GRE之OG2阅读真题精选.doc

该【GRE之OG2阅读真题精选 】是由【379266576】上传分享，文档一共【22】页，该文档可以免费在线阅读，需要了解更多关于【GRE之OG2阅读真题精选 】的内容，可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能，选择自己适合的文档，以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字，如需要获得完整电子版，请下载此文档到您的设备，方便您编辑和打印。
GRE之OG2阅读真题精选
GRE阅读真题之OG2Passage31
OG-2
Passage31
Recentlyanunusuallyhighnumberofdolphinshavebeenfounddeadof
infectiousdiseases,andmostofthesehadabnormallyhightissueconcentrations
ofcertainpoundsthat,eveninlowconcentrations,reducedolphins’
’
,sincedolphinsridtheirbodiesofthe
poundsrapidlyonceexposureceases,theirmortalityrateshoulddecline
rapidlyifsuchboatpaintsarebanned.
,iftrue,moststrengthenstheargument?

lowerthantheywereinboatpaintsmanufacturedadecadeago.
,thepoundsaretoxictomanytypesofmarine
animals.

exposuretowaterorair.

marineanimals,butthereisnorecordofanyofthoseanimalsdyingin
unusuallylargenumbersrecently.

exactlyinaccordancewiththemanufacturer’sdirections.
GRE阅读真题之OG2Passage32
OG-2
Passage32
TheworkofEnglishwriterAphraBehn(1640–1689)changedmarkedlyduring
the1680s,assheturnedfromwritingplaystowritingprosenarratives.
AccordingtoliterarycriticRachelCarnell,mostscholarsviewthischangeas
primarilymotivatedbyfinancialconsiderations:earningalivingbywritingfor
thetheatrebecamemoredifficultinthe1680s,soBehntriedvariousother
,
alongepistolaryscandalnovelthatshewroteinthemid-1680ssoldquitewell.
Yet,asCarnellnotes,Behndidnotrepeatthisapproachinherotherprose
works;instead,sheturnedtowritingshorter,moreseriousnovels,eventhough

Behn,whosestageproductionsareprimarilyedies,mayhaveturnedtoan
emergingliteraryform,thenovel,inaconsciousattempttocriticize,and
subvertforherownends,theconventionsandideologyofawell-established
formofherday,thedramatictragedy.
CarnellacknowledgesthatBehnadmiredtheskillofsuchcontemporary
writersofdramatictragedyasJohnDryden,andthatBehn’sownicstage
productionsdisplayedthesamepartisanshipforthereigningStuartmonarchy
thatcharacterizedmostofthepoliticallyorienteddramatictragediesofher
,CarnellarguesthatBehntookissuewiththewayinwhichthese
,
tragedywassupposedtoconcernaheroicmanwhoisapublicfigureandwho

Behn’stragicnovelsfocusinsteadontheplightoflittle-knownwomenandthe
privateworldofthehousehold;eveninherfewnovelsfeaturingmale
protagonists,Behninsistsontheimportanceofthecrimestheseotherwise
,accordingtoCarnell,
Behnquestionedtheviewpromulgatedbymonarchistdramatictragediessuchas
Dryden’s:thattheenvisioned“public”politicalideal—passiveobediencetothe
nation’sking—oughttobemirroredintheprivatesphere,withfamilymembers
’snovelsnotonly
asrejectingthemodelofpatriarchalandhierarchicalfamilyorder,butalsoas
warningthatinsistingonsuchaparallelcanresultinrealtragedybefalling
,Behn’schoiceof
literaryformunderscoresthedifferencesbetweenherownapproachtocraftinga
tragicstoryandthattakeninthedramatictragedies,withtheirartificial
’snovelsengageinthe
politicaldialogueofhererabydemonstratingthatthegoodofthenation
ultimatelyenpassesmorethanthegoodofthepublicfigureswhoruleit.

’sviewofthenatureoftragedychangedovertime
’sviewofBehn’scontributiontothedevelopment
ofanemergingliteraryform

Behn

’sexplanationforamajordevelopmentinBehn’s
literarycareer
’snovelsfeaturingmale
protagonistsasdifferingfromdramatictragediessuchasDryden’sfeaturing
maleprotagonistsinthattheformer

’actionsintheprivate
sphere




followingattitudesabouttherelationshipbetweentheprivateandpublic
spheres?

settingforplaysaboutpoliticalevents.

hierarchicalorderofthepublicsphere.

ofthenationthanareactionsinthepublicsphere.

thepublicsphereratherthanviceversa.

spherecanmostclearlybeseen.
“artificialdistinction”
(line53-54)referstothe

structuralmodelsforthepublicandtheprivatespheres

intheprivatesphereandnotinthepublicsphere

thatnovelsoughttoconcerneventsintheprivatesphere

legitimatetragicactionoccursonlyinthepublicsphere

charactersdifferently,dependingonwhethertheirroleswerepublicor
private
GRE阅读真题之OG2Passage33
OG-2
Passage33
puterscannotaccuratelypredictclimatechangeunlessthemathematical
equationsfedintothemadequatelycapturethenaturalmeteorologicalprocesses
,thereareprocessesthatinfluence
climate,suchasmodificationsinlanduse,thatscientistsdonotknowhowto

modelcanleadthemodelastraybecauseasmallinitialeffectcaninitiatea