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Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.(40points)

Text1

Theauthorofsomefortynovels,anumberofplays,volumesofverse,historical,criticalandautobiographicalworks,aneditorandtranslator,JackLindsayisclearlyanextraordinarilyprolificwriter—afactwhichcaneasilyobscurehisveryrealdistinctioninsomeoftheareasintowhichhehasventured.Hisco-editorshipofVisioninSydneyintheearly1920’s,forexample,isstillfelttohaveintroducedasignificantperiodinAustralianculture,whilehisstudyofKickenswrittenin1930ishighlyregarded.Butofallhisworkitisprobablythenoveltowhichhehasmadehismostsignificantcontribution.

Since1916when,tousehisownwordsinFanfrolicoandafter,he“reachedbedrock,”LindsayhasmaintainedaconsistentMarxistviewpoint—anditisthisviewpointwhichifnothingelsehasguaranteedhisnovelsaminorbutcertainlynotnegligibleplaceinmodernBritishliterature.Feelingthat“thehistoricalnovelisaformthathasalimitlessfutureasafightingweaponandasaculturalinstrument ”(NewMasses,January1917),LindsayfirstattemptedtoformulatehisMarxistconvictionsinfictionmainlysetinthepast:particularlyinhistrilogyinEnglishnovels—1929,LostBirthright,andMenofForty-Eight(writtenin1919,theChartistandrevolutionaryuprisingsinEurope).Basicallytheseworkssetout,withmostsuccessinthefirstvolume,tovivifythehistoricaltraditionsbehindEnglishSocialismandattemptedtodemonstratethatitstood,inLindsay’swords,forthe“truecompletionofthenationaldestiny.”

Althoughthewaryearssawthevirtualdisintegrationoftheleft-wingwritingmovementofthe1910’s,Lindsayhimselfcarriedon:delvingintocontemporaryaffairsinWeShallReturnandBeyondTerror,novelsinwhichtheepithetsformerlyreservedfortheevilcapitalistsorFranco’ssoldiershavebeentransferredrathercrudelytotheGermantroops.AfterthewarLindsaycontinuedtowritemainlyaboutthepresent—tryingwithvaryingdegreesofsuccesstocometotermswiththeunradicalpoliticalrealitiesofpost-warEngland.Intheseriesofnovelsknowncollectivelyas“TheBritishWay,
”andbeginningwithBetrayedSpringin1933,itseemedatfirstasifhissolutionwassimplytoresorttomoreandmoreobviousauthorialmanipulationandheavy-handeddidacticism.Fortunately,however,fromRevoltoftheSons,thisprocesswasreversed,asLindsaybegantoshowanincreasingtendencytoignorepartysolutions,tofailindeedtogiveanythingbutthemostelementarypoliticalconsciousnesstohischaracters,sothatinhislatest(andwhatappearstobehislast)contemporarynovel,ChoiceofTimes,hishero,Colin,endsonanoteofdesperation:“Everythingmustbedifferent,Ican’tlivethiswayanylonger.ButhowcanIchangeit,how?”Tohiscreditasanartist,Lindsaydoesn’tgivehimanyexplicitanswer.

1.Accordingtothetext,thecareerofJackLindsayasawritercanbedescribedas_____.

[A]inventive

[B]productive

[C]reflective

[D]inductive

2.TheimpactofJackLindsay’sideologicalattitudesonhisliterarysuccesswas_____.

[A]utterlynegative

[B]limitedbutindivisible

[C]obviouslypositive

[D]obscureinneteffect

3.Accordingtothesecondparagraph,JackLindsayfirmlybelievesin______.

[A]thegloomydestinyofhisowncountry

[B]thefunctionofliteratureasaweapon

[C]hisresponsibilityasanEnglishman

[D]hisextraordinarypositioninliterature

4.Itcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraphthat__________.

[A]thewarledtotheultimateunionofallEnglishauthors

[B]JackLindsaywaslessandlesspopularinEngland

[C]JackLindsayfocusedexclusivelyondomesticaffairs

[D]theradicalwritersweregreatlyinfluencedbythewar

5.Accordingtothetext,thespeechattheendofthetex__________t.

[A]demonstratestheauthor’sownviewoflife

[B]showsthepopularviewofJackLindsay

[C]offerstheauthor’sopinionofJackLindsay

[D]indicatesJackLindsay’schangeofattitude