圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台第一部分真题精选及详解LSAT阅读理解真题精选及详解Directions:Eachsetofquestionsinthissectionisbasedonasinglepassageorapairofpassages.Thequestionsaretobeansweredonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassageorpairofpassages.Forsomeofthequestions,morethanoneofthechoicescouldconceivablyanswerthequestion.However,youaretochoosethebestanswer;thatis,theresponsethatmostaccuratelyandcompletelyanswersthequestion,andblackenthecorrespondingspaceonyouranswersheet.Fordecades,therehasbeenadeepriftbetweenpoetryandfictionintheUnitedStates,especiallyinacademicsettings;graduatewritingprogramsinuniversities,forexample,trainstudentsaspoetsoraswritersoffiction,butalmostneverasboth.Bothpoetsandwritersoffictionhavetendedtosupportthisseparation,inlargepartbecausethecurrentconventionalwisdomholdsthatpoetryshouldbeellipticalandlyrical,reflectinginnerstatesandprocessesofthoughtorfeeling,whereascharacterandnarrativeeventsarethestock-in-tradeoffiction.Certainlyitistruethatpoetryandfictionaredistinctgenres,butwhyhavespecializededucationandliteraryterritorialityresultedfromthisdistinction?TheanswerliesperhapsinawidespreadattitudeinU.S.culture,whichoftencastsasuspiciouseyeonthegeneralist.Thosewithknowledgeandexpertiseinmultiple1/95圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台areasriskchargesofdilettantism,asifabilityinonefieldisdilutedorcompromisedbyaccomplishmentinanother.Fortunately,therearesignsthatthebiasagainstwriterswhocrossgenericboundariesisdiminishing;severalrecentwritersareknownandrespectedfortheirworkinbothgenres.OneimportantexampleofthistrendisRitaDove,anAfricanAmericanwriterhighlyacclaimedforbothherpoetryandherfiction.Afewyearsago,speakingataconferenceentitled“PoetsWhoWriteFiction,”Doveexpressedgentleincredulityaboutthehabitofsegregatingthegenres.Shehadgrownupreadingandlovingbothfictionandpoetry,shesaid,unawareofanypurporteddangerlurkinginattemptstomixthetwo.ShealsostudiedforsometimeinGermany,where,sheobserves,“Poetswriteplays,novelistscomposelibretti,playwrightswritenovelstheywouldnotunderstandourrestrictiveness.”Itmakeslittlesense,Dovebelieves,topersistintherestrictiveapproachtopoetryandfictionprevalentintheU.S.,becauseeachgenresharesinthenatureoftheother.Indeed,herpoetryoffersexampleafterexampleofwhatcanonlybeproperlyregardedaslyricnarrative.Heruseoflanguageinthesepoemsisundeniablylyricalthatis,itevokesemotionantiinnerslateswithoutrequiringthereadertoorganizeideasoreventsinaparticularlinearstructure.Yetthislyricexpressionsimultaneouslypresentstheelementsofaplotinsuchawaythatthereaderisledrepeatedlytotakeaccountofclustersofnarrativedetailswithinthelyricflow.Thuswhilethelanguageislyrical,itoftencomestoconstitute,cumulatively,aworkofnarrativefiction.Similarly,manypassagesinherfiction,2/95圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台thoughundeniablyprose,achievethestatusoflyricnarrativethroughtheuseofpoeticrhythmsandellipticalexpression.Inshort,Dovebridgesthegapbetweenpoetryandfictionnotonlybywritinginbothgenres,butalsobyfusingthetwogenreswithinindividualworks.1.Whichoneofthefollowingmostaccuratelyexpressesthemainpointofthepassage?(A)RitaDove’sworkhasbeenwidelyacclaimedprimarilybecauseofthelyricalelementsshehasintroducedintoherfiction.(B)RitaDove’slyricnarrativespresentclustersofnarrativedetailinordertocreateacumulativenarrativewithoutrequiringthereadertointerpretitinalinearmanner.(C)WorkingagainstabiasthathaslongbeendominantintheU.S.,recentwriterslikeRitaDovehaveshownthatthelyricaluseoflanguagecaneffectivelyenhancenarrativefiction.(D)UnlikemanyofherU.S.contemporaries,RitaDovewriteswithoutrelyingonthetraditionaltechniquesassociatedwithpoetryandfiction.(E)RitaDove’ssuccessfulblendingofpoetryandfictionexemplifiestherecenttrendawayfromtherigidseparationofthetwogenresthathaslongbeenprevalentintheU.S.答案：E解析：总结文章大意要抓住主要对象，该文章的主要对象是美国当前的这种诗歌与小说的分离状态，而RitaDove只是一个举例，选项E中的exemplifies正是表明了这种逻辑3/95圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台关系。2.WhichoneofthefollowingismostanalogoustotheliteraryachievementsthattheauthorattributestoDove?(A)Achefcombinesnontraditionalcookingmethodsandtraditionalingredientsfromdisparateworldcuisinestodevisenewrecipes.(B)Aprofessoroffilmstudiesbecomesafilmdirectorandsucceeds,partlyduetoawealthoftheoreticalknowledgeoffilmmaking.(C)Anactorwhoisalsoatheatricaldirectorteamsupwithapublichealthagencytousestreettheatertoinformthepublicabouthealthmatters.(D)Achoreographerdefiesconventionandchoreographsdancesthatcombineelementsofbothballetandjazzdance.(E)Arockmusicianrecordsseveralsongsfrompreviousdecadesbutintroducesextendedguitarsolosintoeachone.答案：D解析：作者认为Dove把诗歌和小说各自的艺术特点融入对方，这正是她的贡献所在，正如一个编舞将ballet和jazzdance融合在一起。3.Accordingtothepassage,intheU.S.thereisawidelyheldviewthat(A)poetryshouldnotinvolvecharactersornarratives(B)unlikethewritingofpoetry,thewritingoffictionisrarelyanacademicallyseriousendeavor(C)graduatewritingprogramsfocusonpoetrytotheexclusionoffiction(D)fictionismostaestheticallyeffectivewhenitincorporateslyricalelements4/95圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台(E)Europeanliteraryculturesaresuspiciousofgeneralists答案：A解析：文中第二段提到：Bothpoetsandwritersoffictionhavetendedtosupportthisseparation...，即支持诗歌与小说划清界限，选项A中的charactersornarratives正是小说的特色。4.Theauthor’sattitudetowardthedeepriftbetweenpoetryandfictionintheU.S.canbemostaccuratelydescribedasoneof(A)perplexityastowhatcouldhaveledtothedevelopmentofsucharift(B)astonishmentthatacademicshaveoverlookedtheexistenceoftherift(C)ambivalencetowardtheeffecttherifthashadonU.S.literature(D)pessimismregardingthepossibilitythattheriftcanbeovercome(E)disapprovalofattitudesandpresuppositionsunderlyingtherift答案：E解析：第三段首句提到Fortunately,therearesignsthatthebiasagainstwriterswhocrossgenericboundariesisdiminishing...，幸运的是，这种针对于跨文体界限的作家的偏见正在化解，可见作者对于这种rift的态度是disapproval，并且下文用Dove的例子试图underlyingtherift。5.InthepassagetheauthorconjecturesthatacauseofthedeepriftbetweenfictionandpoetryintheUnitedStatesmaybethat(A)poetsandfictionwriterseachtendtoseetheircraftassuperiortotheothers’craft(B)themethodsusedintraininggraduatestudentsinpoetryaredifferentfrom5/95
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