[单项选择]With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separate branch of literature, or, at least, as a distinct, even though a slightly disreputable, offshoot of the traditional novel.
The detective story is probably the most respectable (at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of university teachers, literary economists, scientists or even poets. Fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in which they happen, the village, seaside resort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not from our own experience, at least in the newspaper or the lives of friends. The characters, though normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates. A story set in a more remote enviro
A. a not quite respectable form of the conventional novel
B. not a true novel at all
C. related in some ways to the historical novel
D. an independent development of the novel

[单项选择] With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separate branch of literature, or, at least, as a distinct, even though a slightly disreputable, shoot of the traditional novel. The detective story is probably the most respectable (at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of University dons, literary economists, scientists or even poets. Fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in which they happen, the village, seaside re- sort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not from our own experience, at least in the news- paper or the lives of friends The characters, though normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates. A story set in a more remote environ
A. not a true novel at all
B. an independent development of the novel
C. related in some ways to the historical novel
D. a not quite respectable form of the conventional novel

[单项选择]With its own parliament and currency and a common （） for peace, the European Union declared itself—in 11 official languages—open for business.
A. inspiration
B. assimilation
C. intuition
D. aspiration

[简答题]insurable interest

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