20题没有找到合适的突破方法,大家讨论一下吧。
(正文中的红色是在阅读过程中需要标记的;斜体是可略读部分;绿色是我自己的笔记;下划线是题目定位的标记;题目选项中的蓝色是选项错误所在)
Thomas Hardy’s impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numerous and divergent, and they did not always work together in harmony.(TS) Hardy was to some degree interested in exploring his characters’ psychologies, though(转折) impelled less(<) by curiosity than by sympathy. Occasionally he felt the impulse to comedy (in all its detached coldness) as well as the impulse to farce, but(转折) he was more(>) often inclined to see tragedy and record it. He was also inclined to literary realism in the several senses of that phrase. He wanted to describe ordinary human beings; he wanted to speculate on (speculate on: v.考虑, 推测) their dilemmas rationally (and, unfortunately, even schematically); and he wanted to record precisely the material universe. Finally, he wanted to be more than a realist. He wanted to transcend what he considered to be the banality of solely recording things exactly and to express as well his awareness of the occult and the strange.(举例,可略读)
In his novels these various impulses were sacrificed to each other inevitably and often.(SE) Inevitably, because Hardy did not care in the way that novelists such as Flaubert or James(F&J≠T) cared, and therefore took paths of least resistance. Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared.(SE) A desire to throw over reality a light that never(强对比) was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of (on the part of: with regard to the one specified) what we might consider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower. In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style. But on other occasions Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse in favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly. When a relaxing impulse was indulged, the style—that sure index of an author’s literary worth—was certain to become verbose. Hardy’s weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones.(SE) He submitted to first one and then another, and the spirit blew where it listed (愿意,想要); hence the unevenness of any(强对比) one of his novels. His most(强对比) controlled novel, Under the Greenwood Tree, prominently exhibits two different but reconcilable impulses—a desire to be a realist-historian and a desire to be a psychologist of love—but(转折) the slight interlockings of plot are not enough to bind the two completely together. Thus even this book splits into two distinct parts.
本篇属于全文论述一个观点型文章,首段首句即为TS
17.Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage, based on its content?(主旨题)
(A) Under the Greenwood Tree: Hardy’s Ambiguous Triumph(片面)
(B) The Real and the Strange: The Novelist’s Shifting Realms
(C) Energy Versus Repose: The Role of: Ordinary People in Hardy’s Fiction(全文论述一个观点型文章不可能出现verse这类的词语)
(D) Hardy’s Novelistic Impulses: The Problem of Control
(E) Divergent Impulses: The Issue of Unity in the Novel
全文论述的都是Hardy的创作冲动,因此选项中一般应该含有Hardy。
18.The passage suggests that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about literary realism?(细节题)
(A) Literary realism is most concerned with the exploration of the internal lives of ordinary human beings.(回定原文,举例部分没有提到most和internal lives)
(B) The term “literary realism” is susceptible to more than a single definition.(回定原文,由Literary realism所在的原句即可推知答案)
(C) Literary realism and an interest in psychology are likely to be at odds in a novelist’s work.(无中生有)
(D) “Literary realism” is the term most often used by critics in describing the method of Hardy’s novels.(无中生有)
(E) A propensity toward literary realism is a less interesting novelistic impulse than is an interest in the occult and the strange.(原文没有比较)
19.The author of the passage considers a writer’s style to be(细节题)
(A) a reliable means by which to measure the writer’s literary merit(回定原文,此句为原文改写)
(B) most apparent in those parts of the writer’s work that are not realistic(无中生有)
(C) problematic when the writer attempts to follow perilous or risky impulses(无中生有)
(D) shaped primarily by the writer’s desire to classify and schematize(primarily原文未提到)
(E) the most accurate index of the writer’s literary reputation(most原文未提到)
20.Which of the following words could best be substituted for “relaxed” (line 37) without substantially changing the author’s meaning?
(A) informal
(B) confined
(C) risky
(D) wordy
(E) metaphoric
个人感觉可以从原文的这句话中verbose猜出relaxed的意思。
When a relaxing impulse was indulged, the style—that sure index of an author’s literary worth—was certain to become verbose
21.The passage supplies information to suggest that its author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the novelists Flaubert and James? (细节题)
(A) They indulged more impulses in their novels than did Hardy in his novels.(与原意相反)
(B) They have elicited a greater degree of favorable response from most literary critics than has Hardy.(无中生有)
(C) In the writing of their novels, they often took pains to effect a compromise among their various novelistic impulses.(回定原文第二段首句,联合首句及第二句中的笔记F&J≠H可以选出答案)
(D) Regarding novelistic construction, they cared more about the opinions of other novelists than about the opinions of ordinary readers.(无中生有)
(E) They wrote novels in which the impulse toward realism and the impulse away from realism were evident in equal measure.(无中生有)
22.Which of the following statements best describes the organization of lines 27 to 41 of the passage (“Thus…abstractly”)?(给定行数题/文章结构题)
(A) The author makes a disapproving observation and then presents two cases, one of which leads to a qualification of his disapproval and the other of which does not.
(B) The author draws a conclusion from a previous statement, explains his conclusion in detail, and then gives a series of examples that have the effect of resolving an inconsistency.
(C) The author concedes a point and then makes a counterargument, using an extended comparison and contrast that qualifies his original concession.
(D) The author makes a judgment, points out an exception to his judgment, and then contradicts his original assertion.
(E) The author summarizes and explains an argument and then advances a brief history of opposing arguments.
对这段话的分析:首句是SE,后面的红色标记就是两个例子:从前一个例子划横线的部分就可以知道是支持作者观点的;然后后一个例子用but转折,说明是不支持的。
【Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared.(SE) A desire to throw over reality a light that never(强对比) was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of (on the part of: with regard to the one specified) what we might consider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower. In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style. But on other occasions Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse in favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly.】
23.Which of the following statements about the use of comedy in Hardy’s novels is best supported by the passage?(细节题)
(A) Hardy’s use of comedy in his novels tended to weaken his literary style. .(无中生有)
(B) Hardy’s use of comedy in his novels was inspired by his natural sympathy.(串句。回定原文,comedy所在句的上句话说的是同情心,这无法将comedy和同情心联系在一起)
(C) Comedy appeared less frequently in Hardy’s novels than did tragedy.(回定原文,根据原句及中间的标记more可以推知答案)
(D) Comedy played an important role in Hardy’s novels though that comedy was usually in the form of farce.(无中生有)
(E) Comedy played a secondary role in Hardy’s more controlled novels only.(无中生有)
24.The author implies which of the following about Under the Greenwood Tree in relation to Hardy’s other novels?(细节题)
(A) It is Hardy’s most thorough investigation of the psychology of love(无中生有)
(B) Although it is his most controlled novel, it does not exhibit any harsh or risky impulses.(无中生有)
(C) It, more than his other novels, reveals Hardy as a realist interested in the history of ordinary human beings.(无中生有)
(D) In it Hardy’s novelistic impulses are managed somewhat better than in his other novels.(回定原文,根据唯一性词汇most可推知答案)
(E) Its plot, like the plots of all of Hardy’s other novels, splits into two distinct parts.(two distinct不准确,不一定是所有的novel都是two)
听了dandeliontt版主对这道题的理解,感觉更有道理一些,而且对文章的理解更深入,所以对这道题重新分析一下。这道题问到了文章最后举得一个例子,表面上看只是一个细节题,但是如果深入想一下,作者举出这个例子是因为under Greenwood Tree是作者写作特征中相对特殊的一个,通过这个例子更能说明Hardy的写作特征,题目问例子与其他作品的关系,其作者就是通过解释他们之间的关系来说明H写作特点的。因此这道题也可以理解成是一道问H写作特点的主旨题,这样理解的话,不论E答案是不是表述有错误,都不会是最佳答案。只有D说出来H的写作特点,所以选E
最后附上版主的一点建议:所有作者的举例用意都不在例子本身,举例首先要考虑到例子和主旨的关系,然后要考虑到例子说明和体现主旨的方法。好好体会一下,个人觉得还是很受用的。
随便一找就是一篇文学评论,而且不算短,一直都是最不敏感的文章。
做题时间是按照老师上课的建议,题目数*1.5min=12min,实际用时15min, 正确率么50%。。。。非常凄惨,错的四道题中三道都是细节题,感觉这种文章读起来很费劲,原文定位也就很困难。
到现在还是对文学评论的文章没有找到比较好的套路,大家给点建议呗。。。。