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With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the cri
With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the cri
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2011-02-11
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With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separate branch of literature, or, at least, as a distinct, even though a slightly disreputable, offshoot of the traditional novel,
The detective story is probably the most respectable (at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of university teachers, literary economists, scientists or even poets. Fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in which they happen, the village, seaside resort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not from our own experience, at least in the newspaper or the lives of friends. The characters, though normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates. A story set in a more remote environment, African jungle, or Australian bush, ancient China or gas-lit London, appeals to our interest in geography or history, and most detective story writers are conscientious in providing a reasonably authentic background. The elaborate, carefully assembled plot, despised by the modern intellectual critics and creators of significant novels, has found refuge in the murder mystery, with its sprinkling of clues, its spicing with apparent impossibilities, all with appropriate solutions and explanations at the end. With the guilt of escapism from real life nagging gently, we secretly revel in the unmasking of evil by a vaguely super-human detective, who sees through and dispels the cloud of suspicion which has hovered so unjustly over the innocent.
Though its villain also receives his rightful deserts, the thriller presents a less comfortable and credible world. The sequence of fist fights, revolver duels, car crashes and escapes from gas-filled cellars exhausts the reader far more than the hero, who, suffering from at least two broken ribs, one black eye, uncountable braises and a hangover, can still chase and overpower an armed villain with the physique of a wrestler. He moves dangerously through a world of ruthless gangs, brutality, a vicious lust for power and money and, in contrast to the detective tale, with a near-omniscient arch-criminal whose defeat seems almost accidental. Perhaps we miss in the thriller the security of being safely led by our imperturbable investigator past a score of red herrings and blind avenues to a final gathering of suspects when an unchallengeable elucidation of all that has bewildered us is given and justice and goodness prevail, All that we vainly hope for from life is granted vicariously.
The text suggests that intellectuals write detective stories because______.
选项
A、the stories are often in fact very instructive
B、they enjoy writing these stories
C、the creation of these stories demands considerable intelligence
D、detective stories are an accepted branch of literature
答案
B
解析
事实细节题,问知识分子们创作侦探小说的原因。题干中的第一个关键词detective stories可以定位到第二段,再根据第二个关键词intellectuals(知识分子们)定位到第二段的“university teachers,literary economists,scientists or even poets”这些人的共集就是“知识分子们”,找到这里后.题目就很好做了,因为文中说“Its(detective story’s) creation is often the relaxation of…(intellectuals)”其意是:侦探小说的创作是知识分子们放松和娱乐的结果。由此我们选定B“他们喜欢写这些故事”为正确答案。由其它选项都找不到相关依据。
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