【正文】 s, however, American employers demanded skilled artisans. Finally, Bailyn argues that the colonies were a halfcivilized hinterland of the European culture system. He is undoubtedly correct to insist that the colonies were part of an AngloAmerican empire. But to divide the empire into English core and colonial periphery, as Bailyn does, devalues the achievements of colonial culture. It is true, as Bailyn claims, that high culture in the colonies never matched that in England. But what of seventeenthcentury New England, where the settlers created effective laws, built a distinguished university, and published books？ Bailyn might respond that New England was exceptional. However, the ideas and institutions developed by New England Puritans had powerful effects on North American culture. Although Bailyn goes on to apply his approach to some thousands of indentured servants who migrated just prior to the revolution, he fails to link their experience with the political development of the United States. Evidence presented in his work suggests how we might make such a connection. These indentured servants were treated as slaves for the period during which they had sold their time。s third proposition suggest two general patterns prevailing among the many thousands of migrants: one group came as indentured servants, another came to acquire land. Surprisingly, Bailyn suggests that those who recruited indentured servants were the driving forces of transatlantic migration. These colonial entrepreneurs helped determine the social character of people who came to preindustrial North America. At first, thousands of unskilled laborers were recruited。 does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression？ In spite of such omissions, what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile study. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels, bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and littleknown works like James Weldon Johnson?s Autobiography of an ExColored Man. Its argument is tightly constructed, and its forthright, lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and perating criticism. 1. The author of the text is primarily concerned with __________. [A] Evaluating the soundness of a work of criticism. [B] Comparing various critical approaches to a subject. [C] Discussing the limitations of a particular kind of criticism. [D] Summarizing the major points made in a work of criticism. 2. The author of the text believes that Black Fiction would have been improved had Rosenblatt __________. [A] Evaluated more carefully the ideological and historical aspects of Black fiction. [B] Attempted to be more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black authors. [C] Explored in greater detail the recurrent thematic concerns of Black fiction throughout its history. [D] Assessed the relative literary merit of the novels he analyzes thematically. 3. The author?s discussion of Black Fiction can be best described as __________. [A] Pedantic and contentious. [B] Critical but admiring. [C] Ironic and deprecating. 15 [D] Argumentative but unfocused. author of the text employs all of the following in the discussion of Rosenblatt?s book EXCEPT： __________. [A] Rhetorical questions. [B] Specific examples. [C] Comparison and contrast. [D] Definition of terms. 5. The author of the text refers to James Weldon Johnson?s Autobiography of an ExColored Man most probably in order to __________. [A] point out affinities between Rosenblatt?s method of thematic analysis and earlier criticism. [B] Clarify the point about expressionistic style made earlier in the passage. [C] Qualify the assessment of Rosenblatt?s book made in the first paragraph of the passage. [D] give a specific example of one of the acplishments of Rosenblatt?s work. 16 英語 八級 閱讀理解模擬試題及解析三 Bernard Bailyn has recently reinterpreted the early history of the United States by applying new social research findings on the experiences of European migrants. In his reinterpretation, migration bees the anizing principle for rewriting the history of preindustrial North America. His approach rests on four separate propositions. The first of these asserts that residents of early modern England moved regularly about their countryside。 intuition works contrary to their rational and analytical skills. [D] Intuition enables managers to employ their practical experience more efficiently. 5. Which of the following best describes the anization of the first paragraph of the text？ [A] An assertion is made and a specific supporting example is given. [B] A conventional model is dismissed and an alternative introduced. [C] The results of recent research are introduced and summarized. [D] Two opposing points of view are presented and evaluated. 14 英語 八級 閱讀理解模擬試題及解析二 Roger Rosenblatt?s book Black Fiction, in attempting to apply literary rather than sociopolitical criteria to its subject, successfully alters the approach taken by most previous studies. As Rosenblatt notes, criticism of Black writing has often served as a pretext for expounding on Black history. Addison Gayle?s recent work, for example, judges the value of Black fiction by overtly political standards, rating each work according to the notions of Black identity which it propounds. Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances， its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological, and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise. Rosenblatt?s literary analysis discloses affinities and connecti