15.Since World WarⅡthe French have been surprised and annoyed by the power of American culture and its effect on France and the world.Their only consolation (安慰) has been the belief that French culture is superior to anything that Walt Disney or Hollywood can offer.
What France's cultural elites (精英) have rarely done,however,is examine how both serious and pop culture actually work in the United States.Rather,in the view of Frédéric Martel,a Frenchman and author of a recently released book on the topic,they have preferred to hide behind"a certain ideological anti-Americanism".Now he has set out to change this.In Culture in America,a 622-page book with lots of information,he challenges the conventional view that French culture financed and organized by the government is entirely good and that American culture shaped by market forces is necessarily bad.
"My first idea was to compare France and the United States,but when I arrived in America,I realized things were much more complicated.The United States is a continent,and you can't compare a continent with a small country or a decentralized country with one that is highly centralized"Martel recalled.
As a result,this book deals only with creativity and arts financing in the United States.But perhaps surprisingly,given the mixture of fear and disdain (鄙视) that American culture stirs among many French intellectuals,his approach is not polemical (争论的).He neither defends nor attacks the United States; he simply describes the American way of culture.
"This idea is to see how a‘counter-model'works,"he explained."If the aim is to fight American culture‘imperialism',we need to know it from the inside.If we want to modernize our own system,which needs new resources,it is useful to see how things can function without huge public investment."
The news media's response to Culture in America suggests there is room for debate.One weekly,L'Express,said the book offered food for thought.Another,Le Nouvel Observateur,compared it favorably to a recent overview on Democracy in America by Tocqueville,noting that Mr.Martel provides facts rather than impressions.Reviewing the book in Le Monde,critics also said its strength lay in its emphasis on investigation over opinion.And another article in Le Monde took the American cultural statistics collected by Mr.Martel and compared them with similar figures for France.Its unexpected conclusion was that the cultural infrastructures in the two countries were roughly similar.
67.When it comes to their own culture,the French feelB.
A.angry
B.proud
C.disappointed
D.surprised
68.Mr.Martel gave up his idea of comparing France and the United States mainly because
C.
A.French culture is superior to American culture
B.French people hold an anti-Americanism attitude
C.American culture is much more complicated
D.American cultural activities don't have public investment
69.According to the passage,the book Culture in AmericaB.
A.attacks the US but defends France
B.investigates into the American culture
C.emphasized the freedom of American society
D.promotes the popularity of French culture
70.What type of writing is the article likely to be?D
A.A science fiction
B.An advertisement
C.An official document
D.A book review.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了为研究美国和法国文化的差异,Frédéric Martel调查了美国文化并发表了作品《美国文化》,这本书也 引起了众多人的深思.
解答 67.B.细节理解题.根据文章第一段"Their only consolation (安慰) has been the belief that French culture is superior to anything that Walt Disney or Hollywood can offer"可知法国人对自己的文化感觉十分自豪;故选B.
68.C.细节理解题.根据文章第三段"The United States is a continent,and you can't compare a continent with a small country or a decentralized country with one that is highly centralized"可知他放弃比较法国和美国的差异是因为美国文化比他想象的更加复杂;故选C.
69.B.细节理解题.根据文章第四段"He neither defends nor attacks the United States; he simply describes the American way of culture"可知这本书调查了美国文化;故选B.
70.D.推理判断题.通读全文,可知本文主要讲了为研究美国和法国文化的差异,Frédéric Martel调查了美国文化并发表了作品《美国文化》,这本书引起了众多人的深思,可推测本文饮食这本书的书评;故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.