考博英语阅读理解若干篇篇章与问题 6

WiththedevelopmentofthecountermovementagainstHollywood，withtheefflorescence（全盛）ofphotography，withTime－Life－Fortunetypesofreportingandthedead－panNewYorkermannerofdescribingthelifeofanold－clothesdealerinaforgottenstreetorofpresentingthe"accurate"，"checked"detailsofthelivesofpeoplewhoseeminencegaveatleastasortoflicensetoattackthem，withthepassionfor"humandocuments"inDepressiondays－－anecessarysubstituteforproletarianartamongmiddleclasswriterswhoknewnothingaboutproletarians，andmiddleclassreaderswhoneededtheshockofverisimilitude（真实）－－anewerainAmericanlifewasusheredin，theerainwhichyoungpeopleimitatedneitherlifenorartnorfairytale，butinsteadwerepresentedwithmodelsdrawnfromlifewithminimalbutcrucialdistortions。Doctoredlifehistories，posedcarelessness，"candid"shotsofpeopleintheirownhomeswhichtookhourstoarrange，picturesshotfromreallifetoscriptswrittenmonthsbeforesupplemented
bynationalpollsandsurveyswhichassuredthereaderthatthisbobbysoxer（少女）didindeedrepresentanationalnormoragrowingtrend－－replacedtheoldermodels。
36。Thisarticleisbasedontheideathat________。
A）peopletodaynolongerfollowmodels
B）Peopleattachlittleimportancetowhoevertheyfollow
C）peoplegenerallypatterntheirlivesaftermodels
D）Peoplenolongerrespectheroes
37。Storiesofthesecondgenerationbattlingagainstthelimitationsofthefirstwereoftenre－sponsiblefor______。
A）inspiringliterateimmigrants
B）frustratingeducatedimmigrants
C）preventingtheassimilationofimmigrants
D）instillingintoimmigrantsanantagonisticattitudetowardtheirforebears
38。ThecountermovementagainstHollywoodwasamovement______
A）towardrealismB）towardfantasy
C）againsttheteachingofmoralsD）awayfromrealism

39。 The author attributes the change in attitudes since 1910 to ____
A） a logical evolution of ideas B） widespread moral decay
C） the influence of the press D） a philosophy of plenty
40。 The word "distortions" at the end of the 2nd sentence in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning
to ______。
A） presentations B） misinterpretations
C） influences D） limitations

Passage 9
The conflict between good and evil is a common theme running through the great literature
and drama of the world， from the time of the ancient Greeks to all the present。 The principle that conflict is the heart of dramatic action when illustrated by concrete examples， almost always turns up some aspect of the struggle between good and evil。
The idea that there is neither good nor evil－－in any absolute moral or religious sense—is widespread in our times。 There are various relativistic and behavioristic standards of ethics。 If these standards even admit the distinction between good and evil， it is as a relative matter and not as whirlwind of choices that lies at the center of living。 In any such state of mind， conflict can at best， be only a petty matter， lacking true universality。 The acts of the evildoer and of the virtuous man alike become dramatically neutralized。 Imagine the reduced effect of Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karamazoc， had Dostoevsky thought that good and evil， as portrayed in those books， were wholly relative， and if he had had no conviction about them。
You can’t have a vital literature if you ignore or shun evil。 What you get then is the world of Pollyanna， goody－goody in place of the good。 Cry， The Beloved Country is a great and dramatic novel because Alan Paton， in addition to being a skilled workman， sees with clear eyes both good and evil， differentiates them， pitches them into conflict with each other， and takes sides。 He sees that the native boy Absalom Kumalo， who has murdered， cannot be judged justly without taking into account the environment that has had part in shaping him。 But Paton sees， too， that Absalom the individual， not society the abstraction， committed the act and is responsible for it。 Mr。 Paton understands mercy。 He knows that this precious thing is not evoked by sentimental impulse， but by a searching examination of the realities of human action。 Mercy follows a judgment; it does not precede it。

发布者：ws2012

来源：在职博士网本页网址：http://zzb.china-b.com/bspl/17369.html

　　声明：我方为第三方信息服务平台提供者，本文来自于网络，登载出于传递更多信息之目的，并不意味着赞同其观点或证实其描述，文章内容仅供参考。如若我方内容涉嫌侵犯其合法权益，应该及时反馈，我方将会尽快移除被控侵权内容。