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I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all, and what is more, I could not speak a word of

the language. After having spent my first day in the town-centre, I decided to lose my way on my

second day, since I believed that this was the simplest way of getting to know the strange city.

I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off it and walked on. The first

two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking

about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of

the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even then I pronounced it badly.

I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my

head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some

money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me

carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left

and right and left again. I thanked him politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.

About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields

were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for

me to do was to find the nearest railway station.

1. The writer believed that if you wanted to get to know a strange city, ______.

A. you should go everywhere on foot

B. you should have a map

C. you should ask people the way

D. you should get lost

2. The newspaper-seller ______.

A. could understand what he said

B. didn't know what he said

C. laughed at him

D. didn't want to take the money

3. The writer's real trouble was that _______.

A. he couldn't speak the language

B. he followed the policeman's direction

C. he took the wrong bus

D. he left the town-centre

4. The policeman ______.

A. didn't help him

B. pointed at him

C. didn't understand what he really meant

D. didn't know the way

答案

1-4: DBAC

单项选择题

TEXT C

Roger Rosenblatt’ s book Black Fiction, in attempting to apply literary rather than sociopolitical criteria to its subject, successfully alters the approach taken by most previous studies. As Rosenblatt notes, criticism of Black writing has often served as a pretext for expounding on Black history. Addison Gayle’ s recent work, for example, judges the value of Black fiction by overtly political standards, rating each work according to the notions of Black identity which it introduces.
Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances, its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological, and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology outwits much of the fictional enterprise. Rosenblatt’ s literary analysis discloses affinities and connections among works of Black fiction which solely political studies have overlooked or ignored.
Writing acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presupposes giving satisfactory answers to a number of questions. First of all, is there a sufficient reason, other than the racial identity to the authors, to group together works by Black authors Second, how does Black fiction make itself distinct from other modem fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous Rosenblatt shows that Black fiction constitutes a distinct body of writing that has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition. Looking at novels written by Blacks over the last eighty years, he discovers recurring concerns and designs independent of chronology. These structures are related to the themes, and they spring, not surprisingly, from the central fact that the Black characters in these novels exist in a predominantly White culture, whether they try to conform to that culture or rebel against it.
Black Fiction does leave some aesthetic questions open. Rosenblatt’ s theme-based analysis permits considerable objectivity, he even explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works, yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For instance, some of the novels appear to be structurally diffuse. Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Tommer’s Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression
In spite of such omissions, what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile study. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels, bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson’ s Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man. Its argument is tightly constructed, and its forthright, lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and penetrating criticism.

The author of the passage is primarily concerned with ______.

A．evaluating the soundness of a work of criticism

B．comparing various critical approaches to a subject

C．discussing the limitations of a particular kind of criticism

D．summarizing the major points made in a work of criticism

单项选择题

（）金属材料发生屈服时所对应的最小值称为。

A.弹性极限

B.屈服强度

C.抗拉强度

D.屈服极限