[填空题]The passage is mostly concerned with myths about eyesight.

[填空题]The passage is mostly concerned with myths about eyesight.

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A．No American hero, with the possible exception of George Washington, has been more set with myth than Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln did boast virtues that required few words to glamorize. He rose from obscurity (默默无闻) through hard work, self-education and honesty. He endured severe criticism to save the Union and end slavery. He died shortly after his greatest triumph at the hands of an assassin. But tall-tale-tellers have never hesitated to rewrite Lincoln’s biography. On Presidents’ Day, it’s well worth dispelling some repeated misconceptions about the man on the $5 bill.
1. Lincoln was a simple country lawyer.
B．This durable legend, personified by short-spoken Henry Fonda in John Ford’s film "Young Mr. Lincoln," dies hard. Lincoln’s law partner William H. Herndon, looking to boost his own reputation, introduced the rumor that Lincoln cared little about his legal practice, di

[单项选择]The paradoxical aspect of the myths about Demeter, when we consider the predominant image of her as a tranquil and serene goddess, is her agitated search for her daughter.
A. when considering the predominant image of her as
B. when consider the predominant image of her as
C. while considering the predominant image of her like
D. if we consider the predominant image of her like

[单项选择]Science-fiction movies can serve as myths about the future and thus give some assurance　about it. Whether the film is 2001 or Star Wars, such movies tell about progress that will expand man’’s powers and his experiences beyond anything now believed possible, while they assure us that all these advances will not wipe out man or life as we now know it. Thus one great anxiety about the future--that it will have no place for us as we now are--is alleviated by such myths. They also promise that even in the most distant future, and despite the progress that will have occurred in the material world, man’’s basic concerns will be the same, and the struggle of good against evil--the central moral problem of our time--will not have lost its importance. 　　Past and future are the lasting dimensions of our lives: the present is but a brief moment. So these visions about the future also contain our past; in Star Wars, battles are fought around issues that also motivated man in the past. Thus, any v
A. fail to reflect contemporary problems for their transience.
B. fail to free their subjects from issues of man’’s concerns.
C. succeed in depicting magic scenes irrelevant to the past.
D. succeed in offering imaginary visions irrespective of reality