Why, then, are virtually all of these critics forgotten? Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.
During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists. How is it possible that so celebrated a critic should have slipped into near-total obscurity?
24. What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?
A. His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.
B. His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.
C. His style caters largely to modern specialists.
D. His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.
解析:根據題目定位大寫的人物名字出現在最后一段第二句話,Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. 句中講到這個人現在只被知道是一位散文作家;而后邊一句話though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, 說到他還是英國最有名的古典音樂評論家。可見文中信息強調的是他不僅是散文作家,而且還是評論家,評論家是強調信息。而很多同學分不太清句子邏輯關系,在幾個選項中徘徊不定,這時就可以采用“細節服從主旨”的方法,文章的主題是再說“評論家”,所以我們應該選擇含有“評論”相關信息的選項,由此可以確定為A. His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.