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[真题解析与讨论][CET620051228]2005年12月大学英语六级阅读理解第28题 [复制链接]

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<body lang=ZH-CN style='tab-interval:21.0pt;text-justify-trim:punctuation'>[真题解析与讨论][CET620051228]2005<spanstyle='font-family:楷体_GB2312;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>年<spanlang=EN-US>12月大学英语六级阅读理解第28<spanstyle='font-family:楷体_GB2312;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>题Ask most people how theydefine the American Dream and chances are they’ll say, “Success.” The dream ofindividual opportunity has been home in American since Europeans discovered a“new world” in the <st1:place w:st="on">Western Hemisphere</st1:place>. Earlyimmigrants like Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur praised highly the freedom andopportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing descriptions of aclassless society where anyone could attain success through honesty and hardwork fired the imaginations of many European readers: in Letters from anAmerican Farmer (1782) he wrote. “We are all excited at the spirit of anindustry which is unfettered <spanlang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family:楷体_GB2312'>(<spanstyle='font-family:楷体_GB2312;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>无拘无束的<spanlang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family:楷体_GB2312'>)and unrestrained, because each person works for himself... We have no princes,for whom we toil <spanlang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family:楷体_GB2312'>(<spanstyle='font-family:楷体_GB2312;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>干苦力活<spanlang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family:楷体_GB2312'>)<spanstyle='font-family:宋体;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>，starve, and bleed: we are the mostperfect society now existing in the world.” The promise of a land where “therewards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor”drew poor immigrants from Europe and fueled national expansion into the westernterritories.Our national<istyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> mythology (神化) is full ofillustration the American success story. There’s Benjamin Franklin, the verymodel of the self-educated, self-made man, who rose from modest origins tobecome a well-known scientist, philosopher, and statesman. In the nineteenthcentury, Horatio Alger, a writer of fiction for young boys, became American’sbest-selling author with rags-to-riches tales. The notion of success haunts us:we spend million every year reading about the rich and famous, learning how to“make a fortune in real estate with no money down,” and “dressing for success.”The myth of success has even invaded our personal relationships: today it’s asimportant to be “successful” in marriage or parenthoods as it is to come out> The characters described in HoratioAlger’s novels are people who <spanstyle='font-family:宋体;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>大家论坛.A) succeed in realestate investmentB) earned enormousfortunes by chancesC) became wealthyafter starting life very poorD) became famousdespite their modest origins<o:p></o:p> 【参考答案】下面括号内有答案，选中即可显示。<spanstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <spanstyle='font-family:楷体_GB2312;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green'>〖参考答案：C<spanstyle='font-family:楷体_GB2312;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green'>〗【温馨提示】如果您对本题有疑问，或者有高见发表，或者要纠错，请跟帖，谢谢！<o:p></o:p></body>