Part Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION (開始Part Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION計時)
Direction: In this section there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.
TEXT A This anthology is dedicated to the proposition that historical writing can be literature. In compiling selections for it, I chose writings distinguished as much for their literary merit -- for the human drama they chronicle, the enigmas they capture, and the truths they imply -- as for their analytical explanations: I deliberately sought biographical portraits, dramatic narratives, and artful essays by some of our best literary craftsmen. These writings portray the American past as a story of real people who actually lived, who struggled, enjoyed triumphs, and suffered failures and heartbreaks just like people in our own time. Thus Portrait of America is an attempt to capture the living past. It is, in the words of Aldous Huxley, an effort "to render, in literary term, the quality of immediate experience." The anthology is intended for use largely in college survey courses. It could be utilized as a supplement to a textbook or to a list of paperback readings. Or, for instructors who provide their classes with detailed, comprehensive lectures and who find a textbook redundant and a paperback list too long, Portrait of America could serve as the basic reading. There is much in the way of thought-provoking material gathered here: essays replete with ideas, narratives and biographies which capture real-life situations, and eye-witness accounts of slavery and the race issue in antebellum America that provide a gripping sense of immediacy. Furthermore, as I chose secondary materials, I tried not to compromise modern historical thinking just to get a provocative selection. For example, I chose the works of David Donald and Kenneth M. Stampp because their accounts of Reconstruction are both imaginatively presented and modern in their approach. Generally, this is the guideline I followed in compiling the entire volume, although my first criterion was always that selections must be artfully composed and suffused with human understanding. My feeling is that, since college survey audiences are not professional ones, they might enjoy reading history if it were presented in exciting and palatable form. I hope Portrait of America does just that.
66. The author chose not writings for ______
A) their enigmas and truths.
B) their literary excellence and analytical explanations.
C) their triumphs and failures.
D) their living past.
67. This anthology can be used ______
A) for teachers who find a textbook not needed.
B) for teachers who get a too long paperback list.
C) as an addition to a textbook.
D) for teachers who give detailed speech to their students.
68. Which of the following statements is not the author's standard in choosing writings?
A) The selections should be artfully composed.
B) The selections should be full of human understanding.
C) The selections must be modern in their writing method.
D) The selections must be put and expressed in a realistic way.
69. In the first paragraph the author quoted what Aldous Huxley said in order to show ______
A) how people in the past suffered.
B) the purpose of his writing this book.
C) his figurative skills.
D) the implications of the selections.
TEXT B Academy Awards, or Oscars, are given annually in the United States by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in the creation and production of motion pictures. First presented in 1929, the Academy Awards are among the film industrys most coveted prizes. The entire academy membership participates in voting for the annual awards. In most award categories a maximum of five entrants are first nominated by the academy members who work in that particular field. From among these nominees all academy members select the winners by secret ballot. These winners are publicly announced at a formal meeting each spring. One hour of the 1929 awards ceremony was broadcast on radio, and from 1944 through 1969, the entire ceremony was broadcast on the radio. Television broadcast began in 1953 and today attract a worldwide audience. The gold-plated bronze human figure, which is 34.3 cm high and weighs 3.9 kg, was created by American sculptor George Stanley based on sketches made by American motion picture art director Cedric Gibbons. Awards are given for best motion picture, foreign language film; performances by male and female actors in both leading and supporting roles; achievement in direction; screenplays, both original and adapted from previous produced or published material and scores and songs composed for films. Other award categories include animated short subject, documentary feature, and documentary short feature. Excellence in technical disciplines is also recognized, including art direction, cinematography, costume design, make-up, film editing, sound and sound effects editing and visual effects. In addition, special or honorary awards are given for distinguished careers achievement.
70. If a person in the entertainment circle is nominated for the Academy Award in art direction, he must be selected by ______
A) directors.
B) actors.
C) screen play writers.
D) audience.
71. "The human figure" offered to winners is ______
A) not much heavier than a common book.
B) made up of bronze, but is gold in color.
C) made up of bronze with a coating of gold.
D) a product made only by Stanley from design to creation.
72. If a member of the academy is an actor, he can nominate ______ as an entrant for the Oscars.
A) a director or an actor
B) a director and an actor
C) only a director
D) only an actor