求助几道阅读题

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第一道是36套EX 30的第4题 The sweep of narrative in A. N. Wilson's biography of C. S. Lewis is impressive and there is much that is acute and well argued. But much in this work is careless and unworthy of its author. Wilson, a novelist and an accomplished biographer, has failed to do what any writer on such a subject as Lewis ought to do, namely work out a coherent view of how the various literary works by the subject are to be described and commented on. Decisions have to be made on what to look at in detail and what to pass by with just a mention. Wilson has not thought this problem out. For instance, Till We Have Faces, Lewis' treatment of the Eros and Psyche story and one of his best-executed and most moving works, is merely mentioned by Wilson, though it illuminates Lewis' spiritual development, whereas Lewis' minor work Pilgrim's Regress is looked at in considerable detail. (156 words)For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply 4.The author of the passage implies that Wilson's examination of Pilgrim's Regress A was disproportionately long relative to the amount of effort Lewis devoted to writing Pilgrim's Regress B was more extensive than warranted because of the relative unimportance of Pilgrim's Regress C is not as coherent as his treatment of Till We Have Faces 答案是B 为什么A不对？最后一句不是都说了L的Pilgrim's Regress  是minor work， 而W却对它进行了大量细节的分析 这不是A disproportionately long relative to the amount of effort Lewis devoted to writing Pilgrim's Regress所表达的意思吗、 第二道是OG书上的一道模考题 whether he languages of ancient American peoples wereused for expressing abstract universal concepts can be clearly answered in the case of Nahuatl.   Nahuatl, like Greek and German, is a language that allows  the formation of extensive compounds. By the  combination of radicals or semantic elements, single  compound words can express complex conceptual relations, often of an abstract universal character.  The tlamatinime (―those who know‖) were able to  use this rich stock of abstract terms to express the  nuances of their thought. They also availed themselves  of other forms of expression with metaphorical meaning, some probably original, some derived from Toltec  coinages. Of these forms the most characteristic in  Nahuatl is the juxtaposition of two words that, because  they are synonyms, associated terms, or even contraries,  complement each other to evoke one single idea. Used as metaphor, the juxtaposed terms connote specific or essential  traits of the being they refer to, introducing a mode of poetry  as an almost habitual form of expression. 1.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage regarding present-day research relating to Nahuatl? A. some record or evidence of the thought of the tlamatinime is available B. for at least some Nahuatl expressions, researchers are able to trace their derivation from another ancient American language. C. researchers believe that in Nahuatl, abstract universal concepts are always expressed metaphorically. 第一题答案是ab，而我选的是a。答案分析说b中的another ancient American language 指的是Toltec coinages。如果是的话我就有点迷惑了。我没有相关的背景知识about Toltec coinages，所以也不清楚Toltec coinages是不是ancient American language，而文中也没有明确告诉读者Toltec coinages到底是什么语种，只是提到一次。这样的话怎么就能确定它一定是呢？

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可不可这样理解
minor work 不代表 effort 小？

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