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普渡哥

Questions 10 to 12 are based on the following reading passage


       Hank Morgan, the hero of Mark Twain's A Connecticut
       Yankee in King Arthur's Court, is a nineteenth-century
       master mechanic who mysteriously awakening in
       sixth-century Britain, launches what he hopes will be a
5      peaceful revolution to transform Arthurian Britain into
       an industrialized modern democracy. The novel, written
       as a spoof of Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur, a popular collection
       of fifteenth-century legends about sixth-century Britain, has been made
       into three upbeat movies and two musical comedies. None of these
10    translations to screen and stage, however, dramatize the anarchy
       at the conclusion of A Connecticut Yankee, which ends with the
       violent overthrow of Morgan's three-year-old progressive
       order and his return to the nineteenth century,
       where he apparently commits suicide
15   after being labeled a lunatic for his incoherent babblings about
       drawbridges and battlements. The American public, although
       enjoying Twain's humor, evidently rejected his cynicism about
       technological advancement and change through
       peaceful revolution as antithetical to the United
20   States doctrine of progress.


10.According to the passage, which of the following is a
true statement about the reception of A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court by the American public?
○A The public had too strong a belief in the doctrine of
progress to accept the cynicism demonstrated at the conclusion of Twain's novel.
○B Twain's novel received little public recognition until
the work was adapted for motion pictures and plays.
○C Although the public enjoyed Twain's humor, his use
of both sixth-century and nineteenth-century characters confused many people.
○D The public has continued to enjoy Twain's story, but
the last part of the novel seems too violent to American minds.
○E Because of the cynicism at the end of the book, the
public rejected Twain's work in favor of the work of Thomas Malory.


For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply
11. It can be inferred from the passage that Mark Twain
would most probably have believed in which of the
following statements about societal change?
□A Technological advancements are limited in their
ability to change society and will likely bring
liabilities along with any potential benefits.
□B The belief in the unmitigated benefits of societal
change is antithetical to the American
doctrine of progress.
□C Technological advances and peaceful revolutions,
although sometimes accompanied by
unintended violence and resistance to societal
change, eventually lead to a more progressive order.


12.The author uses the examples of "three upbeat
movies and two musical comedies"(lines 9-10)
primarily in order to demonstrate that
○A well-written novels like A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court, regardless of their tone or theme, can be translated to the stage and screen.
○B the American public has traditionally been
more interested in watching plays and movies
than in reading novels like A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court
○C Twain's overall message in A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court is one that
had a profound impact on the American public.
○D Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court has been a more popular version of the
Arthurian legends than has Malory's Morte d'Arthur
○E A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
has been accepted as an enjoyable and humorous tale
in versions that have omitted the anarchy at the
novel's conclusion

普渡哥

大家快回复答案啊！！！

carrie91

A
E

carrie91

哦 是
A
A
E

普渡哥

any other answers???

普渡哥

正确答案：
10. A 11. A 12. E

ashcroft

第10题，为啥D不对？

ashcroft

而且。。。11题，我是靠排除做的，我觉得相比之下A最好，但是A选项的后半句 will likely bring liabilities along with any potential benefits.这个在文章哪里能体现出来哇？。。。
真心不解。。。