2019年GRE考試閱讀模擬試題及答案綜合整理(10)

1、2019 年 GRE 考試閱讀模擬試題及答案綜合整理(10)Unlike most Jane Austen scholarship before 1980, much recent scholarship analyzes the novels of Austen, who livedfrom 1775 to 1817, in the context of Austen s tumultuous times, which saw the French and American revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. Yet Frantz notes anoth

2、er revolution, rarely mentioned in Austen scholarship ： the Great Masculine Renunciation that altered conventions in men s dress andbehavior. During the later eighteenth century, wealthygentlemen exchanged the velvets and satins long in fashion for somber woolen suits. Frantz contends that this chan

3、ge reflected deeper cultural changes. The value once placed onmens expressiveness, reflected in Mackenzie s novel The Man of Feeling (1771), gave way to a preference for emotional restraint. I n Austen s novels, the heroine often strugglesto glimpse the true nature of hero beneath his reserved exter

4、ior.1. The author of the passage mentions The Man of Feeling (1771) in order toA. contrast Mackenzie s reasons for writing novels with those of AustenB. introduce evidence regarding the influence of particular writers on AustenC. corroborate a claim that a convention of masculine behavior changed du

5、ring Austen s lifetimeD. suggest that Austens novels were more reflective oftheirhistorical context than Mackenzies had beenE. challenge a particular misconception about the modes of behavior common among gentlemen in the later eighteenth century2. The passage suggests which of the following about s

6、cholarship on Jane Austen?A. Much recent scholarship has begun to place greateremphasis on gender conventions governing men s behavior during Austen s lifetime.B. Some scholarship has debated whether Austen depict emotional restraint as an admiral quality.s novelsC. Cer tain scholars argue that Austen accurately reflect cultural changes during Austens novels do nots lifetimethat changed the way gentlemen dressed and behaved.D. After 1980, scholarship on Austen shifted toward a greater emphasis on the historical context in which she wrote.E. With few exceptions, rec