【SATCR】一道sat阅读题@@Passage1Foragingnearthehutthathebuilthimself,cultivatingbeanswhosepropertiesinvitedspeculation,gazingintothedepthsofWaldenPond,HenryDavidThoreauepitomizesalong-standingAmericanworshipofnature.
【SATCR】一道sat阅读题@@
Passage1
Foragingnearthehutthathebuilthimself,cultivating
beanswhosepropertiesinvitedspeculation,gazingintothe
depthsofWaldenPond,HenryDavidThoreauepitomizesa
long-standingAmericanworshipofnature.Generations
oftheachershaveassignedThoreau'sbookWalden(1854),
5whichrecountshisexperimentinlivinginsolitaryharmony
withnature,asanillustrationoftheintensitywithwhich
nineteenth-centuryAmericaprotestedtheintrusioninto
pastoralharmonyoftheforcesofindustrializationand
10unbanization.Inthissense,Waldenisreverdasatext
ofregret,alamentforaworldpassingoutofexistence.
Passage2
AlthoughThoreau,inWalden,wassometimes
ambivalentaboutthemechanizationthathesawaround
him,atothertimeshewasdownrightenthusiastic,asin
15hisresponsetotherailroad:"WhenIheartheironhorse
makethehillsechowithhissnortlikethunder,shaking
theearthwithhisfeet,andbrathingfireandsmokefrom
hisnostrils,...itseemsasiftheearthhadgotaracenow
worthytoinhabitit,"AtWaldenPond,civilizationand
20industrializationnolongerseemedthreatening.Providing
afullrecordofThoreau'spurposefulenergy,Walden
demonstratesthatthepowerunleashedbythemachine
isnotthatdifferentfromthepowerrequiredtotransform
thewildernessintoaproductivegarden
9Q:TheauthorinParagraphtwoandthe"teachers"mentioned
inParagraphonewouldprobablydisagreeregarding
whichofthefollowingaboutWalden?
(A)TheextenttowhichWaldenpresentsnatureas
beingthreatened
(D)WhetherWaldenrecognizesthespreadof
industrializationandurbanization
标答是A,D为什么不选?
