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1、GRE:No.7-3A1OfHomer’stwoepicpoems,theOdysseyhasalwaysbeenmorepopularthantheIliad,perhapsbecauseitincludesmorefeaturesofmythologythatareaccessibletoreaders.Itssubject(touseMaynardMack’scategories)is“life-as-spectacle,”forreaders,divertedbyitsvariousincidents,observeitsheroOdyss
2、eusprimarilyfromwithout;thetragicIliad,however,presents“life-as-experience”:readersareaskedtoidentifywiththemindofAchilles,whosemotivationsrenderhimanotparticularlylikablehero.Inaddition,theIliad,morethantheOdyssey,suggeststhecomplexityofthegods’involvementinhumanactions,andto
3、theextentthatmodernreadersfindthiscomplexityaneedlesscomplication,theIliadislesssatisfyingthantheOdyssey,withitssimplerschemeofdivinejustice.Finally,sincetheIliadpresentsahistoricallyverifiableaction,Troy’ssiege,thepoemraiseshistoricalquestionsthatareabsentfromtheOdyssey’sblit
4、helyimaginativeworld.17.TheauthorusesMack’s“categories”(lines4-5)mostprobablyinorderto(A)arguethattheIliadshouldreplacetheOdysseyasthemorepopularpoem(B)indicateMack’simportanceasacommentatorontheIliadandtheOdyssey(C) suggestonewayinwhichtheIliadandtheOdysseycanbedistinguished(
5、D)pointoutsomeofthedifficultiesfacedbyreadersoftheIliadandtheOdyssey(E)demonstratethattheIliadandtheOdysseycanbestbedistinguishedbycomparingtheirrespectiveheroes18.TheauthorsuggeststhatthevarietyofincidentsintheOdysseyislikelytodeterthereaderfrom(A)concentratingonthepoem’smyth
6、ologicalfeatures(B) concentratingonthepsychologicalstatesofthepoem’scentralcharacter(C)acceptingtheexplanationthathavebeenofferedforthepoem’spopularity(D)acceptingthepoem’sschemeofdivinejustice(E)acceptingMaynardMack’stheorythatthepoem’ssubjectis“life-as-spectacle”19.Thepassag
7、eisprimarilyconcernedwith(A)distinguishingarguments(B)applyingclassifications(C)initiatingadebate(D)resolvingadispute(E) developingacontrast20.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatareaderoftheIliadislikelytohavetroubleidentifyingwiththepoem’sheroforwhichofthefollowingreasons?(A)Th
8、eheroiseventuallyrevealedtobeunheroic.(B)Theherocanbeobserved
