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The other morning on the subway I sat next to an attractive young blonde woman who was reading something on her iPad. She was ve
The other morning on the subway I sat next to an attractive young blonde woman who was reading something on her iPad. She was ve
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2022-08-20
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问题
The other morning on the subway I sat next to an attractive young blonde woman who was reading something on her iPad. She was very well-dressed, carrying a Prada bag with tastefully applied make-up indeed, she had an unmistakable air of wealth, material success and even authority. I suspected she worked as a highly-paid Wall Street lawyer or stockbroker or something of that sort. So, I was curious to see what she was so focused on. The Wall Street Journal perhaps? The Economists
Quite the contrary; rather, she was concentrating on a romance novel. Then I realized that I have known many women who love romance novels—smart, attractive, successful, " liberated ", modern females who nonetheless find some kind of deep satisfaction and thrill from those hyper-romantic, artificial and extremely unrealistic tales of handsome, manly heroes falling in love with virginal women, enduring a series of adventures, then no doubt having a happy ending.
These romance stories are to literature what hot dogs are to fine food
. Yet, the genre (体裁) remains enormously popular. Consider some of these surprising statistics from the good folks at the Romance Writers of America (RWA):
. More than 9,000 romance titles were released last year, with sales of about $1.44 billion (more than triple the revenues generated by classic literary fiction).
. More than 90 percent of the market are women (okay, that’s not at all surprising).
. Readers are typically women between the ages 30 and 54 who are themselves involved in a romantic relationship (betraying the stereotype that only lonely women long for these tales of love and adventure).
. Almost 40 percent of romance book consumers have an annual income of between $50,000 and $99,900 (placing them firmly in the middle class).
I had thought that romance novels accounted for a very small share of the literary market, so I was quite surprise that this part has such enormous popularity. But I must wonder why so many women—forty years after the women’s liberation movement—continue to indulge in the fanciful tales.
I’m not sure if it represents a kind of " rejection" of the women’s liberation movement, but clearly something is missing in the lives of contemporary ladies. A romance author named Donna Hatch who focuses on the Regency period (early 19th century Britain) explained the appeal of such books this way: "Regency men were civilized and treated women with courtesy. When a lady entered the room, gentlemen stood, doffed their hats, offered an arm, bowed, and a hundred other little things I wish men still did today. But they were also very athletic; they hunted, raced, boxed, rode horses. They were manly, strong, noble, honorable. And that is why I love them!"
Mrs. Hatch may have expressed the secret desires and attitudes of untold millions of her peers— that is, in the early 21st century, have women grown tired of the burdens and expectations that the "freedoms" they have gained give them? Is this a rejection of modem feminism? Do women long for days of old when men were masculine gentlemen and women were feminine and protected as precious treasures and regarded as possessions?
Perhaps most women (even the ones who get lost in romance novels) do not want to go all the way back but it is obvious, ________.
What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph imply?
选项
A、Romance novels are satisfying and thrilling.
B、Romance novels are not of much "nutrition".
C、Romance novels are as popular as hot dogs.
D、Romance novels are an essential part of contemporary life.
答案
B
解析
词义猜测题。该句的意思是“言情小说对文学来说就像热狗对好的食物一样”,再结合后面的“Yet, the genre (体裁) remains enormously popular. ”可知,此处是说言情小说跟热狗一样没有营养,却非常流行。而A、C、D项都是在说言情小说好的一方面,和文意不符。故选B。
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