[B] a review of Futurist poetry
[C] about merits of the Futurist movement
[D] about laws and requirements of literature
【分析】该题测试考生对文章的宏观把握。从文章第一段第二句——提出观点——和最后一段第一句——结论,不难看出,本文是对未来派诗歌的评论,因此,[B]是正确答案。
60. When a novel literary idea appears,people should try to .
[A] determine its purposes
[B] ignore its flaws
[C] follow the new fashions
[D] accept the principles
【分析】该题的测试重点是作者的文学评论观。根据文章第一句,作者认为,每当一个新艺术运动达到一定流行程度时,最好先找出其倡导者的目的,因为无论其原则在今天看来可能是多么不着边际、多么荒谬,但是数年后它也许会被看做是正常的东西。因此,[A]是正确答案,意为:确定其目的。
61. Futurists claim that we must .
[A] increase the production of literature
[B] use poetry to relieve modern stress
[C] develop new modes of expression
[D] ***oid using adjectives and verbs
【分析】该题提问的是未来派诗歌的创作理念,从文章第二段的主题来看,[C]是正确答案,意为:找出新的表达方式。
62. The author believes that Futurist poetry is .
[A] based on reasonable principles
[B] new and acceptable to ordinary people
[C] indicative of a basic change in human nature
[D] more of a transient phenomenon than literature
【分析】本题的测试重点是作者对未来派诗歌的看法,作者对未来派诗歌进行了严厉的批评。在四个选择项中,只有[D]含有批评意味,意为:与其说是文学,不如说是一种稍纵即逝的现象。
