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GRE 官方真题模考PPII 阅读文章如下

In early-twentieth-century England, it was fashionable to claim that only a completely new style of writing could address a world undergoing unprecedented transformation— just as one literary critic recently claimed that only the new “aesthetic of exploratory excess” can address a world under-going well, you know. Yet in early-twentieth-century England, T. S. Eliot, a man fascinated by the“presence” of the past, wrote the most innovative poetry of his time. The lesson for today’s literary community seems ob vious: a reorientation toward tradition would benefit writers no less than readers.But if our writers and critics indeed respect the novel’s rich tradition (as they claim to), then why do they disdain the urge to tell an exciting story?

题目：

17. The author of the passage suggests that present-day readers would particularly benefit from which of the following changes on the part of

present-day writers and critics?

A An increased focus on the importance of engaging the audience in a narrative

B Modernization of the traditional novelistic elements already familiar to readers

C Embracing aspects of fiction that are generally peripheral to the interest of readers

D A greater recognition of how the tradition of the novel has changed over time

E A better understanding of how certain poets such as Eliot have influenced fiction of

the present time

你选了哪一个？

我在这里先简单的说一下这篇文章在说什么：如下，

In early-twentieth-century England,it was fashionable to claim that only a completely new style of writing could address a world undergoing unprecedented transformation— just as one literary critic recently claimed that only the new “aesthetic of exploratory excess” can address a world under-going well, you know. 第一句是一个形式主语it的句子，说是说，在20世纪的早期的英国(作者注：其实这句话的时间不重要的…)，去宣称(to claim)只有一种全新的写作风格才能够表达/传达（address）一个正在经历着前所没有的改变的世界是很时髦的。简单来说就是只有新的写作风格才跟得上时代。破折号后面是说，就好像一个文学的评论家(critic)最近说，只有一个新的审美。。。后面可以不看了，看只是在浪费时间，记得，阅读理解不是说需要全部的内容都翻译过来，而是清楚每一句话文字后面的用意或者说所表达的含义。而且，这句话的just as告诉你破折号前后是一样的，也就是只有全新的写作风格才好。

Yet in early-twentieth-century England, T. S. Eliot, a man fascinated by the“presence” of the past, wrote the most innovative poetry of his time.

这句是文章的转折句，由yet看出来。文章中，Yet前面的内容说了只有新的写作风格才是好的(我们简单把它理解为好的即可)，那么出来了yet,你告诉我，文章前面的所说的新的写作风格是好的还行吗？？？

不行，对？所以后面就说，可是(yet),20世纪的英国，T.S 他是一个非常迷恋(fasninated)过去的表达(the presence of the past，其实和文章前面的”only a completely new style of writing could address a world undergoing unprecedented transformation”是相对的，也就是他喜欢用过去的表达)，他在他的时代里写出最创新的诗歌。这句是在说，你看，人家T .S 这个小子就是和其他的人不同，他是用过去的表达都很成功呀。我想告诉你的是，我的读者们，