2003-10.34,10-35,10-37閱讀三題

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2003-10-34.35.37

Questions 30-39

        Native Americans probably arrived from Asia in successive waves over several

   millennia, crossing a plain hundreds of miles wide that now lies inundated by 160 feet

   of water released by melting glaciers. For several periods of time, the first beginning

   around 60,000 B.C. and the last ending around 7,000 B.C., this land bridge was open. The

(5 )first people traveled in the dusty trails of the animals they hunted. They brought with them

   not only their families, weapons, and tools but also a broad metaphysical understanding,

sprung from dreams and visions and articulated in myth and song, which complemented

their scientific and historical knowledge of the lives of animals and of people. All this they

shaped in a variety of languages, bringing into being oral literatures of power and beauty.     

(10)    Contemporary readers, forgetting the origins of western epic, lyric, and dramatic

forms, are easily disposed to think of “literature” only as something written. But on

reflection it becomes clear that the more critically useful as well as the more frequently employed sense of the term concerns the artfulness of the verbal creation, not its mode of presentation. Ultimately, literature is aesthetically valued, regardless of language, culture,

(15)or mode of presentation, because some significant verbal achievement results from the

   struggle in words between tradition and talent. Verbal art has the ability to shape out a compelling inner vision in some skillfully crafted public verbal form.

       Of course, the differences between the written and oral modes of expression are not without consequences for an understanding of Native American literature. The essential

(20)difference is that a speech event is an evolving communication, an “emergent form,” the  shape, functions, and aesthetic values of which become more clearly realized over the

course of the performance. In performing verbal art , the performer assumes responsibility

   for the manner as well as the content of the performance, while the audience assumes the responsibility for evaluating the performer’s competence in both areas. It is this intense

(25)mutual engagement that elicits the display of skill and shapes the emerging performance.

   Where written literature provides us with a tradition of texts, oral literature offers a

   tradition of performances.

34. What is the main point of the second paragraph?

   (A) Public performance is essential to verbal art.

   (B) Oral narratives are a valid form of literature.

   (C) Native Americans have a strong oral tradition in art.

   (D) The production of literature provides employment for many artists.

答案為b,但我認為c也行…..一直讀都讀不出來@@…

35. What can be inferred about the nature of the Native American literature discussed in the passage?

(A) It reflects historical and contemporary life in Asia.

(B) Its main focus is on daily activities.

(C) It is based primarily on scientific knowledge.

(D) It is reshaped each time it is experienced.  

答案d,我選A,我找不到文中哪裡出現D

37. Which of the following is NOT true of the Native American literature discussed in the passage?

   (A) It involves acting.

   (B) It has ancient origins.

   (C) It has a set form.

   (D) It expresses an inner vision.

答案c,但line20不是有提到    emergent form 嗎

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