GRE阅读题目及答案

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1、No.2-1SECTIONAExtendeddebateconcerningtheexactpointoforiginofindividualfolktalestoldbyAfro-Americanslaveshasunfortunatelytakenprecedenceoveranalysisofthetales’meaningandfunction.CulturalcontinuitieswithAfricawerenotdependentonimportationandperpetuationofspecificfolktale

2、sintheirpristineform.ItisintheplacethattalesoccupiedinthelivesoftheslavesandinthemeaningslavesderivedfromthemthattheclearestresemblancestoAfricantraditioncanbefound.Afro-AmericanslavesdidnotborrowtalesindiscriminatelyfromtheWhitesamongwhomtheylived.Blackpeopleweremostin

3、fluencedbythoseEuro-Americantaleswhosefunctionalmeaningandaestheticappealhadthegreatestsimilaritytothetaleswithdeeprootsintheirancestralhomeland.Regardlessofwhereslavetalescamefrom,theessentialpointisthat,withrespecttolanguage,delivery,detailsofcharacterization,andplot,

4、slavesquicklymadethemtheirown.17.TheauthorclaimsthatmoststudiesoffolktalestoldbyAfro-Americanslavesareinadequatebecausethestudies(A)failtorecognizeanypossibleEuro-Americaninfluenceonthefolktales(B)donotpayenoughattentiontothefeaturesofafolktalethatbestrevealanAfricaninf

5、luence(C)overestimatethenumberoffolktalesbroughtfromAfricabytheslaves(D)donotconsiderthefactthatafolktalecanbechangedasitisretoldmanytimes（B）(E)oversimplifythediverseandcomplextraditionsoftheslavesancestralhomeland18.Theauthor’smainpurposeisto(A)createanewfieldofstudy(B

6、)discreditanexistingfieldofstudy(C)changethefocusofafieldofstudy(D)transplantscholarlytechniquesfromonefieldofstudytoanother（C）(E)restrictthescopeofaburgeoningnewfieldofstudy19.Thepassagesuggeststhattheauthorwouldregardwhichofthefollowingareasofinquiryasmostlikelytoreve

7、altheslaves’culturalcontinuitieswithAfrica?(A)ThemeansbywhichBlacksdisseminatedtheirfolktalesinnineteenth-centuryAmerica(B)Specificregionaldifferencesinthestylesofdeliveryusedbytheslavesintellingfolktales(C)ThefunctionalmeaningofBlackfolktalesinthelivesofWhitechildrenra

8、isedbyslave(D)Thespecificwaytheslavesusedfolktalestoimpartmoralteachingtotheirchildren（D）(E)Thecomplexitiesofp