综合类职称英语考试阅读理解的精选练习题(3)
<p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fiction">fiction</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="analyze">analyze</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="interpret">interpret</span> <span word="history">history</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vivid">vivid</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="compelling">compelling</span> <span word="manner">manner</span>，<span word="storytellers">storytellers</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="eras">eras</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="readers">readers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span>. <span word="Among">Among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="task">task</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="recounting">recounting</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="examine">examine</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="view">view</span>.</p><p> <span word="Nobel">Nobel</span> <span word="Prize">Prize</span>-<span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="Toni">Toni</span> <span word="Morrison">Morrison</span> <span word="deals">deals</span> <span word="specifically">specifically</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legacy">legacy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="Beloved">Beloved</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>，<span word="a">a</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="slave">slave</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Sethe">Sethe</span>，<span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ohio">Ohio</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="War">War</span>，<span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="horrific">horrific</span> <span word="memories">memories</span>. <span word="Through">Through</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="flashbacks">flashbacks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bitter">bitter</span> <span word="reminiscences">reminiscences</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="reader">reader</span> <span word="learns">learns</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="Sethe">Sethe</span> <span word="escaped">escaped</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plantation">plantation</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="on">on</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fate">fate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>，<span word="who">who</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="escape">escape</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="finally">finally</span>，<span word="what">what</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Beloved">Beloved</span>. <span word="Morrisons">Morrisons</span> <span word="scenes">scenes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="torture">torture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="murder">murder</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="vivid">vivid</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strongly">strongly</span> <span word="convey">convey</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="desperation">desperation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slaves">slaves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cruelty">cruelty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="owners">owners</span>.</p><p> <span word="Charles">Charles</span> <span word="Johnsons">Johnsons</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="approaches">approaches</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span>，<span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="violent">violent</span>，<span word="vantage">vantage</span> <span word="point">point</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="character">character</span>，<span word="Rutherfprd">Rutherfprd</span> <span word="Calhoun">Calhoun</span>，<span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="neer">neer</span>-<span word="do">do</span>-<span word="well">well</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="stows">stows</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slave">slave</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="collect">collect</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="cargo">cargo</span>. <span word="Put">Put</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span>，<span word="Calhoun">Calhoun</span> <span word="witnesses">witnesses</span> <span word="firsthand">firsthand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="appalling">appalling</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="captured">captured</span> <span word="Africans">Africans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="transported">transported</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="rebel">rebel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ship">ship</span>，<span word="he">he</span> <span word="finds">finds</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> -- <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="are">are</span>.</p>
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