆尔凯尔(Glenn Mulcaire)所承认的那样,这是一种工业规模的黑客行为。有些人在等待审判。这个大篇章仍在展开。
$\quad$$\quad$In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place .One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived. The core of her successful defence was that she knew nothing.
$\quad$$\quad$在许多方面,缺乏道德目的不仅是如此广泛的电话窃听的事件的发生。惊人的发现就是小丽贝卡•布鲁克斯(Rebekah Brooks)知道在她的新闻编辑室发生了什么,她想问,但她从来没有问。她成功辩护的核心是她一无所知。
$\quad$$\quad$In today’s world, it has become normal that well—paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run. Perhaps we should not be so surprised. For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit. The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business–friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation. Words degraded to the margin have been justice fairness, tolerance, proportionality and accountability
$\quad$$\quad$在当今世界,高薪的高管不应该为他们所管理的组织所发生的事情负责,这已经成为常态。也许我们不应该如此惊讶。一代人以来,集体主义一直认为,社会的分类机制应该是利润。重要的词汇是效率、灵活性、股东价值、商业友好、财富创造、销售、影响力,以及报纸的发行量。被边缘化的词有正义、公平、宽容、相称和问责
$\quad$$\quad$The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding, to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity. It was to ruin lives in the quest for circulation and impact. Ms. Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.
$\quad$$\quad$编辑《世界新闻报》的目的不是为了增进读者的理解,不是为了文章的公平,也不是为了背叛任何共同的人性。它是为了追求发行量和影响力而毁了人们的生活。对于她的记者是如何获得报道的,布鲁克斯可能有过怀疑,也可能没有,但她没有提出任何问题,没有给出任何指示,也没有收到可追踪的录音回答。
36 According to the first two paragraphs, Elisabeth was upset by
[A] the consequences of the current sorting mechanism
当前分类机制的后果
[B] companies’ financial loss due to immoral practices.
公司因不道德行为造成的经济损失。
[C] governmental ineffectiveness on moral issues.
政府在道德问题上的无能。
[D]the wide misuse of integrity among institutions.
机构间广泛缺乏诚信。 正确
37 It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that
[A] Glem Mulcaire may deny phone hacking as a crime
格莱姆·穆尔凯尔可能会否认电话窃听是犯罪行为
[B] more journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking.
可能会有更多的记者被判犯有电话窃听罪 正确
[C] Andy Coulson should be held innocent of the charge.
安迪·科尔森应该被判无罪。
[D] phone hacking will be accepted on certain occasions
在某些情况下,电话窃听将被接受
38 The author believes that Rebekah Books’s defence
[A] revealed a cunning personality
显露出狡猾的性格
[B] centered on trivial issues
以琐事为中心
[C] was hardly convincing
几乎很难令人信服 正确
[D] was part of a conspiracy
是阴谋的一部分
39 The author holds that the current collective doctrine shows
[A] generally distorted values
一般扭曲的价值观 正确
[B] unfair wealth distribution
不公平的财富分配
[C] a marginalized lifestyle
边缘化的生活方式
[D] a rigid moral code
一种严格的道德准则
40 Which of the following is suggested in the last paragraph?
[A] The quality of writing is of primary importance.
写作质量是最重要的。
[B] Common humanity is central to news reporting.
共同的人性是新闻报道的核心。
[C] Moral awareness matters in editing a newspaper.
在编辑报纸时,道德意识很重要。 正确
[D] Journalists need stricter industrial regulations.
记者需要更严格的行业法规。
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