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【单选题】It was a fixing sight: there, in theCapitol itself, a U.S. Senator often mocked for his halting, inarticulate speaking, reached deep into his Midwestern roots and spoke eloquently, even poetically, about who he was and what he believed, stunning politicians and journalists alike.
I refer, of course, to Senator Jefferson Smith. In FrankCapra’s classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Jimmy Stewart plays this simple, idealistic small-townAmerican, mocked and scorned by the big-moneyed, oh-so-sophisticated power elite--only to triumph over a corruptEstablishment with his rock-solid goodness.
At root, it is this role that soon-to-be-ex-SenatorBobDole most aspires to play: the self effacing, quietly powerful small-town man from Main Street who outwits the cosmopolitan, slick-talking snob from the fleshpots.And why not There is, after all, no more enduringAmerican icon.
How enduringBeforeAmericans had aConstitution, Thomas Jefferson was arguing that the new nation’s future would depend on a base of agrarian yeomen free from the vices inherent in big cities. In 1840 one of the classic, image-driven presidential campaigns featured William Henry Harrison as the embodiment of rural virtues, the candidate of the log cabin and hard cider, defeating the incumbent Martin VanBuren, who was accused of dandified dress and manners.
There is, of course, a huge disconnect between this professed love of the simple, unspoiled life and the wayAmericans actually live.As a people,Americans have spent the better part of the 20th century deserting the farms and the small towns for the cities and the suburbs; and are torn between vacationing inDisney World and Las Vegas.
U.S. politicians too haven’t exactly shunned the temptations of the cosmopolitan life. The town of Russell, Kansas, often seems to beDole’s running mate, but the candidate spends his leisure time in a luxury condominium inBal Harbor, FloridA、BillClinton still believes in a place called Hope, but the spiffy, celebrity-dense resorts of Martha’s Vineyard and Jackson Hole are where he kicks back. Ronald Reagan embodied the faith-and-family pieties of the front porch and Main Street, but he fled Iowa for a career and a life in HollywooD、
Still, the hunger for the wayAmericans believe they are supposed to live is strong, and the distrust of the intellectual hustler with his airs and his high-flown language runs deep. It makes sense for theDole campaign to make this a contest betweenDole as the laconic, quiet man whose words can be trusted andBillClinton as the traveling salesman with a line of smooth patter but a suitcase full of damaged goods. It makes sense forDole to make his campaign song Thank God I’m aCountryBoy--even if he is humming it 9,200 m up in a corporate jet on his way to a Florida condo.
We can learn from the text thatAmericans have a history of
[A] undervaluing those of humble origins.
[B] paying tribute to native intellectuals.
[C] giving impetus to personal pursuits.
[D] worshipping their heroes and heroines.
网考网参考答案：D
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