31. What can be learnt about wireless from Sir John Reith?
- A. It was accessible to everyone.
- B. It improved interpersonal relations.
- C. It was a miracle of human ingenuity.
- D. It led to a new era of isolating culture.
答案：A
答案句：Sir John Reith said that it would end “isolation of the spirit” and rejoiced:“It does not matter how many thousand may be listening, there is always enough for others … the genius and the fool, the wealthy and the poor listen simultaneously.”
参考译文：约翰·里思爵士说它将终结“精神的孤立”，并欣喜地表示：“无论有多少人在听，总有足够的给其他人……天才与傻瓜、富人与穷人同时收听。”
定位线索：题干“Sir John Reith”→答案句取自第1段“Sir John Reith said...”；文中“the genius and the fool, the wealthy and the poor listen simultaneously”对应选项A“It was accessible to everyone”（人人可及）。
解析：题干问从Sir John Reith的话能了解无线广播的什么特点。答案句中他提到“天才与傻瓜、富人与穷人同时收听”，说明无线广播对所有人开放，对应A项“accessible to everyone”。B项“改善人际关系”无中生有；C项“人类智慧的奇迹”文中未提；D项“导致孤立文化的新时代”与原文“end isolation”相反。
32. What is the theme of the exhibition at the Bodleian in Oxford?
- A. The impact of radio on its early audience.
- B. The role of radio in public music education.
- C. The innovation process of radio technology.
- D. The eminent pioneers in radio broadcasting.
答案：A
答案句：Opening this week, a book and exhibition curated by Beatty Rubens at the Bodleian in Oxford records how radio changed everyday life from 1922 to 1939. She draws on letters, diaries and fiction, and a 1939 field notebook of verbatim audience research by Winifred Gill.
参考译文：本周开幕的由比蒂·鲁本斯在牛津博德利图书馆策划的书籍和展览记录了1922年至1939年广播如何改变日常生活。她利用了信件、日记和小说，以及1939年威妮弗雷德·吉尔所做的逐字听众研究田野笔记。
定位线索：题干“exhibition at the Bodleian in Oxford”→答案句取自第2段“a book and exhibition curated by Beatty Rubens at the Bodleian”；文中“records how radio changed everyday life”和“audience research”对应选项A“The impact of radio on its early audience”（广播对早期听众的影响）。
解析：题干问牛津博德利展览的主题。答案句明确指出展览“记录广播如何改变日常生活”，并利用“听众研究”资料，说明主题是广播对早期听众的影响，对应A项。B项“公共音乐教育”范围过窄；C项“技术创新过程”答非所问；D项“杰出先驱”只是背景，非主题。
33. It is indicated in Paragraph 4 that
- A. the research on radio used to be inadequate.
- B. the charm of radio remains in the digital age.
- C. radio listeners could make unexpected gains.
- D. radio shows have changed little over the years.
答案：C
答案句：True: for more than 80 pre-digital years, linear speech broadcasting brought the gift of serendipity, random enlivening of a car journey or dull manual task. In my own book about radio I recorded how, on one drive: “I caught up with the news, learnt some 17th-century history, and was startlingly educated by an unpretentious programme on the history of the stethoscope.”
参考译文：确实：在前数字时代的80多年里，线性语音广播带来了意外发现的礼物，随机地活跃了汽车旅程或枯燥的体力劳动。在我自己关于广播的书中，我记录了一次驾车途中：“我了解了新闻，学到了一些17世纪历史，并意外地通过一个关于听诊器历史的朴实节目受到了教育。”
定位线索：题干“Paragraph 4”→答案句取自第4段“brought the gift of serendipity”和“I caught up with the news, learnt some 17th-century history”；文中“serendipity”和“startlingly educated”对应选项C“radio listeners could make unexpected gains”（听众能有意外收获）。
解析：题干问第4段暗示了什么。答案句提到广播带来“serendipity（意外发现）”，作者举例自己开车时“意外地”学到新闻、历史和听诊器知识，说明听众能有意外收获，对应C项。A项“研究不足”无中生有；B项“数字时代仍有魅力”与第4段“pre-digital years”不符；D项“节目多年不变”未提及。
34. The expression “talking on the brush handle” in Paragraphs 3 refers to the act
- A. making a loud noise.
- B. having a casual chat.
- C. starting a trivial quarrel.
- D. humming a popular song.
答案：B
答案句：A woman says there have been fewer street fights since the arrival of the wireless but also less stopping and “talking on the brush handle”.
参考译文：一位女士说，自从无线广播出现后，街头斗殴减少了，但停下来“在扫帚柄上聊天”也少了。
定位线索：题干“talking on the brush handle”→答案句取自第3段“less stopping and \”talking on the brush handle\“”；文中“less stopping”和“talking”对应选项B“having a casual chat”（随意聊天）。
解析：题干问“talking on the brush handle”指什么行为。答案句中该短语与“stopping（停下来）”并列，且前文提到广播减少街头斗殴，但减少了人们停下来闲聊，说明该短语指“随意聊天”，对应B项。A项“制造噪音”无中生有；C项“琐碎争吵”与“talking”不符；D项“哼流行歌曲”与“talking”不符。
35. In the last paragraph, the author intends to express the opinion that
- A. technology should be aimed at benefiting humans.
- B. actions should be taken to revive the art of listening.
- C. adolescents should form healthy social media habits.
- D. people should adopt a sensible attitude to innovations.
答案：D
答案句：But radio's enriching serendipity is ebbing. With multiple networks and countless podcasts, a smartphone user selects what to hear and when. And while it is wonderful to take a walk with anything in your headphones, infinite choice encourages us to shrink into niche interests and sympathetic beliefs.
参考译文：但广播丰富的意外发现正在消退。有了多个网络和无数播客，智能手机用户可以选择听什么、何时听。虽然戴着耳机散步听任何东西都很美妙，但无限的选择鼓励我们缩进小众兴趣和同质信念中。
定位线索：题干“last paragraph”→答案句取自第5段“infinite choice encourages us to shrink into niche interests”；文中“shrink into niche interests”和“sympathetic beliefs”对应选项D“people should adopt a sensible attitude to innovations”（人们应对创新采取明智态度）。
解析：题干问最后一段作者想表达什么观点。答案句指出无限选择导致人们“缩进小众兴趣和同质信念”，暗示对技术创新的负面影响，呼吁明智态度，对应D项。A项“技术应造福人类”范围过大；B项“采取行动复兴倾听艺术”无中生有；C项“青少年应养成健康社交媒体习惯”偷换概念，文中未提青少年。