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GRE閱讀機經(jīng)200篇原101篇（小改動）+原GRE閱讀機經(jīng)200篇原101篇（小改動）+原70篇+最新29篇101閱讀機經(jīng)和70篇閱讀機經(jīng)，原101的第95，96，98，99篇因為回憶內(nèi)容不全所以被換成了新的機經(jīng)文章，最后的29篇文章也是最新的機經(jīng)。AllInOne學(xué)員可以得篇閱讀文章的參考答案、文字解析（其中passage102到passage171的文字解析正在編寫中），后面29篇最新文章會重點在考滿分考前沖刺班進行講解。passage1-passage101是由老的101篇閱讀機經(jīng)組成（其中passage95，96，98，99替換成新題）；passage102-passage171是由老的70篇閱讀機經(jīng)組成（沒有任何變化）；passage172-passage200是由最新29篇閱讀機經(jīng)組成。咨詢考滿分AllInOne課程和考前沖刺班的同學(xué)可以掃下面二維碼聯(lián)系考滿分小助手考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀1目錄Passage1Passage2Passage3Passage4目錄Passage1Passage2Passage3Passage4Passage5Passage6Passage7Passage8Passage9Passage1011Passage12Passage13Passage14Passage15Passage16Passage17Passage18Passage19Passage20Passage21Passage22Passage23Passage24Passage25Passage26Passage27Passage28Passage29Passage30Passage31Passage32Passage33Passage3489910111213141415151616171819192022242628303234363739404142434446考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀2Passage35Passage36Passage37Passage38Passage39Passage35Passage36Passage37Passage38Passage39Passage40Passage41Passage42Passage43Passage44Passage45Passage46Passage47Passage48Passage49Passage50Passage51Passage52Passage53Passage54Passage55Passage56Passage57Passage58Passage59Passage60Passage61Passage62Passage63Passage64Passage65Passage66Passage67Passage68Passage69Passage70474950505151525455565657575859606162636465666768697071727374757576777879考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀3Passage71Passage72Passage73Passage74Passage75Passage71Passage72Passage73Passage74Passage75Passage76Passage77Passage78Passage79Passage80Passage81Passage82Passage83Passage84Passage85Passage86Passage87Passage88Passage89Passage90Passage91Passage92Passage93Passage94Passage95Passage96Passage97Passage98Passage99Passage100Passage101Passage102Passage103Passage104Passage105Passage10681848687888889899090919292939494959696979798989999100100101101102103105106107108109考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀4Passage107Passage108Passage109Passage107Passage108Passage109110112113114115116117118119Passage120Passage121Passage122Passage123Passage124Passage125Passage126Passage127Passage128Passage129Passage130Passage131Passage132Passage133Passage134Passage135Passage136Passage137Passage138Passage139Passage140Passage141Passage142120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀5Passage143Passage144Passage145Passage146Passage147Passage143Passage144Passage145Passage146Passage147Passage148Passage149Passage150Passage151Passage152Passage153Passage154Passage155Passage156Passage157Passage158Passage159Passage160Passage161Passage162Passage163Passage164Passage165Passage166Passage167Passage168Passage169Passage170passage171Passage172Passage173Passage174Passage175Passage176Passage177Passage178146147148149150151153155157159161163164164165165166166167167168168169169170170171171172173174175175176177178考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀6Passage179Passage180Passage181Passage182Passage183Passage179Passage180Passage181Passage182Passage183Passage184Passage185Passage186Passage187Passage188Passage189Passage190Passage191Passage192Passage193Passage194Passage195Passage196Passage197Passage198Passage199Passage200179180181181182183184184185185186186187188188189190192193194195195考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀7Passage1AlthoughsociallearningPassage1Althoughsociallearning(theacquisitionofspecificbehaviorsbyobservingotherindividualsexhibitingthosebehaviors)iswelldocumentedamongfish,fewstudieshaveinvestigatedsociallearningwithinadevelopmentalcontextinthesetaxa.Ratherthaninvestigatingthedevelopmentofaparticularskill,Chapman,Ward,andKrauseinvestigatedtheroleofgroupdensityduringdevelopmentinlaterforagingsuccessinlaboratory-housedguppies.Whenraisedwithasmallnumberofconspecifics(membersofthesamespecies),guppieswerequickertolocatefoodbyfollowingatrainedadultguppythanwereguppiesraisedinlargegroups.Thiscounterintuitivefindingisexplainedbythefactthatguppiesrearedinthehigh-densityconditionwerelesslikelytoshoal(swiminagroup)withothersand,therefore,werelesslikelytolearnthebenefitsofsociallearning.Instead,fishrearedinhigh-densitysituationsmaylearnthatconspecificsaretobeviewedascompetitors,ratherthanaspotentialsourcesofadaptiveinformation.Thisfindingsuggeststhatatleastforguppies,theearlysocialenvironmentmayhaveaneffectonthecapacityforsociallearning,ifnotonthesociallylearnedbehaviorsthemselves.TheprimarypurposeofthepassageistonoteaflawinascientificfindingdescribeaparticularscientificstudypresentaninterpretationofafindingnoteadifferencebetweentwoscientificfindingscontrasttwoconditionsinwhichaparticularphenomenonhasbeenobservedRegardingresearchonfish,itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatresearchstudiesoftheacquisitionofimportantskillsbyfishhaveonlyrecentlybeguntodocumenttheroleofconspecificsinthelearningprocessresearchonsociallearninginguppiessuggeststhatguppiesdifferinimportantwaysfrommostotherfishinthemeansbywhichtheylearnparticularskillsresearchonsociallearninginfishhasgenerallyfocusedontheacquisitionofskillsotherthanforagingresearchhasestablishedthatsociallearningoccursinsomefishspecieswithoutinvestigatingthedevelopmentcontextinwhichitoccurs.researchtoinvestigatesociallearninghasbeendonemoreextensivelyonfishthanonotheraquaticanimals.WhichofthefollowingcanbeinferredaboutthestudybyChapman,Ward,andKrause?Itwasinitiallydesignedtoinvestigatesomethingotherthansociallearning.Itrequiredresearcherstoobserveindividualguppiesatmultiplepointsintheirlifespans.Itpointedtothepossibilitythatpopulationdensitymayhavelittletodowithguppies’sociallearning.Itrequiredtheobservationofguppiesunderconditionsthatcloselymimickedtheconditionsofguppiesinthewild.Itindicatedthatguppiesgainadaptiveinformationfrombeingrearedwitharelativelylargenumberofconspecifics.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀8Passage2AsitwaspublishedPassage2Asitwaspublishedin1935,MulesandMen,ZoraNealeHurston'slandmarkcollectionoffolktales,maynothavebeenthebookthatitsauthorfirsthadinmind.Inthisanthropologicalstudy,Hurstondescribesindetailthepeoplewhotellthestories,ofteneveninsertingherselfintothestorytellingscene.Evidently,however,Hurstonhadpreparedanotherversion,amanuscriptthatwasrecentlydiscoveredandpublishedafterhavingbeenforgottensince1929.ThisversiondiffersfromMulesandMeninthatitsimplyrecordsstories,withnodescriptiveorinterpretiveinformation.WhilewecannotknowforcertainwhyHurston’soriginalmanuscriptwentunpublishedduringherlifetime,itmayhavebeenbecausepublisherswantedsomethingmorethanatranscriptionoftales.ContemporarynovelistandcriticJohnEdgarWidemanhasdescribedBlackliteratureasthehistoryofawritingthatsoughttoescapeitsframe,inotherwords,astheeffortofBlackwriterstopresentthestoriesofBlackpeoplewithouthavingtohaveamediatingvoicetoexplainthestoriestoanon-Blackaudience.Inthis,Hurstonmayhavebeenaheadofhertime.1.SelectthesentencethatsuggestsapossiblereasonwhyHurstonwrotetheversionofMulesandMenthatwaspublishedin1935.ThepassagesuggeststhatHurstonmayhavedonewhichofthefollowinginpreparingheroriginalversion?Discussedhermodeofpresentationwithherpublisherbeforewritingthefirstdraft,inordertoreducethepossibilityofmisunderstanding.Shortenedherpresentationofthestoriestothebareminimuminordertobeabletopresentmorefolklorematerial.Putitasideforseveraldecadesinordertomaximizeitspotentialaudiencewhenitwaspublished.Reluctantlyagreedtoreshapeitinordertotakeoutvariouselementswithwhichherpublisherhadbeendissatisfied.Chosenottoincludeeditorialcommentary,inordertopresentthestoriesontheirownterms.Passage3Adecreaseinface-to-facesocialcontactcanprecipitatedepression.TimespentusingtheInternetcannotbespentinface-to-facesocialcontact,sopsychologistshavespeculatedthatsharplyincreasingInternetusecancausedepression.StudiesofregularInternetusershavefoundasignificantlyhigherincidenceofdepressionamongthosewhohadrecentlydoubledtheamountoftimetheyspentusingtheInternetthanamongthosewhoseusehadnotincreased.Hence,thepsychologists’speculationiscorrect.Whichofthefollowingisanassumptiononwhichtheargumentdepends?Ingeneral,thereasonthatthepeopleinthestudieshaddoubledtheirInternetusewasnotthattheyhadearlierexperiencedasignificantdecreaseinopportunitiesforface-to-facesocialcontact.Asharpdecreaseinface-to-facesocialcontactistheonlychangeindailyactivitythatcanleadtoanincreasedincidenceofdepression.UsingtheInternetpresentsnoopportunitiesforpeopletoincreasetheamountofface-to-facesocialcontacttheyexperiencedintheirdailylives.RegularInternetuserswhoaredepressedwillexperienceanimmediateimprovementinmoodiftheysharplydecreasetheamountoftimetheyspendontheInternet.BeforetheydoubledthetimetheyspentontheInternet,thepeoplewhodidsowerealreadymorepronetodepressionthanareregularInternetusersingeneral.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀9Passage4AfricanAmericandramaPassage4AfricanAmericandramahas,untilrecently,beenrootedinthemimetictraditionofmodernAmericannaturalism.Themostdistinctiveattributeofthistraditionisthemechanistic,materialisticconceptionofhumanity.Naturalismseeseachindividualasinextricablyboundtotheenvironmentanddepictseachpersonassomeonecontrolledby,insteadofcontrolling,concretereality.AslongasAfricanAmericandramamaintainednaturalismasitsdominantmode,itcouldonlyexpressthe“plightofAfricanAmericanpeople”.Itsheroesmightdeclarethemadnessofreality,butrealityinevitablytriumphedoverthem.ThesurrealisticplaysofAdrienneKennedymarkoneofthefirstdeparturesfromnaturalismbyanAfricanAmericandramatist.Theoverallgoalofherworkhasbeentodepicttheworldofthesoulandthespirit,nottomirrorconcretereality.Withinthisframework,KennedyhasbeenabletoportrayAfricanAmericanmindsandsoulsliberatedfromtheirconnectionstotheexternalenvironment.Whichofthefollowingbeststatesthecentralideaofthepassage?AfricanAmericandramahasbeenprimarilyinfluencedbynaturalismsemphasisonthematerialistic.AfricanAmericandramahastraditionallyacknowledgedtherelationshipbetweentheindividualandtheenvironment.AfricanAmericandrama,traditionallynaturalistic,hasbeenlittleinfluencedbydramatistKennedy’sspiritualandpsychologicalapproachtodrama.TheworkofKennedysuggestsashiftawayfromacommitmenttostrictnaturalisminAfricanAmericandrama.TheworkofKennedybestexemplifiesthecurrentinterestofAfricanAmericanartistsinthespiritualandpsychologicalworlds.Accordingtothepassage,KennedyisconcernedwithdepictingtheinternalratherthantheexternallifeofhercharactersmadnessofrealityratherthantheeffectsofrealityeffectsofmaterialismonAfricanAmericanmindsandsoulsrelationshipbetweennaturalismandthehumanspiriteffectsthathercharactershaveontheenvironmentWhichofthefollowingstatements,iftrue,wouldmoststrengthentheauthorsassertionthatKennedy’sworkmarksaseriousdeparturefromthetraditiondescribedinthefirstparagraph?Kennedyplacestheactioninareal-lifesettingthatisneverthelessunfamiliartotheaverageviewerorreader.KennedymovinglyportraysthelivesandstrugglesofprominentAfricanAmericansintheUnitedStates.KennedyusescharactersfoundonlyinancientAfricanlegendsandmythology.KennedyprovidesinsightsintoAmericanmimetictraditionanddramaticconvention.Kennedydepictstheeventsinastylereminiscentofatelevisiondocumentary.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀10Passage5AlthoughmanyhypothesesPassage5Althoughmanyhypotheseshavebeenproposedtoexplainwhysomeplantcommunitiesaremoresusceptiblethanotherstoinvasionbynonnativespecies,resultsfromfieldstudieshavebeeninconsistentandnogeneraltheoryofinvasibilityhasyetemerged.However,atheorybasedonfluctuatingresourceavailabilitycouldintegratemostexistinghypothesesandsuccessfullyresolvemanyoftheapparentlyconflictingandambiguousresultsofpreviousstudies.Thesuggestedtheoryisthataplantcommunitybecomesmoresusceptibletoinvasionwheneverthereisanincreaseintheamountofunusedresources.Thediversityintherangeofresource-releasemechanismscouldpartlyexplaintheabsenceofconsistentecologicalcorrelatesofinvasibility.Inparticular,thetheorypredictsthattherewillbenonecessaryrelationshipbetweenthespeciesdiversityofaplantcommunityanditssusceptibilitytoinvasion,sincenear-completeexploitationcaneachoccurinbothspecies-richandspecies-poorcommunities.ThoughLonsdalefoundapositiveassociationbetweenspeciesrichnessandinvasion,thismayarisefromthetendencyofdiverseplantcommunitiestobenutrientpoorandthereforemoreresponsivetotheeffectsofhuman-causedinfluxesofnutrients.ThepassageisprimarilyconcernedwithassessingtheempiricalsuccessofatheoryexplainingwhynoconsistenttheoreticalaccountofaphenomenonhasbeenpossibleadvocatingapotentialsolutiontoatheoreticalimpassededucingtestablepredictionsfromaproposedtheorydescribingthedifficultiesinvolvedinexplainingcertainempiricalresultsItcanbeinferredthattheauthorwouldmostlikelyagreewithwhichofthefollowingassessmentsoftheresultsfromfieldstudiesManyoftheresultscontradictedpredictionsofsusceptibilitytoinvasionthatarebasedontheavailabilityofresourcesunusedbythecommunity.Iffluctuatingresourceavailabilityweretakenintoaccount,manyoftheapparentinconsistenciesamongtheresultscouldbeexplained.Theapparentinconsistenciesandambiguitiesintheresultsarecausedbytryingtomakethemfitaninadequategeneraltheoryofinvasibility.Nogeneraltheoryofinvasibilityhasemergedbecausenoneofthestudieshasbeenabletoassessthedegreeofaninvasionaccurately.Theresultstendtoshowadegreeofsusceptibilitytoinvasionthatislowerthanwouldbeexpectedgiventheprevalenceinthewildofnonnativespecies.Accordingtotheauthor,thetheorybasedonfluctuatingresourceavailabilitymightresolve“apparentlyconflictingandambiguousresults”becauseItexplainshowaparticularcircumstancecanproducedisparateeffects.Itdoesnotassumethatalloftheresultsareinstancesofthephenomenonthatthetheoryisintendedtoexplain.Itpredictsthatseeminglyminorvariationsinresearchmethodologycanhaveadramaticeffectonresults.Itsaccountisbasedonastatisticaltendencyratherthanonthesuppositionthattheresultsarisefromacausalconnection.Itindicateswhyasimilaroutcomemaybeprecededbyverydifferentcircumstancesondifferentoccasions.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀Passage6AlthoughsomePassage6AlthoughsomeskepticspointstoArcticplacessuchasthehighlatitudesofGreenland,wheretemperaturesseemtohavefallen,arecentscientificreportconcludesthatinrecentdecadesaveragetemperatureshaveincreasedfasterintheArcticthanelsewhere.ScientistshavelongsuspectedthatseveralfactorsleadtogreatertemperatureswingsatEarthspolarregionsthanelsewhere.First,mostoftheArcticiscoveredinsnowandice,whicharehighlyreflective;ifsnowandicemelt,theexposedsoil,whichabsorbsheat,servestoacceleratewarming.Second,thepolaratmosphereisthin,solittleenergyisrequiredtowarmit.Third,lesssolarenergyislostinevaporationatthefrigidpolesthaninthetropics.Considereachofthechoicesseparatelyandselectallthatapply.ThepassagementionswhichofthefollowingasfactorsthatmightleadtolargetemperatureswingsinEarthspolarregions?theamountofenergylostduetoevaporationatthepolessoilexposureduetomeltingsnowtherelativelythinatmosphereatthepolesInpointingtotheapparenttemperaturechangeinthehighlatitudesofGreenland,theskepticsmentionedinthepassageintendtoraiseasaquestionwhetherGreenlandislesslikelytoexperienceextremetemperaturechangesthanareotherareasoftheArctic.ThosemorelocalizedtemperaturedropsmightindicateanimportanttrendnotcapturedbytheupwardtrendofaverageArctictemperatures.TheremightbeareversalofthetemperaturetrendinthehighlatitudesofGreenland.ThefactorsthatcausetemperaturechangeinthehighlatitudesofGreenlandaredifferentfromthosethataffecttherestoftheArctic.GreenlandhasmoreiceandsnowonthegroundthandootherareasoftheArctic.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀12Passage7AmongmanyhistoriansPassage7AmongmanyhistoriansabeliefpersiststhatCottonMather’sbiographiesofsomeofthesettlersoftheMassachusettsBayColony(published1702)areexercisesinhagiography,endowingtheirsubjectswithsaintlypietyattheexpenseofhistoricalaccuracy.YetmodernstudieshaveprofitedbothfromthebreadthofinformationthatMatherprovidesin,forexample,hisdiscussionsofcolonialmedicineandfromhiscriticalobservationsofsuchleadingfiguresasGovernorJohnWinthrop.Mather’swryhumorasdemonstratedbyhisdetaileddescriptionsofeventssuchasWinthrop’seffortstopreventwood-stealingisoverlookedbythosechargingMatherwithpresentinghissubjectsasextremelypious.ThechargealsoobscuresMather’sconcernwiththesettlersmaterial,notjustspiritual,prosperity.Further,thispejorativeviewunderratesthebiographiesvalueaschronicles:Matheramassedallsortsofpublishedandunpublisheddocumentsassources,andhisselectionofkeyeventsshowsamarkedsensitivitytothenatureofthecolony’sdevelopment.Theprimarypurposeofthepassageistoargueagainstatheoryuniversallyacceptedbyhistoricalresearcherscallattentiontoanunusualapproachtodocumentingahistoricalerasummarizeresearchonaspecifichistoricalfigure!counteraparticularviewabouttheworkofabiographer!pointoutsubtledifferencesamongcontroversialhistoricalreportsTheauthorofthepassageimpliesthatanargumentforthehistoricalaccuracyofMather’sworksismoststronglysupportedbywhichofthefollowing?survivingdocumentsthatcorroborateMather’sdetaileddescriptionsofhissubjectsMather’sfirsthandpersonalacquaintancewiththoseaboutwhomhewroteMather’sfrankandstraightforwardaccountsofthelivesandtimesofpeopleaboutwhomhehadconductedextensiveresearchMather’sabilitytodetailimportanthistoricaleventsinthereligiouscontextofwhichtheywereapartthequantityandnatureofthesourcesfromwhichMatherobtainedhisinformation.InformationinthepassagebestsupportswhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutMather’sbiographiesofthesettlersoftheMassachusettsBayColony?AnnalswrittenbyMatherandotherswerecensoredbylaterhistorians,thusdetractingfromtheirvalueasfullandaccurateaccountsoftheperiod.Mather’sdescriptionofGovernorWinthropincludesallofWinthrop’sshortcomings,suchasatendencytowardlevityatinappropriatetimes.Mather’sdescriptionsoftheMassachusettsBaycolonistswerebasedprimarilyonfirsthandexperiences.ManyhistoriansbelievethatMather’sbiographiesarepoorsourcesofhistoricalinformationbecausebiographyisaninherentlyunreliablegenreofhistoricalwriting.Mather’swritingsreflectaninterestinthedegreeofeconomicsuccessachievedbyearlyMassachusettsBaycolonists.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀13Passage8AnalarmingnumberofPassage8AnalarmingnumberofMediterraneanmonkseals,anendangeredspecies,haverecentlydied.Postmortemanalysisshowedthepresenceofanasyetunidentifiedvirus,aswellasevidenceofaknowbacterialtoxin.Seawatersamplesfromtheareawherethesealsdieddidcontainunusuallyhighconcentrationsofthetoxicbacterium.Therefore,althoughbothvirusesandbacterialtoxinscankillseals,itismorelikelythatthesedeathsweretheresultofthebacterialtoxin.Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,providesadditionalevidencetosupporttheconclusion?Virusesaremuchmoredifficulttoidentifyinpostmortemanalysisthanbacteriaare.Mediterraneanmonksealsaretheonlyspeciesofsealintheareawherethebacteriumwasfound.Thebacteriumisalmostalwayspresentinthewaterinatleastsmallconcentrations.Nearlyalltherecentdeathswereamongadultseals,butyoungsealsarefarmoresusceptibletovirusesthanareadultseals.Severalyearsago,alargenumberofmonksealsdiedinthesameareaasaresultofexposuretoadifferentbacterialtoxin.Passage9AnIrishnewspapereditorialencouragingwomentoparticipateinthenon-importationmovementlaunchedinIrelandin1779appearsconsistentwithaperceptionthatthepoliticaluseoftheconsumerboycottoriginatedinNorthAmericaandspreadeastwardsacrosstheAtlantictoIreland.Thisisaviewthatmosthistorianshaveconcurredwith.Forexample,T.H.BreenarguedthattheconsumerboycottwasabrilliantlyoriginalAmericaninvention.Breendidacknowledgethatafewisolatedboycottsmayhavetakenplaceinothercountries.However,MaryODowdarguesthatfromthelateseventeenthcentury,IrishpoliticaldiscourseadvocatedforthenonconsumptionofimportedgoodsandsupportforhomemanufacturesbywomeninwaysthatwerestrikinglysimilartothoseusedlaterinNorthAmerica.ThepassageisprimarilyconcernedwithresolvingadisputeadvocatingacourseofactiontracingtheevolutionofapracticecitingcompetingviewsofanissuechroniclingaseriesofeventsInthecontextofthepassage,thehighlightedsentenceservestoqualifyapointmadeintheprecedingsentencecorrectanerroneousassumptionprovideevidenceinsupportofaperceptioncitedintheopeningsentenceprovidearationalefortheviewexpressedinthefollowingsentenceestablishthepopularityofapointofview考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀14Passage10AlawhasbeenPassage10Alawhasbeenproposedrequiringthecargoboxesoftruckscarryinggraveltobecoveredbyatarpaulin,becausevehiclesdrivingclosebehindopen-toppedgraveltruckscanbedamagedbygravelflyingoffthesetrucks.Thelawisunlikelytosubstantiallyreducesuchdamage,however:flyinggravelismuchlesslikelytocomefromthecargoboxitselfthanfromthegroovesofthetires,inwhichgravelcanbecomewedgedduringloading.Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,providesthestrongestsupportfortheargumentgiven?Thedriversofvehiclesbehindagraveltruckaremorelikelytoremainclosebehindthetruckifthetruckscargoboxiscoveredthanifitisuncovered.Mosttrucksthatcarrygravelalreadycarrytarpaulinsthattheirdriversusetocoverthecargoboxwhentheyarecarryingsand,whichcanblowoutofthecargoboxinsignificantquantities.Ofallthedamagethatoccurstovehiclesonthehighway,debristhatfliesofftrucksisthecauseofonlyaverysmallfraction.Theproposedlawallowsopen-toppedtrucksonthehighwaytohaveuncoveredcargoboxeswhenevertheircargoboxesareempty.Becauseofthegreatweightofaloadofgravel,thedriverofagraveltruckisoftendrivingmuchmoreslowlythanmostoftheothervehiclesontheroad.Passage11Beforefeministliterarycriticismemergedinthe1970s,thenineteenth-centuryUnitedStateswriterFannyFernwasregardedbymostcritics(whenconsideredatall)asaprototypeofweepysentimentalism—apious,insipidiconofconventionalAmericanculture.FeministreclamationsofFern,bycontrast,emphasizehernonsentimentalqualities,particularlyhersharplyhumoroussocialcriticism.MostfeministscholarsfinditdifficulttoreconcileFern’ssardonicsocialcritiqueswithhereffusivecelebrationsofmanyconventionalvalues.Attemptingtoresolvethiscontradiction,HarrisconcludesthatFernemployedfloweryrhetoricstrategicallytodisguisehersubversivegoalsbeneathapparentconventionality.However,Tompkinsproposesanalternativeviewofsentimentalityitself,suggestingthatsentimentalwritingcouldserveradical,ratherthanonlyconservativeendsbyswayingreadersemotionally,movingthemtoembracesocialchange.Considereachofthechoicesseparatelyandselectallthatapply.Thepassagesuggestswhichofthefollowingaboutthecontradictionmentionedinthehighlightedsentence?Itwasnotgenerallyaddressedbycriticsbeforethe1970s.ItisapparentinonlyasmallnumberofFernswritings.IthastroubledmanyfeministcriticswhostudyFern.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatTompkinswouldbemostlikelytoagreewithwhichofthefollowingaboutthecriticsmentionedinthepassage?TheyaccuratelycharacterizetheoverallresultFernisaimingtoachieve.TheyarenotasdismissiveofFernassomefeministcriticshavesuggested.TheyexaggeratetheextenttowhichFernintendedherwritingtoserveasocialpurpose.Theywronglyassumethatsentimentalmustbeapejorativeterm.Theyfailtorecognizetherolethatsentimentalrhetoricplaystoreader’semotions.考滿分AllInOne考滿分GRE閱讀15Passage12Aplant-basedautomobilefuelPassage12Aplant-basedautomobilefuelhasjustbecomeavailableinTernland.Acarcanbedrivenasfaronagallonofthenewplant-basedfuelasacarcanbedrivenonagallonofgasoline,butagallonoftheplant-basedfuelbothcostslessandresultsinlesspollution.Therefore,driversinTernlandwhoswitchtoitwillreducetheamounttheyspendonfuelinayearwhilecausinglessenvironmentaldamage.Whichofthefollowingisanassumptiononwhichtheargumentrelies?Thereisnoexpenseassociatedwithoperatinganautomobilethatishigherwhentheautomobileusestheplant-basedfuelthanwhenitusesgasoline.Automobilesthathavebeenoperatedusingtheplant-basedfuelcannolongerbeoperatedusingregulargasoline.Theenvironmentaldamageattributabletoautomobilesisduealmostentirelytotheproductionandcombustionoffuelautomobilesuse.Theadvantagesoftheplant-basedfuelovergasolinewillnotleadthosewhoswitchtotheplant-basedfueltodomoredriving.MostdriversinTernlandwillswitchfromgasolinetotheplant-basedfuel.Passage13Biologistshavelongdebatedaboutwhethereggproductioninbirdsisbiologicallyhighlycostly,sometheor