| One of the saddest things about the period in
which we live is the growing estrangement(疏远) between America and Europe. This
may be a surprising discovery to those who are over impressed by the speed with
which turbojets can hop from New York to Paris. But to anyone who is aware of
what America once meant to English libertarian poets and philosophers, to the
young Ibsen bitterly excoriating (痛斥) European royalty for the murder of
Lincoln, to Italian novelists and poets translating the nineteenth century
American classics as a demonstration against Fascism, there is something
particularly disquieting in the way that the European Left, historically "
pro-American" because it identified America with expansive democracy, now
punishes America with Europe’s lack of hope in the future. Although America has obviously not fulfilled the visio A. Europeans do not have the proper appreciation of the United States B. Europeans have made a notable shift in attitude toward the United States C. American culture has been rediscovered by Europeans D. Europeans no longer feel that there should be an exchange of ideas with Americans [单项选择]
Telling Tales about People One of the most common types of nonfiction, and one that many people enjoy reading, is stories about people’s lives. These stories fall into three general categories: autobiography, memoir, and biography. An autobiography is the story of a person’s life written by himself or herself. Often it begins with the person’s earliest recollections and ends in the present. Autobiography writers may not be entirely objective in the way they present themselves. However, they offer the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way. People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies. Other writers, such as James Joyce, have written thinly fictionalized accounts of their lives. These are not autobiographies, but they are very close to it. Memoirs, strictly speaking, are autobiographical accounts that focus as much on the events of the times as on the li A. enjoying poetry B. similar or alike C. varied or different D. able to swim in deep water 我来回答: 提交
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