首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity. In bookstores, at conferences or public readings by w
It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity. In bookstores, at conferences or public readings by w
admin
2021-11-04
26
问题
It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity. In bookstores, at conferences or public readings by writers, and even in university departments dedicated to the humanities, the women clearly outnumber the men. The explanation traditionally given is that middle-class women read more because they work fewer hours than men, and so many of them feel that they can justify more easily than men the time that they devote to fantasy and illusion. I am somewhat allergic to explanations that divide men and women into frozen categories and attribute to each sex its characteristic virtues and shortcomings; but there is no doubt that there are fewer and fewer readers of literature, and that among the saving remnant (剩余) of readers women predominate.
This is the case almost everywhere. In Spain, for example, a recent survey organized by the General Society of Spanish Writers revealed that half of that country’s population has never read a book. The survey also revealed that in the minority that does read, the number of women who admitted to reading surpasses the number of men by 6. 2 percent, a difference that appears to be increasing. I am happy for these women, but I feel sorry for these men, and for the millions of human beings who could read but have decided not to read.
They earn my pity not only because they are unaware of the pleasure that they are missing, but also because I am convinced that a society without literature, or a society in which literature has been relegated—like some hidden vice—to the margins of social and personal life, is a society condemned to become spiritually barbaric, and even to jeopardize (破坏) its freedom. I wish to offer a few arguments against the idea of literature as a luxury pastime, and in favor of viewing it as one of the most primary and necessary undertakings of the mind, an irreplaceable activity for the formation of citizens in a modern and democratic society, a society of free individuals.
The author considers traditional explanation ______.
选项
A、logical
B、not convincing
C、not interesting
D、totally true
答案
B
解析
由题干关键词“explanation”定位至第一段第四句“I am somewhat allergic to explanations that divide men and women into frozen categories and attribute to each sex its characteristic virtues and shortcomings…”由此可见,作者不相信传统的解释,即认为传统解释没有说服力,故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/yVZC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
ThetraditionalAmericanThanksgivingDaycelebrationgoesbackto1621.InthatyearaspecialfeastwaspreparedinPlymouth,
TodaytheofficiallanguageoftheUnitedStatesandmostofCanadaisEnglish.However,Frenchalmostbecametheofficiallangu
TheUnitedStatesisacountrymadeupofmanydifferentraces.Usuallytheyaremixedtogetherandcan’tbetoldonefromanoth
TheUnitedStatesisacountrymadeupofmanydifferentraces.Usuallytheyaremixedtogetherandcan’tbetoldonefromanoth
MillionsofwordshavebeenwrittenaboutyoungpeopleintheUnitedStates.Therearereasonsforthisgreatinterestintheid
Asscientistslearnmoreaboutthecausesofearthquakes,theybecomebetterabletopredictthem,firstofall,theyknowthat
Publicgoodsarethosecommoditiesfromwhoseenjoymentnobodycanbeeffectivelyexcluded.Everybodyisfreetoenjoythebenef
Mr.Verderneverthoughtthathewouldbecomeamemberoftheboardofdirectorsbecauseofhis______origin.
Crimeinthecitieshashadmorepublicitythancrimeinthesuburbs,butinrecentyearsmanyofthesuburbshavefoundtheirc
随机试题
国际市场营销与国际贸易的区别表现在()
化生是指
近代麻醉学的发展始于
一患者因舌受外伤致比较严重的出血,急诊止血的方法应选择()
关于羊水的功能以下哪项是错误的破膜后羊水起的作用是
原始所有权与法人产权的客体是同一财产,反映的却是不同的()。
下列关于科教兴国战略的说法中,正确的有()。
根据法律规则对人们行为规定和限定的程度不同,法律规则可以划分为()
结合材料回答问题:材料1关键在推动经济转型,把改革的红利、内需的潜力、创新的活力叠加起来,形成新动力,并且使质量和效益、就业和收入、环境保护和资源节约有新提升,打造中国经济的升级版。 ——2013年3月17日上午李克强与中外
【F1】Backinmyearly20s.when"sensible"wasn’tpartofmyweight-lossvocabulary,Itriedadietthatwaslimitedtojustafe
最新回复
(
0
)