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1、GRE362GRERC(No.2—No.9)No.2-1SECTIONAExtendeddebateconcerningtheexactpointoforiginofindividualfolktalestoldbyAfro-Americanslaveshasunfortunatelytakenprecedenceoveranalysisofthetales’meaningandfunction.CulturalcontinuitieswithAfricawerenotdependentonimportationan

2、dperpetuationofspecificfolktalesintheirpristineform.ItisintheplacethattalesoccupiedinthelivesoftheslavesandinthemeaningslavesderivedfromthemthattheclearestresemblancestoAfricantraditioncanbefound.Afro-AmericanslavesdidnotborrowtalesindiscriminatelyfromtheWhites

3、amongwhomtheylived.BlackpeopleweremostinfluencedbythoseEuro-Americantaleswhosefunctionalmeaningandaestheticappealhadthegreatestsimilaritytothetaleswithdeeprootsintheirancestralhomeland.Regardlessofwhereslavetalescamefrom,theessentialpointisthat,withrespecttolan

4、guage,delivery,detailsofcharacterization,andplot,slavesquicklymadethemtheirown.17.TheauthorclaimsthatmoststudiesoffolktalestoldbyAfro-Americanslavesareinadequatebecausethestudies(A)failtorecognizeanypossibleEuro-Americaninfluenceonthefolktales(B)donotpayenougha

5、ttentiontothefeaturesofafolktalethatbestrevealanAfricaninfluence(C)overestimatethenumberoffolktalesbroughtfromAfricabytheslaves(D)donotconsiderthefactthatafolktalecanbechangedasitisretoldmanytimes（B）(E)oversimplifythediverseandcomplextraditionsoftheslavesancest

6、ralhomeland18.Theauthor’smainpurposeisto(A)createanewfieldofstudy(B)discreditanexistingfieldofstudy(C)changethefocusofafieldofstudy(D)transplantscholarlytechniquesfromonefieldofstudytoanother（C）(E)restrictthescopeofaburgeoningnewfieldofstudy19.Thepassagesuggest

7、sthattheauthorwouldregardwhichofthefollowingareasofinquiryasmostlikelytorevealtheslaves’culturalcontinuitieswithAfrica?(A)ThemeansbywhichBlacksdisseminatedtheirfolktalesinnineteenth-centuryAmerica(B)Specificregionaldifferencesinthestylesofdeliveryusedbytheslave

8、sintellingfolktales(C)ThefunctionalmeaningofBlackfolktalesinthelivesofWhitechildrenraisedbyslave(D)Thespecificwaytheslavesusedfolktalestoimpartmoralteachingtotheirchildren（D