(D) wrote primarily about the difficulties their characters encountered in White culture

   (E) wrote exclusively about female characters and the experiences of women

 

10. The author's description of the way in which Marshall depicts her heroine's development is most probably intended to

    (A) continue the discussion of similarities in the works of Brooks, Hurston, and Marshall

    (B) describe the specific racial and sexual stereotypes that Marshall attacked

    (C) contrast the characters in Marshall 's novels with those in later works

    (D) show how Marshall extends the portrayal of character initiated by her predecessors

    (E) compare themes in Marshall 's early work with themes in her later novels

 

11. It can be inferred that the author of the passage would describe Brown Girl, Brownstones as being

    (A) completely different from novels written before 1959

    (B) highly influenced by novels written in the early twentieth century

    (C) similar to the protest novels that preceded it

    (D) important in the late 1950's but dated today

    (E) an important influence on novels written in the 1970's

 

2. According to the passage, incomplete combustion is more likely to occur with gasoline than with an alternative fuel because

   (A) the combustion of gasoline releases photochemically active hydrocarbons

   (B) the combustion of gasoline involves an intricate series of reactions

   (C) gasoline molecules have a simple molecular structure

   (D) gasoline is composed of small molecules.

   (E) gasoline is a carbon-based fuel

 

3. The passage suggests which of the following about air pollution?

   (A) Further attempts to reduce emissions from gasoline-fueled vehicles will not help lower urban air-pollution levels.

   (B) Attempts to reduce the pollutants that an individual gasoline-fueled vehicle emits have been largely unsuccessful.

   (C) Few serious attempts have been made to reduce the amount of pollutants emitted by gasoline-fueled vehicles.

   (D) Pollutants emitted by gasoline-fueled vehicles are not the most critical source of urban air pollution.

   (E) Reductions in pollutants emitted by individual vehicles have been offset by increases in pollution from sources other than gasoline fueled vehicles.

 

第二题

定位出 incomplete combustion

第三题

重点找 "air pollution"

定位在首段

答案是 A

4. Which of the following most closely parallels the situation described in the first sentence of the passage?

   (A) Although a town reduces its public services in order to avoid a tax increase, the town's tax rate exceeds that of other towns in the surrounding area.

   (B) Although a state passes strict laws to limit the type of toxic material that can be disposed of in public landfills, illegal dumping continues to increase.