考研文章的题材

最近收到了一名读者关于考研英语阅读题的反馈：今天在这里聊一聊考研英语阅读题。考研英语里面阅读题占了很大比重，可以说如果能做好阅读，考研英语就成功了一大半。那么，考研英语阅读题原文都来自哪里，难度如何？为了回答问题，我找到了今年考研英语一的阅读题原文，并对它们做了一些分析。考研英语一中与阅读有关的题目一共有四类：完形填空、阅读理解、信息匹配以及翻译题，其中完形填空有一篇文章（240-280词），阅读理解有四篇（每篇约400词），信息匹配（500-600词）和翻译题（约400词）都是一篇。也就是说，考生需要在考场上完成的阅读材料总长度接近3000词，这对阅读能力有一定的要求。下面是各个题型的文章来源：完形填空今年的完形填空题来自Psychology Today的一篇文章：Belly Fat and Your Brain，文章探讨了一个概念：流体智力（fluid intelligence），这是人的一种基础认知能力，与短期记忆以及逻辑思考等能力息息相关。作者指出，腹部脂肪的堆积会影响流体智力，她也因此强调我们要采取健康的生活方式以减少腹部脂肪的产生。这篇文章是比较常规的科普类文章，没有出现比较难的单词和句式。考研的同学也可以重点关注Psychology Today这一网站，因为去年考研有一道阅读题也出自该网站。Psychology Today虽然是一个心理学网站，但里面有各种主题的文章，包括自我提升、职场、人际关系、健康、生活技巧以及婚姻家庭等等，而且文章难度都不高，非常适合作为泛读材料。阅读题阅读第一篇文章来自英国《每日电讯报》（The Telegraph）的一篇社论，原文题目是：Passengers won't put up with ever-rising rail fares forever《每日电讯报》是英国一份很有影响力的综合性报纸，内容主要是关于英国本土的政治、商业、娱乐、体育以及社会新闻。《每日电讯报》在往年同样也有多篇文章入选考研阅读。这篇社论主要讨论了英国铁路涨价的合理性问题，并指出政府应该采取措施提高铁路服务质量，不然会对出行者不公平。这篇文章难度也不高，全篇没有出现复杂的单词和句式，总体来看比较好理解。阅读题第二篇来自于ScienceNews网站的一篇文章：How giving cash to poor families may also save trees in IndonesiaScienceNews是美国一家科普杂志，创刊于1921年，杂志主要以短文章形式介绍最新的科学以及科技进展，文章可读性很高。ScienceNews入选考研阅读的这篇文章主要谈论了一个很有意思的经济环保现象：印尼政府的扶贫计划无意之中保护了该国的森林。其中一个原因是贫困人口得到资助之后可以拿这些钱去购买粮食，而不用通过破坏森林去开垦农田。印尼的这一实践证明扶贫和环保有正相关作用。这篇文章难度也不高，平时有外刊阅读习惯的同学可以比较容易读懂。考研第三篇文章来源于《BBC历史杂志》的一篇文章：Smiling Victorians: why it’s a myth that our ancestors didn’t smile for pictures《BBC历史杂志》（BBC History Magazine）是英国一家历史期刊，致力于普及关于英国和全球的历史知识。考研节选的这篇文章探讨了一个现象：为何维多利亚时期（1837-1901）的人拍照大多板着脸，很少见到笑容？作者给出的解释是，在19世纪人们牙齿卫生状况普通不好，很少有人能拥有一口健康的白牙，因此在那时候露齿笑也被认为是一种缺少教养的行为，这也是人们拍照时很少露出牙齿的原因。这篇文章的单词难度不算高，比如第一段里面只出现了一个生词prudery（意思是“谈性色变的态度”）第三段里面也只出现了一个专业术语：daguerreotype（达盖尔银版照片），不过这一单词即使不认识也不影响句子意思的理解。第四篇相对有点难度，它来自于《洛杉矶时报》（the Los Angeles Times）的社论：Is net neutrality alive or dead? It’s hard to tell《洛杉矶时报》是美国一份很有影响力的报纸，创刊于1881，其在2016年的发行量进入全美前十名。它也是考研阅读的题源外刊之一。考研节选的这篇文章讨论了“网络中立”（net neutrality）的概念，所谓的“网络中立”是指在法律允许范围内，所有互联网用户都可以按自己的选择访问网络内容。“网络中立”要求平等对待所有互联网内容和访问，防止运营商从商业利益出发控制传输数据的优先级。比如美国电信运营商AT&T也推出了视频流媒体服务，如果AT&T利用其运营商优势将用户从Netflix 以及Apple TV导流到自己的平台上来，那么它就违背了“网络中立”原则。这篇文章比较难的地方是要弄清楚“网络中立”的概念，以及美国几个政府机构对此的立场，这需要我们平时对这类话题有一定的知识储备。信息匹配题信息匹配题来自《大西洋月刊》（The Atlantic）的一篇文章：How AI Might Actually Make Your Job Easier《大西洋月刊》也是美国一本知名度很高的杂志，上面经常可以看到一些深度长文，讨论文学、政治、科学与艺术等话题。这篇文章主要讨论了AI是否会导致员工失业的问题，这也是近年来的一个热点话题。跟传统观点不同，作者认为AI并不会导致大规模失业；相反，AI还能让人类工作效率更高，有助于员工发挥他们自身价值。这篇文章单词和句式也比较简单，理解起来不难。翻译题翻译题的文章来源比较特殊：它来自于一篇教育学论文，作者是Martin Trow，论文主要讨论二战后高等教育的发展情况。翻译题选取的句子对语法基础有一定的要求，比如其中有这样一个句子：And the demand that rose in those societies for entry to higher ecation extended to groups and strata that had not thought of going to university before the war.句子主干是：the demand extended to groups and strata，that rose in those societies这一部分是定语从句，先行词是demand，for entry to higher ecation作为后置定语修饰demand，that had not thought of going to university before the war这一部分也是定语从句，修饰groups and strata，strata这个单词一些同学可能有点陌生，它是stratum的复数形式，意思是“社会阶层”。句子的意思是：而且接受高等教育的需求在那些社会兴起，这些需求也触达了一些社会群体和阶层，这部分人在二战前从未想过去读大学。通过对上面考研阅读题源的分析，我们可以得到几个结论：（1）考研阅读的题源文章来源多样，外刊占据了极大比重，因此我们平时要保持外刊阅读的习惯，可以重点关注Psychology Today, The Telegraph, The Atlantic以及The Economist这几本外刊。（2）平时可以多关注一些社科类热点话题，比如互联网、AI、反垄断、共享经济等等，这样在遇到相关题材的文章时比较容易理解。（3）强化语法，加强长难句分析的能力，避免在阅读中出现读不懂长难句的问题。

大家都知道考研英语一作文占30分英语二作文占25分所以，作文写得好，成绩才能高。小西告诉你6大作文命题规律帮你取得高分！考研英语小作文类型统计注意：从往年的考试命题来看，建议信是考查比较多的类型，但是很多未考过的类型很有可能是今年命题的方向。比如慰问信、申请信、请求信这三类，英语一、英语二都还没有考过，所以也要引起大家的重视。考研英语大作文类型统计6大规律总结1.考题主要是一般性话题历年考研英语作文主要涉及的都是一般性话题(generaltopics)，主要就四类：社会伦理类、社会教育类、社会生活类、环境保护类；命题从来不在个别事件、具体环节或细枝末节上做文章，而且常考话题一般隔年反复考查。2.内容贴近日常生活因为命题要顾及到全国考生的知识水平，所以不会考太专业、太偏的话题。只需要考生大致通过常识进行判断、分析和点评，点到为止就可以。不可能像论文一样挖掘详细的数据、考证具体年代地点或提出标新立异的思想。160~200字的字数限制，也只能让考生分析到一般深度。关键要在语言的精确度和精彩度下功夫。3.考生的观点态度要主流命题人把自己的观点倾向浓缩到了图画和图表中，需要考生在5分钟内审题，进行判断。主旨往往具有positive（积极）的倾向，需要在图画寓意中发现哲理或是思考问题的积极解决方案。4.不涉及时事政治、敏感话题时事政治话题错综复杂，是非曲直一时难以断定，观点倾向缺乏普遍共识，不方便作为考题，否则争议不断，难为了命题人和阅卷者。5.“和谐社会”倾向随着命题趋向常规主流观点，围绕着时代背景和主流思想，已经逐渐形成了以“和谐社会”核心的命题思路。可以分成三个层次：(1)个体和谐发展：自信的重要性、节俭与浪费、如何看待成功、梦想与现实、抄袭(plagiarism)与诚信、职业选择和规划；(2)个人、他人与社会的和谐共处：个性与团队合作、如何看待竞争、网络利弊、伪劣商品(fake commodities)、乱收费问题、如何看待中国传统节日和洋节；(3)人类与自然环境的和谐：环境污染话题(空气、水、噪音、土壤、人类食品)、乱砍滥伐、对历史古迹的破坏及保护。6.考研试题考查的话题与元素考研试题较少考单一类型的题，多考复合类型的题，比如2005年的“辞职+道歉信”。尤其是会重复考查一些高频元素，比如环保、健康、父母子女沟通等重复考查了好几年。所以考过的题目不能放弃，还需要再复习。当然，考题中尚未重复考查的话题也值得多加注意。Ps，小西提醒大家，注意字迹一定要好看工整，因为阅卷老师看一篇作文的时间基本只有20秒。因此第一印象分很重要。

考研英语写作最怕什么？当然是怕：没有思路，无话可说。如果考研学子想要短时间内快速提高自己的英语写作水平，小编建议可以去收集一些写作“万能句型”并背下来，并且只要写作思路运用得当，往往可以使文章的逻辑更加清晰，自然会拿到高分。下面分享《20考研英语丨英语写作万能思路》，收起来好好看！希望对大家有所帮助！

原文+翻译：It’s a rough world out there.外面是一个危险的世界。Step outside and you could break a leg slipping on your doormat.迈出家门时，你可能会滑倒在门垫上，而摔伤一条腿。Light up the stove and you could burn down the house.点燃炉灶时，你可能会把房子烧掉。Luckily, if the doormat or stove failed to warn of coming disaster, a successful lawsuit might compensate you for your troubles.不过还算幸运的是，如果门垫或炉灶上没有警示语提醒你可能发生的危险，那么一场成功的诉讼或许可以补偿你所受的伤害。Or so the thinking has gone since the early 1980s, when juries began holding more companies liable for their customers’ misfortunes.这种想法大约自20世纪80年代初开始传播，那时陪审团开始认为更多的公司应对其客户所遭受的不幸负责。Feeling threatened, companies responded by writing ever-longer warning labels, trying to anticipate every possible accident.由于感到了威胁，公司方面做出了反应：写出越来越长的警示语，力图预先标明种种可能发生的事故。Today, stepladders carry labels several inches long that warn, among other things, that you might -- surprise! -- fall off. The label on a child’s Batman cape cautions that the toy “does not enable user to fly.”如今，活梯上贴着几英寸长的警告标签，除了其他警告事项外，还警告你可能会摔下来，简直是莫名其妙！贴在儿童的蝙蝠侠披风上的标签也告诫说，本玩具“无法让用户飞行”。While warnings are often appropriate and necessary -- the dangers of drug interactions, for example -- and many are required by state or federal regulations, it isn’t clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured. About 50 percent of the companies lose when injured customers take them to court.虽然警示语常常是合理而必要的（如警告药物有相互作用的危险），并且很多是州或联邦法规所要求的，但是当消费者受伤时，这些警示语能否真正保护制造商和销售商使之免于承担责任，却还很难说,被受伤的消费者告上法庭的公司中，大约一半会败诉。Now the tide appears to be turning.现在这种趋势似乎正在转变。As personal injury claims continue as before, some courts are beginning to side with defendants, especially in cases where a warning label probably wouldn’t have changed anything.尽管个人伤害索赔案件如以往一样不断发生，但有些法庭已开始站到被告一方，特别是在处理那些有警告标签也可能无法避免伤害的案件时。In May, Julie Nimmons, president of Schutt Sports in Illinois, successfully fought a lawsuit involving a football player who was paralyzed in a game while wearing a Schutt helmet.五月份,伊利诺斯州的Schutt体育公司总裁朱利·尼蒙斯就成功地打赢了这样一场官司。一名橄榄球队员戴着该公司的头盔在一场比赛中受伤瘫痪，遂将该公司告上法庭。“We’re really sorry he has become paralyzed, but helmets aren’t designed to prevent those kinds of injuries,” says Nimmons. The jury agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason for the athlete’s injury.尼蒙斯说：“他成了瘫痪，我们非常难过，但我们设计头盔不是为了预防这类伤害的。”陪审团也认为造成该运动员受伤的是这项运动本身的危险性，而不是头盔。At the same time, the American Law Institute -- a group of judges, lawyers, and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight -- issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones.与此同时，美国法学会——一群说话举足轻重的法官、律师、学者——发布了新的侵权法指导原则，宣布公司不必警示顾客那些显而易见的危险，或者给顾客列出一份冗长的可能遇到的危险的清单。“Important information can get buried in a sea of trivialities,” says a law professor at Cornell law School who helped draft the new guidelines. If the moderate end of the legal community has its way, the information on procts might actually be provided for the benefit of customers and not as protection against legal liability.康奈尔大学法学院一位参与起草新指导原则的教授说，“重要的信息会淹没在细枝末节的汪洋之中”。如果该法律团体的这一适中的目标能够实现，产品上提供的警示信息就不再是为回避法律责任而设，而是为保护消费者利益而提供了。试题：51. What were things like in 1980s when accidents happened?[A] Customers might be relieved of their disasters through lawsuits.[B] Injured customers could expect protection from the legal system.[C] Companies would avoid being sued by providing new warnings.[D] Juries tended to find fault with the compensations companies promised.52. Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to.[A] satisfy customers by writing long warnings on procts[B] become honest in describing the inadequacies of their procts[C] make the best use of labels to avoid legal liability[D] feel obliged to view customers’ safety as their first concern53. The case of Schutt helmet demonstrated that.[A] some injury claims were no longer supported by law[B] helmets were not designed to prevent injuries[C] proct labels would eventually be discarded[D] some sports games might lose popularity with athletes54. The author’s attitude towards the issue seems to be.[A] biased[B] indifferent[C] puzzling[D] objective答案：B C A D

下面是某老师的对21考研英语作文的主题词的预测，对英语一和英语二都适用。考研英语作文主题词的特点：第一，主题词应该是是一个名词或名词短语或动名词短语；第二，主题词是单数的形式；第三，主题词应该是积极正面的。

2020考研英语（二）大作文热点话题深度训练：文化类【考点考向】留学生【必备主题词】1. 出国留学 study abroad2. 留学生overseas students3. 扩展视野broaden the horizons4. 全球化globalization【必备论证素材句】1. 我们不仅可以在国外学习新的文化和知识，还可以从文化和经济的角度充实找们的生活。Not only can we learn different cultures and knowledge from foreign countries, studying abroad can also enrich our lives culturally and economically.2. 留学海外被看作是一些人生命中的重要机遇。Studying abroad is considered as a great opportunity in one's life.3. 我们在国外留学的中国人在面对突如具来的困难时一定要坚强。 Our Chinese people who study abroad have strong characters when facing unexpected difficulties. 【实战演练】Directions:Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should1) interpret the chart, and2) give your comments.You should write about 150 words on ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)Emerging from the chart are the data about the result of a survey regarding the number of foreign students in China and Chinese students studying abroad. According to the figures provided by the graph, one can see that the numbers of students in these two groups both have been on a sharp increase from 2008 to 2018, increasing from 160 thousand and 140 thousand to 260 thousand and 280 thousand respectively.It is no difficult job for us to find some factors that underlie the above changes. To begin with, as China is progressing, both economically and politically, the level of ecation also has been improved a lot, appealing to a huge number of foreigners to study in China. Meanwhile, since China has opened its door widely to the outside word, numerous foreigners have been attracted by Chinese culture and scenery, which is a contributory factor for this phenomenon as well. In addition, the advancement of economy in China has been translated into an increase in people’s incomes and living standard, enabling more Chinese students to study abroad and broaden their horizons.From the analysis above, we could safely draw the conclusion that with the progress of globalization, the communication between China and other countries will become more frequent. Consequently, it can be predicted that the trend in the picture will continue for a while in the years to come, which would exert positive influences on our country.

马上就要临近考试了，小伙伴们要不要准备几篇考研英语作文来准备一下呢??文都网校小编特意为各位考研er准备了2020考研英语一大作文的预测题目，有需要的可以来看一下，本次主要准备的是话题类的，希望能帮到大家哦!!第一篇:环境话题第二篇:教育话题--因材施教第三篇:文化交流话题，传统文化自信第四篇: 理解和宽容第五篇:关于节约、资源浪费的话题第一篇：环境话题Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1)describe the drawing briefly,2)explain its intended meaning, and3)give your comments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)第二篇：教育话题--因材施教Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1)describe the drawing briefly,2)explain its intended meaning, and3)give your comments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)第三篇：文化交流话题，传统文化自信Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1)describe the drawing briefly,2)explain its intended meaning, and3)give your comments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)第四篇：关于“理解和宽容”的话题;注意友谊话题，人际关系话题Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1)describe the drawing briefly,2)explain its intended meaning, and3)give your comments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)第五篇：关于节约、资源浪费的话题Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1)describe the drawing briefly,2)explain its intended meaning, and3)give your comments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)以上是文都网校小编为各位考生准备的关于2020考研英语一大作文预测题目，2020年全国硕士研究生招生考试初试时间为2019年12月21日至12月22日。大家可以提前多准备一些英语作文素材哦!

今年考研结束后，许多考研同学都遗憾：完了！我作文写偏题了！我看他们都是写的“选择、创新、态度、坚持不懈”等话题，而我却写的努力奋斗！实际上，英语一的漫画作文的特点就在于其开放性，不像英语二有固定的要求，英语一除了描述图画内容之外，正文内容可以自立角度进行论述。考研英语辅导的何凯文老师专门提到了这一点，希望大家不要过于忧伤（桑），因为作文是没有标准答案的，最多也就是参考范文，连范文都仅仅是“供参考”。何凯文老师解说作文下面这位同学就是比较担忧考研英语一大作文的一类同学，该同学将图画理解为个人奋斗、脚踏实地这一性质的话题，并不断质疑自己：算不算跑题呀？何凯文当即肯定了该同学的写法，因为开放性作文只要紧扣图片且言之有理即可。话又说回来，其实英语作文的打分是很灵活的，并不是一成不变的，这个和判卷老师、卷面整洁度、句式优美度、用词恰当度都有关系，大纲解析里专门强调了句式多变这一关键问题。考研学子担心考研作文对于英语作文模板这个问题，考过研究生的同学应该都心里有数。考研人的英语还停留在阅读阶段，写作能力大家都是半斤八两，别给我说什么临场发挥，也别想着在考场上有奇迹出现。我们的绝招都是准备自己的模板，考研作文确实是反模板，可是考研人也不会那么轻易就让它把模板给反了！大家所用的模板基本上都是从各种文章中精挑细选的精华素材，每个人都是私人定制，所以也大可不必担心。某同学的作文模板以上是某同学的作文模板，和你有相似的吗？此外，大部分的学校在复试的时候会现场考核学生的英语水平，所以在准备复试的时候还需要加强口语的练习，否则哑巴英语可能会使老师改变主意！

原文+翻译：No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation.没有一家公司乐意听到别人说自己引起了社会的道德败坏。“Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?” Senator Robert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week. “You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?”参议员罗伯特·多尔上星期质问时代—华纳公司管理人员时说：“难道这就是你们要成就的事业吗？你们已经出卖了自己的灵魂，难道还非要败坏我们的国家、威胁我们的孩子不成？”At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soul-searching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in 1990.不过，对于成立于1990年的时代—华纳而言，这样的质问仅仅是公司进行反思的最新表现，It’s a self-examination that has, at various times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and the corporate bottom line.是一种自我反省，在不同时代已涉及到责任、创作自由和公司底线等不同问题。At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over for the late Steve Ross in 1992. On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and rece the company’s mountainous debt,56岁的现任董事长杰拉德·列文是争论的焦点人物，他于1992年接替已故董事长斯蒂夫·罗斯。财政方面，他承受着使股价升值，减少公司巨额债务的压力。which will increase to $17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.在两笔新的有线电视交易谈妥后，公司债务将达到173亿美元。他也允诺出售部分资产并对公司进行重组，但现在投资者们仍在焦急地等待着。The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him.人们对说唱音乐的焦虑并没使他的日子好过一些。Levin has consistently defended the company’s rap music on the grounds of expression.列文一向以表现方式为理由来捍卫公司的说唱音乐。In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T’s violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet.1992年公司因出品Ice-T乐队暴力的说唱歌曲《警察杀手》后倍受谴责时，列文却将说唱音乐描述为街头文化的合法表达方式，并说它应该有自己的宣泄途径。“The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won’t retreat in the face of any threats.”他在《华尔街日报》一篇专栏文章中写道：“对任何一个民主社会的检验，不在于它能多有效的控制情感的表达，而在于是否给予了人们最广泛的思考和表达自由，尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。我们不会在任何威胁面前退却。”Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent.列文不愿对上周的辩论做任何评论，但有迹象表明，这位懂事长至少在某种程度上放弃了自己强硬的立场。During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.在上个月就摇滚乐的歌词进行讨论的股东会议上，列文宣称“音乐不是社会问题的病因”，他甚至还以自己的儿子为例，他儿子是纽约州布朗克斯的一名教师，上课时用说唱的形式与学生进行交流。But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.但他也谈到了创作自由和社会责任之间要“保持平衡”的问题，还宣布对一些可能令人反感的音乐，公司将致力于制定一套发行和标识的标准。The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy.一般来说，时代—华纳公司的15位董事是支持列文和他为公司制定的经营策略的。But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter.但内部人士透露其中几位对此事表示担忧。“Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited,” says Luce. “I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this.”“我们中的一些人多年来一直知道，《宪法》第一修正案所规定的自由并非毫无限制”，鲁斯说，“我认为与公司有关系的一些人可能最近才意识到这一点”。试题：51. Senator Robert Dole criticized Time Warner for.[A] its raising of the corporate stock price[B] its self-examination of soul[C] its neglect of social responsibility[D] its emphasis on creative freedom52. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?[A] Luce is a spokesman of Time Warner.[B] Gerald Levin is liable to compromise.[C] Time Warner is united as one in the face of the debate.[D] Steve Ross is no longer alive.53. In face of the recent attacks on the company, the chairman.[A] stuck to a strong stand to defend freedom of expression[B] softened his tone and adopted some new policy[C] changed his attitude and yielded to objection[D] received more support from the 15-member board54. The best title for this passage could be.[A] A Company under Fire[B] A Debate on Moral Decline[C] A Lawful Outlet of Street Culture[D] A Form of Creative Freedom答案：CDBA