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1、样卷研究生英语读写与翻译课程/工程硕士英语读写与翻译PartIReadingcomprehensionSection A (20points)Directions:Readthefollowingpassageandcompletetheoutlinewithyourownwords.J.K.Rowingswearssheneversawitcoming.Inherwildestdreams,shedidn,tthinkherHarryPotterwouldappealtomorethanahandfulofreaders.Ineverexpectedalotofpeopletolikethe
2、m,sheinsistedinarecentinterview.Well,itturnedoutIwasverywrong,obviously.Itstrikesachordwithanenormousnumberofpeople.That,sputitmildly.With35millioncopiesinprint,in35languages,thefirstthreeHarryPotterbookshaveearnedaconservativelyestimated$480millioninthreeyears.Andthatwasjustthewarm-up.Withafirstpri
3、ntingof5.3millioncopiesandadvanceorderstopping1.8million,HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire,thefourthinstallmentoftheseries,promisestobreakeverybooksellingrecord.JackMorrissey,12,plainlyspeaksforagenerationofreaderswhenhesays,“TheHarryPotterbooksarelikelife,butbetter.Amazingly,Rowlingkeepsherseveralplotl
4、inesclearofeachotheruntiltheend,whenshedeftlybringseverythingtogetherinacataclysmicconclusion.Forpurenarrativepower,thisisthebestPotterbookyet.Whenthebookfinallywentonsaleat12:01a.m.Saturday,thousandsofchildreninBritainandNorthAmericarushedtoclaimtheircopies.Bookstoreshostedpajamaparties,hiredmagici
5、ansandservedcookiesandpunch,butnobodyneededtoliftthespiritsofthesecrowds.Inonecase,customersmadesuchabig,happynoisethatneighborscalledthecops.AtabordersinCharlotte,N.C.,ErinRankin,12,quicklythumbedtothebackassoonasshegotherCOPy.Theardthatamajorcharacterdies,andIreallywanttofindoutWhOjshesaid.Butminu
6、teslatershegaveup.Ijustcan,treadtheendfirst.TheonlysournoteinallthesongsofjoyoverthisphenomenonhascomefromsomeparentsandconservativereligiousleaderswhosayRowlingadvocateswitchcraft.Readingofthebookshasbeenchallengedin25schooldistrictsinatleast17states,andthebookshavebeenbannedinschoolsinKansasandCol
7、orado.Butthat,snothingnew,saysMichaelPatrickHearn,achildren,sbookscholarandeditorofTheAnnotatedWizardofOz.Anykindofmagicisconsideredevilbysomepeople,hesays.TheWizardofOzwasattackedbyfundamentalistsinthemid-1980s.ButperhapsthemostcuriousthingaboutthePotterphenomenon,especiallygiventhatitisallaboutboo
8、ks,isthatalmostnoonehastakenthetimetosayhowgoodorbadthesebooksare.Theotherdaymy11-year-olddaughteraskedmeifIthoughtHarryPotterisaclassic.Igaveher,mafraid,oneofthoseveryadult-soundinganswerswhenIsaid,timewilltell.Thiswasnotanoutrightlie.There,snotellingwhichbookswillsurvivefromonegenerationtothenext.
9、Butthefactis,Iwashedging.WhatmydaughterreallywantedtoknowwashowwellJ.K.RowlingstacksupagainstthelikesofRobertLouisStevensonorMadeleineL,Engle.IcouldhavetoldherthatIthoughttheywerebeautifullycraftedworksentertainment,theliteraryequivalentofStevenSpielberg.IcouldalsohavetoldherIthoughtthePotterbookswe
10、rederivative.TheysharesomanyelementswithsomanychildrensclassicthatsometimesitseemsasthoughRowlinghadassembledhernovelsfromakit.However,thesenovelsamounttomuchmorethanjustthesumoftheirparts.Thecrucialaspectoftheirappealisthattheycanbereadbychildrenandadultswithequalpleasure.Onlythebestauthors-andthey
11、canbeasdifferentasDr.SeussandPhilipPullmanand,yes,J.K.Rowling-canpullthatoff.P.L.Travers,theauthoroftheMaryPoppinsbooks,putitbestwhenshewrote,“Youdonotchopoffasectionofyourimaginativesubstanceandmakeabookspecificallyforchildren,forifyouarehonest-youhave,infact,noideawherechildhoodendsandmaturitybegi
12、ns.Itisallendlessandallone.ThereisplentyforchildrenandadultstoenjoyinRowlingbooks,startingwiththeirlanguage.Herprosemaybeunadorned,butherwaywithnamingpeopleandthingsrevealsaquirkyandoriginaltalent.Thebestwritersrememberwhatitisliketobeachildwithastonishingintensity.Timeandagain,Rowlingarticulatesjus
13、thowdefenselesseventhebravestchildrenoftenfeel.NeartheendofthesecondbookDumbledore,thewiseandprotectiveheadmaster,isbanishedfromHogwarts.ThisterrifiesHarryandhisschoolmateswithDumbledoregone,fearhadspreadasneverbefore-anditterrifiesme.AndinallofRowling,sbooksthererunsanundercurrentofsadnessandloss.I
14、nthefirstbooktheorphanedHarrystaresintotheMirrorofErised,whichshowstheviewerhisorherutmostdesires.Harryseeshisdeadparents.NotuntildwrittendidrereadwhatIrealizedthathadbeentakenentirely-entirely-fromhowIfeltaboutmymothersdeath,Rowlingsaid.Infact,deathandbereavementandwhatdeathmeans,Iwouldsayisoneofth
15、ecentralthemesinallsevenbooks.Doyoungreaderspickuponallthisdeepintellectualism?Consciously,perhapsnot.ButIdon,tthinkthebookswouldhavetheirbroadappealiftheywereonlyexcitingtalesofmagicaladventure,andIknowadultswouldnotfindthemsoenticing.TheHarryPotterbooksaren,tperfect.WhatImissmostinthesenovelsisthe
16、presenceofagreatvillain.AndbygreatvillainImeananinterestingvillain.LongJohnSilverisdoublyfrighteningbecauseheisbothevilandcharming.Ifhewerejustallbad,hewouldn,tfrightenushalfasmuch.Vbldemortisresistiblepreciselybecauseheisjusthadtothebone.Thatsaid,IwouldaddthatinthenewbookRowlingoutdoesherselfwithabadguysoseductiveyou,llneverseehimcoming.Andheisscary.Thatquibbleaside,Rowling,snovelsareprobablythebestbookschildrenhaveeverencounteredthathaventbeenthrustupon
