[单项选择]In his essay "The Parable of the Tapeworm," Mario Vargas Llosa argues that at the heart of the writer’s will to write is rebellion, a "rejection and criticism of life as it is." Moreover, he speculates, it is even possible that good literature may inspire actual acts of rebellion when the reader compares the better world of the book to the relative junk heap of real life. Whether or not this is universally true, it’s an attractive idea, and, in its way, a comforting one. Language is a lever that might move the enormous weight of the fickle, war-torn world we live in. It’s free, universal and highly portable: better than plastic bomb and difficult to govern.
Vargas Llosa’s idea is also, of course, a writerly sort of realpolitik, a wish that a good novel -- or story or poem -- can literally remake history. When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, "The Hummingbird’s Daughter," 20 years ago, the United States was in the first phase of a conservative backlash, the culture wars we
A. both of them are portable.
B. both of them are difficult to govern.
C. both of them can be used in rebellion.
D. both are them are highly influential.

[单项选择]In his essay "The Parable of the Tapeworm," Mario Vargas Llosa argues that at the heart of the writer’s will to write is rebellion, a "rejection and criticism of life as it is." Moreover, he speculates, it is even possible that good literature may inspire actual acts of rebellion when the reader compares the better world of the book to the relative junk heap of real life. Whether or not this is universally true, it’s an attractive idea, and, in its way, a comforting one. Language is a lever that might move the enormous weight of the fickle, war-torn world we live in. It’s free, universal and highly portable: better than plastic bomb and difficult to govern.
Vargas Llosa’s idea is also, of course, a writerly sort of realpolitik, a wish that a good novel -- or story or poem -- can literally remake history. When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, "The Hummingbird’s Daughter," 20 years ago, the United States was in the first phase of a conservative backlash, the culture wars we
A. She is a relative of the writer.
B. She is an embodiment of self-made hero.
C. She had been studied or written about before this novel.
D. She is a saint coming from the grass roots.

[填空题]When the author gives a draft of an essay to his friends, he wants to make sure two things: ______.

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In his essay "The Parable of the Tapeworm," Marlo Vargas Llosa argues that at the heart of the writer’ s will to write is rebellion, a "rejection and criticism of life as it is." Moreover, he speculates, it is even possible that good literature may inspire actual acts of rebellion when the reader compares the better world of the book to the relative junk heap of real life. Whether or not this is universally true, it’ s an attractive idea, and, in its way, a comforting one. Language is a lever that might move the enormous weight of the fickle, war-tom world we live in. It’ s free, universal and highly portable: better than plastic bomb and difficult to govern.
Vargas Llosa’ s idea is also, of course, a writerly sort of realpolitik, a wish that a good novel --or story or poem -- can literally remake history. When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, "The Hummingbird’ s Daughter," 20 years ago, the United St
A. both of them are portable
B. both of them are difficult to govern
C. both of them can be used in rebellion
D. both are them are highly influential

[单项选择]In his famous essay, "Tradition and Individual Talent, " ______ put great emphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.
A. James Joyce
B. D. H. Lawrence
C. George Bernard Shaw
D. T. S. Eliot

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Thomas Malthus published his "Essay on the Principle of Population" almost 200 years ago. Ever since then, forecasters have being warning that worldwide famine was S1. （）just around the next corner. The fast-growing population’s demand for food, they warned, would soon exceed their S2. （）supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation. But in reality, the world’s total grain harvest has risen steadily over the years. Except for relative isolated trouble S3. （）spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years of good harvests, the world’s food crisis has remained just S4. （）around the corner. Most experts believe this can continue even as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, S5. （）although feeding 10 billion people will not be easy for politics, economic and environmental reasons; Optimists S6. （）point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, more S7. （）fertilizer and ad

[单项选择]A. Help the man with his essay.
B. Ask Sue to rehearse with her.
C. Rehearse the lines by herself.
D. Memorize her lines by herself.