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1、GRE经典背诵文选之一ThomasHardy'simpulsesasawriter,allofwhichheindulgedinhisnovels,werenumerousanddivergent,andtheydidnotalwaysworktogetherinharmony.Hardywastosomedegree(5)interestedinexploringhischaracters'psycholo-gies,thoughimpelledlessbycuriositythanbysympathy.Occasionallyhefelttheimpuls
2、etocomedy(inallitsdetachedcoldness)aswellastheimpulsetofarce,buthewasmoreoften(10)inclinedtoseetragedyandrecordit.Hewasalsoinclinedtoliteraryrealismintheseveralsensesofthatphrase.Hewantedtodescribeordinaryhumanbeings;hewantedtospeculateontheirdilemmasrationally(and,unfortu-(15)n
3、ately,evenschematically);andhewantedtorecordpreciselythematerialuniverse.Finally,hewantedtobemorethanarealist.Hewantedtotranscendwhatheconsideredtobethebanalityofsolelyrecordingthingsexactlyand(20)toexpressaswellhisawarenessoftheoccultandthestrange.Inhisnovelsthesevariousimpulseswe
4、resacrificedtoeachotherinevitablyandoften.inevitably,becauseHardydidnotcareinthe(25)waythatnovelistssuchasFlaubertorJamescared,andthereforetookpathofleastresistance.Thus,oneimpulseoftensurrenderedtoafresheroneand,unfortunately,insteadofexactingacompromise,simplydisappeared.(30)A
5、desiretothrowoverrealityalightthatneverwasmightgivewayabruptlytothedesireonthepartofwhatwemightconsideranovelist-scientisttorecordexactlyandconcretelythestructureandtextureofaflower.Inthis(35)instance,thenewimpulseswasatleastanenergeticone,andthusitsindulgencedidnotresultinarela
6、xedstyle.ButonotheroccasionsHardyabandonedaperilous,risky,andhighlyenergizingimpulseinfavorofwhatwasforhim(40)thefatallyrelaxingimpulsetoclassifyandschematizeabstractly.Whenarelaxingimpulsewasindulged,thestyle-thatsureindexofanauthor'sliteraryworth-wascertaintobecomeverbose.Har
7、dy'sweaknessderivedfromhis(45)apparentinabilitytocontrolthecomingsandgoingsofthesedivergentimpulsesandfrom10hisunwillingnesstocultivateandsustaintheenergeticandriskyones.Hesubmittedtofirstoneandthenanother,andthespiritblewwhere(50)itlisted;hencetheunevennessofanyoneofhisnovels.Hi
8、smostcontrol