GRE考试

【单选题】Directions: The next questions are based on the content of the following passage. Read the passage and then determine the best answer choice for each question.Base your choice on what this passage states directly or implies, not on any information you may have gained elsewhere.
For each of Questions, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructeD、
Questions are based on the following passage.
With Meredith’s TheEgoist we enter into a
critical problem that we have not yet before
faced in these studies. That is the problem
Line offered by a writer of recognizably impressive
(5) stature, whose work is informed by a muscu-
lar intelligence, whose language has splendor,
whose "view of life" wins our respect, and
yet for whom we are at best able to feel only
a passive appreciation which amounts, prac-
(10) tically, to indifference. We should be unjust
to Meredith and to criticism if we should,
giving in to the inertia of indifference, sim-
ply avoid dealing with him and thus avoid
the problem along with him. He does not
(15) "speak to us," we might say; his meaning is
not a "meaning for us"; he "leaves us colD、"
But do not the challenge and the excitement
of the critical problem as such lie in that
ambivalence of attitude which allows us to
(20) recognize the intelligence and even the
splendor of Meredith’s work, while, at the
same time, we experience a lack of sympathy,
a failure of any enthusiasm of response
It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the role of criticism
A、Its prime office should be to make our enjoyment of the things that feed the mind as conscious as possible.
B、It should be a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the worlD、
C、It should enable us to go beyond personal prejudice to appreciate the virtues of works antipathetic to our own tastes.
D、It should dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, ignoring such deficiencies as irrelevant.
E、It should strive both to purify literature and to elevate the literary standards of the reading publiC、
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
The author wishes us to be able to recognize the good qualities of Meredith’s work while at the same time we continue to find it personally unsympathetic. Thus, she would agree that criticism should enable us to appreciate the virtues of works we dislike. Choices A, B, and E are unsupported by the passage. Choice D is incorrect. While the author wishes the reader to be aware of Meredith’s excellences, she does not suggest that the reader should ignore those qualities in Meredith that make his work unsympathetic. Rather, she wishes the reader to come to appreciate the very ambivalence of his critical response. document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>