在职申硕英语考试

【单选题】In November 1970 Yukio Mishima, together with some of his fanatical followers from the ultra nationalistic Shield Society which he had founded in 1966, broke into the headquarters of Japan’sEasternDefense Forces armed with swords and daggers, overpowered some aides, tied up the commanding general, and demanded that the troops be assembled to hear a speech. Mishima addressed the troops for ten minutes, inciting them to rebel against the constitutional government imposed by the United States that had, in his words, "turned Japan spineless. " Receiving only ridicule in response, he returned to the general’s office and there, before the general’s unbelieving eyes, proceeded to kill himself in strict accordance with the traditional samurai ritual of seppuku.After Mishima had driven a dagger deep into left abdomen, one of his aides severed his head with a sworD、The aide likewise killed himself and was beheaded; the others surrendereD、
In 1936 there had been a similar revolt and, though equally unsuccessful, it had foreshadowed the repressive regime of General Tojo that was to stage the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. That earlier revolt is the one referred to in Patriotism, one of Mishima’s most powerful stories. Here life and fiction become joineD、The act of seppuku was for Mishima a fulfillment, "the ultimate dream of my life. "Born of an ancient samurai family, he longed to die a hero’s death in accordance with the ancient samurai code; but his weak body kept him from service in the war, and he had to compensate through body building (he became expert at karate and kendo) and, most important, through the discipline of writing. In his short lifetime he turned out twenty novels, thirty plays, many essays, and more than eighty stories; he also produced, directed, and acted in movies, and even sang on stage. His first book of stories,
A、Forest in Flower, appeared in 1943, but it wasConfession of a Mask (1948), dealing with the meditations of a young man of homosexual leanings in a repressive society, that brought him fame.
Mishima has been called "Japan’s Hemingway", while others have compared him to "aesthetic" writers like Walter Peter and Oscar Wilde.
What is true according to the passage
A、The general knew that Mishima had longed to die a hero’s death.
B．The general was greatly taken aback by Mishima’s suicide attempt.
C．Some soldiers surrendered after Mishima’s speech.
D．One of Mishima’s aides was killed by the soldiers.

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[解析] A项在文中未被提及，C、D两项与文章的意思不符。从文中第一段第三句中“…，before the general’s unbelieving eyes，proceeded to kill himself…(看至三岛由纪夫居然剖腹自杀，将军简直不敢相信自己的眼睛)”可知，他是大吃了一惊，因此B项为正确答案。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>