有木有潜伏在G版的托福党啊，寻找托福口语小伙伴啊！！

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无敌浩克One 发表于 2015-3-31 17:04
你把题目的话打一句在网上一搜就出来文章了，都有现成的打好的，复制粘贴就可以啦
不贴出来，没法知道你 ...

哦 我明白了 那个我觉得你好神奇 我们在另外一个帖子里的讨论穿越到这里回复了啊 哈哈 哈哈  神人就是不一般啊！

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蓝色未来 发表于 2015-3-31 17:02
关键是很容易忘记  这需要很好的记忆力 不然每次反复的数目很大  效果不是很好啊 我是先打印记下来 然后再 ...

excel不需要记忆力啊，它是把不会的选项可以直接勾出来，点它们就可以自动出来的呀。不过我目前还没有用那个，等先找到那个版本再说。比如说你不会的打个1在后面，然后到时候把1的选项全选出来再建个文档，如此反复。我是这么理解的，还没有具体操作。

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iwishican 发表于 2015-3-31 18:38
excel不需要记忆力啊，它是把不会的选项可以直接勾出来，点它们就可以自动出来的呀。不过我目前还没有用那 ...

用它来背单词是需要很强的记忆力的 如果是用来反复那就不需要了 你说的是你已经熟悉了大部分词汇 然后用Excel来反复加深  我现在在用那个6000的Excel 真的很吃力！

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蓝色未来 发表于 2015-3-31 19:06
用它来背单词是需要很强的记忆力的 如果是用来反复那就不需要了 你说的是你已经熟悉了大部分词汇 然后用E ...

哦，这就是后面复习的，第一遍是全背吧。

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iwishican 发表于 2015-3-31 19:52
哦，这就是后面复习的，第一遍是全背吧。

是的啊  第一遍就是全背啊 然后过一遍 大概能记住一半以上就不错了  然后剩下的就是有印象但是记不起来的词汇，那么这个时候反复用Excel来加深了  这个还不错啊 比那个手机app快啊 还可以标1  然后检索1  所有的带1的就出来了  然后再来标  如此反复 知道背完了啊 应该是这样子啊！我才开始  还是很茫然  很有压力 一堆资料 词汇没做完 都不知道该不该动手做！

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2015.3.31 comprehension note!!
second time reading, still have little problem about the logic of some sentences.
However, much better than last time.
2015.5.12 185 floor, third time reading, finally completely understand! good thing for me.

Isadora Duncan’s masterly writings on the dance reveal the depth of her determination to create a lyric form of the art which was free of characterization, storytelling, and the theatrical exhibition of skills. She wished to discard the traditional methods and established vocabularies of such dance forms as ballet and to explore the internal sources of human expressiveness. She shunned bodily ornamentation and strove to use only the natural movements of her body, undistorted by acrobatic exaggeration and stimulated only by internal compulsion. In her recitals Duncan danced to the music of Beethoven, Wagner, and Gluck, among others, but, contrary to popular belief, she made no attempt to visualize or to interpret the music; rather, she simply relied on it to provide the inspiration for expressing inner feelings through movement. She did not regard this use of music as ideal, however, believing that she would someday dispense with (dispense with: v.免除, 省却, 无需) music entirely. That day never came.

　17. The author is primarily concerned with Duncan’s
　　(A) masterful lyricism as expressed in her writings on the dance
out of scope, only the first sentence mentioned about creating a lyric form, but not considered it as masterful
　　(B) concerted efforts to subdue the natural movements of the dance
direct contradict: strove to use only the natural movements, not subdue( which means lessen, reduce the intensity)
　　(C) belated recognition that she could not actually fulfill all of her ideals for the dance
partly true and partly of the passage: "that day never came" substantiates this sentence, but this is only one part of the passage
　　(D) basic standards for the dance form that she wished to create and perform
true: the writer talked about her determination to create a lyric form of the art which is a dance form. then gave details about what the ideal dance form in Duncan's heart should be, such as emphasize natural movements
　　(E) continuous responsiveness to a popular misconception about the nature of her new art form
only a part of the passage
　　18. The author implies that Duncan relied on music in her recitals in order to
　　(A) interpret musical works solely by means of natural body movements
　　(B) foster the illusion that music serves as an inspiration for the dance
　　(C) inspire the expression of inner feeling when she danced
Duncan relied on the music to provide the inspiration for expressing inner feelings. this is the purpose of Duncan's denpence on music.
　　(D) validate the public belief that music inspires the expression of feeling through movement
　　(E) counter the public belief that she made no attempt to visualize music
countering the public belief is the former sentence's function. I did this question wrong because I failed to understand the true intention of the question. I mistakenly supposed it as asking the writer's writing purpose.

20. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following endeavors is LEAST compatible with Duncan’s ideals for the dance?
　　(A) Using music to stimulate the inspiration to dance
Duncan want to get rid of music finally, so this one contradicts with Duncan's idea
　　(B) Attempting to free an art form of both characterization and storytelling
　　(C) Minimizing the theatrical exhibition of skills
　　(D) Being inspired to express inner feeling through movement
　　(E) Creating a lyric art form by drawing on inner personal resources
all other choices could find the relative sentence from the passage

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2015.3.31 comprehension note!

In The Women of Mexico City, 1796-1857, Sylvia Marina Arrom argues that the status of women in Mexico City improved during the nineteenth century. According to Arrom, households headed by females and instances of women working outside the home were much more common than scholars have estimated; efforts by the Mexican government to encourage female education resulted in increased female literacy; and influential male writers wrote pieces (5: a literary, journalistic, artistic, dramatic, or musical composition 9: OPINION, VIEW “spoke his piece”) advocating education, employment, and increased family responsibilities for women, while deploring women’s political and marital inequality. Mention of the fact that the civil codes of 1870 and 1884 significantly advanced women’s rights would have further strengthened Arrom’s argument.
　　Arrom does not discuss whether women’s improved status counteracted the effects on women of instability in the Mexican economy during the nineteenth century. However, this is not so much a weakness in her work as it is the inevitable result of scholars’ neglect of this period. Indeed, such gaps in Mexican history are precisely what make Arrom’s pioneering study an important addition to Latin American women’s history.

24. The passage is primarily concerned with doing which of the following?
　　(A) Reviewing a historical study of the status of women in Mexico City during the nineteenth century
　　(B) Analyzing the effects of economic instability on the status of women in Mexico during the nineteenth century
　　(C) Advancing a thesis explaining why women’s status in Mexico City improved during the nineteenth century
　　(D) Rejecting the thesis that the status of women in Mexico City during the nineteenth century actually improved
　　(E) Praising an author for a pioneering attempt to bridge significant gaps in Mexico’s economic history prior to 1790

the passage first stated its main idea: women status improved, than presented three phenomenen (or can be considered as examples) to prove his idea. (but did not explain why the status improved)

26. It can be inferred from the passage that Arrom would agree with which of the following assertions?
　　(A) Efforts by the Mexican government to encourage education for women during the nineteenth century were hampered by the economic instability of that period.
out of scope, not mentioned
　　(B) The most significant advances in the rights of Mexican women during the nineteenth century occurred prior to 1857.
one word wrong, it is after 1857, actually started in 1870
　　(C) Improvements in the status of women in Mexico City during the nineteenth century were accompanied by similar improvements in the status of women in other large Latin American cities.
not mentioned, out of scope
　　(D) Scholars have in the past accorded the most significance to nineteenth-century Mexican literature that supported the status quo in women’s political and marital rights.
accord sth to... means give special attention to..., here means the scholars think 19 centruy Mexican literature is the most significant one that support ..., not mentioned in the passage
　　(E) Scholars have in the past underestimated the number of households headed by females in Mexico City.
relative sentence: households headed by females and instances of women working outside the home were much more common than scholars have estimated
shows that scholars commonly underestimated.

　　27. Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude toward Arrom’s work?
　　(A) Uncritical approval
　　(B) Enthusiasm tempered by minor reservations
　　(C) Praise for her thesis, despite skepticism regarding the sources of her evidence
　　(D) Reluctant acceptance, despite lingering doubts regarding the accuracy of her thesis
　　(E) Rejection, despite admiration for her attempt to break new ground in a hitherto neglected field

first, the author's attitude is definitely positive, so E should be excluded. and D reluctant acceptance expresses a rather negative attitude. excluded too.
then, the last paragraph : Arrom does not discuss... displayed a critical thinking of writer that the writer did not consider Arrom's idea as totally right.
so A uncritical approval is wrong
C no skepticism regarding the sources of her evidence showed in the passage. out of scope.
finally the answer should be B.
minor reservation showed the author's critical thinking of what was omitted in the Arrom's idea.

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Quantum mechanics is a highly successful theory: it
supplies methods for accurately calculating the results of
diverse experiments, especially with minute particles. The
predictions of quantum mechanics, however, give only the
probability of an event, not a deterministic statement of
whether or not the event will occur. Because of this
probabilism, Einstein remained strongly dissatisfied with
the theory throughout his life, though he did not maintain
that quantum mechanics is wrong. Rather, he held that it is
incomplete: in quantum mechanics the motion of a particle
must be described in terms of probabilities, he argued, only
because some parameters that determine the motion have
not been specified. Einstein's ideas have been tested by
experiments performed since his death, and as most of
these experiments support traditional quantum mechanics,
Einstein's approach is almost certainly erroneous.   
(134 words)   
I have some problems of understanding the entire meaning of this passage, maybe when I read it next time, condisiton will be better.

Einstein proposed doubts about the traditional quantum mechanics by saying that it is incomplete because of lacking parameters.
The conclusion in the passage says Einstein is wrong because most experiments supports the traditional quantum mechanics.
The quesion asks what could be done to make Einstein's approach right.
So I should find the evidence that support Einstein's idea ---- prove the hidden-parameter
10. It can be inferred from the passage that the author's  
conclusion that Einstein's approach is "erroneous"  
might have to be modified because   
(A) it is theoretically possible to generate plausible  
theories with hidden parameters within them
not relevent, other theories do not represent Einstein's
(B) some experimental tests of Einstein's theory do  
not disconfirm the hidden-parameter theory  
of quantum mechanics
do not disconfirm means partly confirm, right!
(C) it is possible for a theory to have hidden  
parameters and yet be probabilistic
similar as A choice, others can't represent the Einstein's theory
(D) traditional quantum mechanics has not yet been  
used to analyze all of the phenomena to  
which it could be applied
this one does not directly substantiate Einstein's theory
(E) there are too many possible hidden parameters  
to develop meaningful tests of hidden-
parameter theories
not directly prove Einstein's theory

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2015.3.31 summary
maybe because the festival is near and I start thinking about going out and admire the beautiful view of spring, I can't forcus on the question today and feel extremely scatterbrained! It can't be allowed! I can't and shouldn't stop at this crucial point again! Keep fighting! That is the only way out! and the best thing I could do!
THinking, get peace inside my mind!!!
Start over! Never stop!

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2015.4.1 comprehension note!

Researchers are finding that in many ways an individual bacterium is more analogous to a component cell of a multicellular organism than it is to a free-living, autonomous organism. Anabaena, a freshwater bacteria, is a case in point. Among photosynthetic bacteria, Anabaena is unusual: it is capable of both photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation. Within a single cell, these two biochemical processes are incompatible: oxygen produced during photosynthesis, inactivates the nitrogenase (nitrogenase: n.[生化]固氮酶) required for nitrogen fixation. In Anabaena communities, however, these processes can coexist. When fixed nitrogen compounds are abundant, Anabaena is strictly photosynthetic and its cells are all alike. When nitrogen levels are low, however, specialized cells called heterocysts (heterocyst: [生]异形细胞) are produced which lack chlorophyll (necessary for photosynthesis) but which can fix nitrogen by converting nitrogen gas into a usable form. Submicroscopic channels develop which connect the heterocyst cells with the photosynthetic ones and which are used for transferring cellular products between the two kinds of Anabaena cells.

24. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of bacteria that engage in photosynthesis?
　　(A) They eventually become two autonomous cells.
not mentioned
　　(B) They cannot normally also engage in nitrogen fixation.
true
　　(C) Oxygen normally inactivates them.
controdict, oxygen inactivates nitrogenase
　　(D) Cellular products are constantly transferred between such bacteria.
contordict: transportation happened between Anabaena not oxygen
　　(E) They normally lack chlorophyll.
controdict: heterocysts lack chlorophyll

　　25. It can be inferred from the passage that cell differentiation within Anabaena is regulated by the
　　(A) amount of oxygen Anabaena cells produce
not relevant
　　(B) season of the year
not mention
　　(C) amount of fixed nitrogen compounds available
relative sentence: When fixed nitrogen compounds are abundant, Anabaena is strictly photosynthetic and its cells are all alike. When nitrogen levels are low, however, specialized cells called heterocysts
　　(D) number of microscopic channels uniting Anabaena cells
not relevant
　　(E) amount of chlorophyll in Anabaena cells
contradict, chlorophyll exsists in heterocysts
　　26. The passage supports which of the followi
ng inferences about heterocysts?
　　(A) Heterocysts do not produce oxygen.
true: it produce N
　　(B) Nitrogen gas inactivates heterocysts.
contridict: heterocysts fix nitrogen by converting nitrogen gas into a usable form
H uses N, can't be inactivating
　　(C) Chlorophyll increases the productivity of heterocysts.
contradict: H lack C, so increasing of C may inactivates H
　　(D) Heterocysts allow nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis to occur in the same cell.
mixed: H only allow N, A allow them both
　　(E) Heterocysts are more important for Anabaena’s functioning than are photosynthetic cells.
out of scope: no "more important" at all

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2015.4.1 comprehension not!

The 1960’s witnessed two profound social movements: the civil rights movement and the movement protesting the war in Vietnam. Although they overlapped in time, they were largely distinct. For a brief moment in 1967, however, it appeared that the two movements might unite under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.
　　King’s role in the antiwar movement appears to require little explanation, since he was the foremost advocate of nonviolence of his time. But King’s stance on the Vietnam War cannot be explained in terms of pacifism alone. After all, he was something of a latecomer to the antiwar movement, even though by 1965 he was convinced that the role of the United States in the war was indefensible. Why then the two years that passed before he translated his private misgivings into public dissent? Perhaps he believed that he could not criticize American foreign policy without endangering the support for civil rights that he had won from the federal government.
　　17. According to the passage, the delay referred to in lines 12-15 is perhaps attributable to which of the following?
just like No.18 question
　　(A) King’s ambivalence concerning the role of the United States in the war in Vietnam
　　(B) King’s attempts to consolidate support for his leadership within the civil rights movement
　　(C) King’s desire to keep the leadership of the civil rights movement distinct from that of the antiwar movement
　　(D) King’s desire to draw support for the civil rights movement from the leadership of the antiwar movement
　　(E) King’s reluctance to jeopardize federal support for the civil rights movement
　　18. The author supports the claim that “King’s stance on the Vietnam War cannot be explained in terms of pacifism alone” (lines 10-12) by implying which of the following?

The understanding of the sentence in passage is important! not pacifism alone, means there is some other element, not means King did not support pacifism.
and the other element is his scruple of losing goverment's support for civil right
　　(A) There is little evidence that King was ever a student of pacifist doctrine.
not mentioned
　　(B) King, despite pacifist sympathies, was not convinced that the policy of the federal government in Vietnam was wrong.
not mentioned and possibly wrong, for King is advocate of antiwar. any action of war was wrong to him
　　(C) King’s belief in nonviolence was formulated in terms of domestic policy rather than in terms of international issues.
not mentioned
　　(D) Had King’s actions been based on pacifism alone, he would have joined the antiwar movement earlier than he actually did.
relative sentence: latecomer to antiwar
　　(E) Opponents of United States foreign policy within the federal government convinced King of their need for support.
this is true in passage but not the essential reason

20. Which of the following best describes the passage?
　　(A) It discusses an apparent inconsistency and suggests a reason for it.
the sencond paragraphy explained why King was latecomer of antiwar movement. This controdicts the appearance of King as the foremost advocate of nonviolence. Thus this is an inconsistency.
　　(B) It outlines a sequence of historical events.
not mentioned
　　(C) It shows why a commonly held view is inaccurate.
not mentioned
　　(D) It evaluates an explanation and finally accepts that explanation.
no evaluation
　　(E) It contrasts two views of an issue.
only one view

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2015.4.1 comprehension note!

The black experience, one might automatically assume, is known to every Black author. Henry James was pondering a similar assumption when he said: “You were to suffer your fate. That was not necessarily to know it.” This disparity between an experience and knowledge of that experience is the longest bridge an artist must cross. Don L. Lee, in his picture of the Black poet, “studying his own poetry and the poetry of other Black poets,” touches on the crucial point. In order to transform his own sufferings—or joys—as a Black person into usable knowledge for his readers, the author must first order his experiences in his mind. Only then can he create feelingly and coherently the combination of fact and meaning that Black audiences require for the reexploration of their lives. A cultural community of Black authors studying one another’s best works systematically would represent a dynamic interchange of the spirit—corrective and instructive and increasingly beautiful in its recorded expression.

only after reading WuZhongdong's explanation could I understand the questions. from 84-3

It can be inferred from the passage that the author considers poetry to be which of the following?
(A) A means of diversion in which suffering is transformed into joy
(B) An art form that sometimes stifles creative energy
(C) A bridge between the mundane and the unreal
(D) A medium for conveying important information
(E) An area where beauty must be sacrificed for accuracy

the relative sentence of these two questions is "In order to transform his own sufferings—or joys—as a Black person into usable knowledge for his readers, "
usable knowledge means important
could it be less manifest to infer???(I don't think this question is a good one!)

It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be LEAST likely to approve of which of the following?
(A) Courses that promote cultural awareness through the study of contemporary art
(B) The development of creative writing courses that encourage mutual criticism of student work
(C) Growing interest in extemporaneous writing that records experiences as they occur
this question is just like I presumed. The black author needs to transfer his idea, so the passage writer do not approve of expressing directly
(D) A shift in interest from abstract philosophical poetry to concrete autobiographical poetry
(E) Workshops and newsletters designed to promote dialogues between poets

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2015.4.1 comprehension note!
another obscure passage with more obscure question!!!!!


Extended debate concerning the exact point of origin of individual folktales told by Afro-American slaves has unfortunately taken precedence over analysis of the tales’ meaning and function. Cultural continuities with Africa were not dependent on importation and perpetuation of specific folktales in their pristine form. It is in the place that tales occupied in the lives of the slaves and in the meaning slaves derived from them that the clearest resemblances to African tradition can be found. Afro-American slaves did not borrow tales indiscriminately from the Whites among whom they lived. Black people were most influenced by those Euro-American tales whose functional meaning and aesthetic appeal had the greatest similarity to the tales with deep roots in their ancestral homeland. Regardless of where slave tales came from, the essential point is that, with respect to language, delivery, details of characterization, and plot, slaves quickly made them their own.

The passage suggests that the author would regard which of the following areas of inquiry as most likely to reveal the slaves’ cultural continuities with Africa?
(A) The means by which Blacks disseminated their folktales in nineteenth-century America
(B) Specific regional differences in the styles of delivery used by the slaves in telling folktales
(C) The functional meaning of Black folktales in the lives of White children raised by slave
(D) The specific way the slaves used folktales to impart moral teaching to their children
(E) The complexities of plot that appear most frequently in the slaves’ tales

from WuZhongdong's explanation!(84-1)
the red sentence is hard sentence which I did not fully understand and happenly become the relative sentence of this question.

the sentence and the question all refer to the similarity between Afro-american and African culture.

B suggests the differences in the style which is not a similarity.( I got this wrong answer because I did not understand the key sentence and mistakenly thought "the place" in the sentence means differences.
A not mentioned 19th century
C no whie children raised by slave at all
E no complexities
D "It is " is a emphatic pattern, emphasize the specific way which many researchers failed to recognize before. and detalis of characterization refers to right thing which can be infered to moral teaching

so obscure!!! so arcane!!!

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2015.4.2 comprehension note!!
a relatively easy passage
the beginning sentence with a "never" shows this is a passage deputing original idea

The hypothesis of an expanding Earth has never attracted notable support, and if it were not for the historical example of continental drift, such indifference might be a legitimate response to an apparently improbable concept. It should be remembered, however, that drift too was once regarded as illusory, but the idea was kept alive until evidence from physicists compelled geologists to reinterpret their data.
Of course, it would be as dangerous to overreact to history by concluding that the majority must now be wrong about expansion as it would be to reenact the response that greeted the suggestion that the continents had drifted. The cases are not precisely analogous. There were serious problems with the pre-drift world view that a drift theory could help to resolve, whereas Earth expansion appears to offer no comparable advantages. If, however, physicists could show that the Earth’s gravitational force has decreased with time, expansion would have to be reconsidered and accommodated.


In developing his argument, the author warns against
(A) relying on incomplete measurements
not mentioned measurements at all
(B) introducing irrelevant information
the sentence: if it were not for the historical example, shows that one shouldn't introduce irrelavant information.
actually I still think this choice is not wrong
(C) rejecting corroborative evidence
no rejecting evidence
(D) accepting uninformed opinions
no such thing in passage
(E) making unwarranted comparisons
not analogous in the passage shows a kind of cocmparison. since it is analoogous, so it is unwarranted comparisons. this is a choice that mentioned in the passage.
Though it is not quiet suitable, but is better than other choices

this question is quiet equivocal. don't consider it too serious
I pinpoint the relative sentence: it would be as dangerous to overreact...
since the question asks what is the writer warning against, then it should be something "dangerous“ or at least bad.

27.        It can be deduced from the passage that the gravitational force at a point on the Earth’s surface is
(A) representative of the geologic age of the Earth
(B) analogous to the movement of land masses
(C) similar to optical phenomena such as mirages
(D) proportional to the size of the Earth
the last sentence, if the gravitational force decrease, the size of earth will expand
(E) dependent on the speed of the Earth’s rotation

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2015.4.2 comprehension note!
this passage talked about two women writers novels.

Notable as important nineteenth-century novels by women, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights treat women very differently. Shelley produced a “masculine” text in which the fates of subordinate female characters seem entirely dependent on the actions of male heroes or anti-heroes. Bronte produced a more realistic narrative, portraying a world where men battle for the favors of apparently high-spirited, independent women. Nevertheless, these two novels are alike in several crucial ways. Many readers are convinced that the compelling mysteries of each plot conceal elaborate structures of allusion and fierce, though shadowy, moral ambitions that seem to indicate metaphysical intentions, though efforts by critics to articulate these intentions have generated much controversy. Both novelists use a storytelling method that emphasizes ironic disjunctions between different perspectives on the same events as well as ironic tensions that inhere in the relationship between surface drama and concealed authorial intention, a method I call an evidentiary narrative technique.

Which of the following narrative strategies best exemplifies the “evidentiary narrative technique” mentioned in line 24?
(A) Telling a story in such a way that the author’s real intentions are discernible only through interpretations of allusions to a world outside that of the story
not mentioned a world outside that of the story
(B) Telling a story in such a way that the reader is aware as events unfold of the author’s underlying purposes and the ways these purposes conflict with the drama of the plot
no conflict with the plot, but with the surface drama
and not mentioned whether readers are aware as events
(C) Telling a story in a way that both directs attention to the incongruities among the points of view of several characters and hints that the plot has a significance other than that suggested by its mere events
the different perspectives refer to the points of view of several characters.
other than its mere events refers to concealed intension rather than surface drama
the incongruities refer to disjunctions
(D) Telling a story as a mystery in which the reader must deduce, from the conflicting evidence presented by several narrators, the moral and philosophical significance of character and event
no deduce in passage
(E) Telling a story from the author’s point of view in a way that implies both the author’s and the reader’s ironic distance from the dramatic unfolding of events
the distance is not between author and readers but surface and concealed intention


this question is very hard for two reasons. first, the relative sentence is a very long complicated sentence which is difficult to comprehend. Second, all the choices are very long as well which are arduous to summarize the essential points
at least, since " telling a story..." are all the same, I don't need to read this part.