考研英语阅读理解精读100篇TEXT4
<p> <span word="TEXT">TEXT</span> <span word="FOUR">FOUR</span></p><p> <span word="Just">Just</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Norman">Norman</span> <span word="Mailer">Mailer</span>, <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Updike">Updike</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Philip">Philip</span> <span word="Roth">Roth</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Ashbery">Ashbery</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Lowell">Lowell</span> <span word="vied">vied</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="title">title</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="poet">poet</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="different">different</span>. <span word="Lowell">Lowell</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="engaged">engaged</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="politics">politics</span>-<span word="in">in</span> 1967 <span word="he">he</span> <span word="marched">marched</span> <span word="shoulder">shoulder</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="shoulder">shoulder</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Mailer">Mailer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Vietnam">Vietnam</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mailers">Mailers</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Armies">Armies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Night">Night</span>. <span word="Lowell">Lowell</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="substantial">substantial</span> <span word="themes">themes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="envisioned">envisioned</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tragic">tragic</span>, <span word="heroic">heroic</span> <span word="figure">figure</span>, <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="demons">demons</span>. <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Ashberys">Ashberys</span> <span word="verse">verse</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="contrast">contrast</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="beguilingly">beguilingly</span> <span word="casual">casual</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hands">hands</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poem">poem</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tumbling">tumbling</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dice">dice</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="top">top</span>. <span word="Visible">Visible</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="page">page</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="delicately">delicately</span> <span word="playful">playful</span> <span word="strewing">strewing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="words">words</span>, <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="engage">engage</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shyly">shyly</span> <span word="puzzled">puzzled</span> <span word="fashion">fashion</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="element">element</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Dada">Dada</span>-<span word="like">like</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="unpredictability">unpredictability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="address">address</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="perpetual">perpetual</span> <span word="shifting">shifting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tones">tones</span>.</p><p> <span word="Lowell">Lowell</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1977 <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 60, <span word="addressed">addressed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="on">on</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="contrast">contrast</span>, <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Ashbery">Ashbery</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="his">his</span> 80<span word="th">th</span> <span word="birthday">birthday</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="glances">glances</span> <span word="wryly">wryly</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="absurdities">absurdities</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="edition">edition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="poems">poems</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="substantial">substantial</span> <span word="gathering">gathering</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="verses">verses</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="volumes">volumes</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="consist">consist</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="themes">themes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="explored">explored</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="comic">comic</span> <span word="routines">routines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="improvised">improvised</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="mocks">mocks</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gravity">gravity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="alarmingly">alarmingly</span> <span word="inconsequential">inconsequential</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reader">reader</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="perpetually">perpetually</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span>-<span word="footed">footed</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="shifts">shifts</span> <span word="easily">easily</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elevated">elevated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span>-<span word="a">a</span>-<span word="day">day</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="poems">poems</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="endlessly">endlessly</span> <span word="digressive">digressive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="echoes">echoes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="poets">poets</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="writings">writings</span>, <span word="though">though</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="lightly">lightly</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reader">reader</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="scents">scents</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="breeze">breeze</span>.</p>
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