GRE閱讀題目解析:偉大的喜劇作品

　　GRE閱讀題目解析:偉大的喜劇作品

　　P5

　　Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

　　Great comic art is never otherwordly, it does not seek to mystify us, and it does not deny ambiguity by branding as evil whatever differs from good. Great comic artists assume that truth may bear all lights, and thus they seek to accentuate contradictions in social action, not gloss over or transcend them by appeals to extrasocial symbols of divine ends, cosmic purpose, or laws of nature. The moment of transcendence in great comic art is a social moment, born out of the conviction that we are human, even though we try to be gods. The comic community to which artists address themselves is a community of reasoning, loving, joyful, compassionate beings, who are willing to assume the human risks of acting rationally. Without invoking gods or demons, great comic art arouses courage in reason, courage which grows out of trust in what human beings can do as humans.

　　11. Select the sentence in the passage that suggests that great comic art can be characterized as optimistic about the ability of humans to act rationally.

　　12. It can be inferred from the passage that the author admires great comic artists primarily for their

　　(A) ability to understand the frequently subtle differences between good and evil

　　(B) ability to reconcile the contradictions in human behavior

　　(C) ability to distinguish between rational and irrational behavior

　　(D) insistence on confronting the truth about the human condition

　　(E) insistence on condemning human faults and weaknesses

　　13. Which of the following is the most accurate description of the organization of the passage?

　　(A) A sequence of observations leading to a prediction

　　(B) A list of inferences drawn from facts stated at the beginning of the passage

　　(C) A series of assertions related to one general subject

　　(D) A statement of the major idea, followed by specific examples

　　(E) A succession of ideas moving from specific to general

　　P5

　　Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

　　1

　　Great comic art is never otherwordly, it does not seek to mystify us, and it does not deny ambiguity by branding as evil whatever differs from good.

　　偉大的喜劇作品總是關注現(xiàn)實的，它從不忽悠人，也不否認善惡之間的模糊地帶，不貼標簽。

　　(otherworld 【MWC】: a world beyond death or beyond present reality 死后的世界或超越現(xiàn)實的世界，非現(xiàn)實世界

　　mystify 使(人)迷惑，使(事物)復雜難解、神秘)

　　2

　　Great comic artists assume that truth may bear all lights, and thus they seek to accentuate contradictions in social action, not gloss over or transcend them by appeals to extra social symbols of divine ends, cosmic purpose, or laws of nature.

　　偉大的喜劇藝術家認為真相經得起任何質疑，因此他們總是強調社會活動中的矛盾，不粉飾太平，或越過這些矛盾，訴諸于那些額外的社會象征，比如宗教意義的彼岸，宇宙的終極意義或自然法則。

　　3

　　The moment of transcendence in great comic art is a social moment, born out of the conviction that we are human, even though we try to be gods.

　　偉大喜劇作品的最高潮是關于社會的，它基于這樣一種信念：人類也可以追求神性。

　　4

　　The comic community to which artists address themselves is a community of reasoning, loving, joyful, compassionate beings, who are willing to assume the human risks of acting rationally.

　　藝術家把自己置身于這種喜劇社會中，它的成員富于理性，互相親愛，歡樂，有同情心，愿意承擔理性行為所帶來的后果。

　　5

　　Without invoking gods or demons, great comic art arouses courage in reason, courage which grows out of trust in what human beings can do as humans.

　　偉大的喜劇作品不求助鬼神，而是喚醒一種理性的勇氣，這種勇氣生發(fā)于人類無愧于自身的信念。

　　11. Select the sentence in the passage that suggests that great comic art can be characterized as optimistic about the ability of humans to act rationally.

　　句 5：

　　“ Without invoking gods or demons, great comic art arouses courage in reason, courage which grows out of trust in what human beings can do as humans. ”

　　雖然 rationally 出現(xiàn)在文中第 4 句，但第 4 句寫的是喜劇社會，和它的居民的特征，真正寫喜劇作品的樂觀主義 great comic art，是最后一句，“不求助鬼神，相信人” 本身的理性行為。真要找 rationally 在第5句的對應詞，應該是 in reason 。

　　12. It can be inferred from the passage that the author admires great comic artists primarily for their

　　(A) ability to understand the frequently subtle differences between good and evil

　　(B) ability to reconcile the contradictions in human behavior

　　(C) ability to distinguish between rational and irrational behavior

　　(D) insistence on confronting the truth about the human condition

　　(E) insistence on condemning human faults and weaknesses

　　選 D

　　見句 2：

　　Great comic artists assume that truth may bear all lights, and thus they seek to accentuate contradictions in social action, not gloss over or transcend them by appeals to extra social symbols of divine ends, cosmic purpose, or laws of nature.

　　13. Which of the following is the most accurate description of the organization of the passage?

　　(A) A sequence of observations leading to a prediction

　　(B) A list of inferences drawn from facts stated at the beginning of the passage

　　(C) A series of assertions related to one general subject

　　(D) A statement of the major idea, followed by specific examples

　　(E) A succession of ideas moving from specific to general

　　選 C

　　A 一些列觀察最終指向一個預言

　　B 開篇陳述的事實以及一系列由它得出的推論

　　C 關于一個總的主題的一系列斷言

　　沒有證據(jù) evidence 支持 support 的觀點 ideas / opinions，稱為斷言 assertions。

　　D 一種主觀點，和一系列例子

　　E 一系列從具體到總括的觀點