Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.American humor and American popular heroes were born together. The first popular heroes of the new nation were comic heroes, and the first popular humor of the new nation was the antics of its hero-clowns.The heroic and the comic were combined in novel American proportions in popular literature. The heroic themes are obvious enough and not much...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
American humor and American popular heroes were born together. The first popular heroes of the new nation were comic heroes, and the first popular humor of the new nation was the antics of its hero-clowns.
The heroic and the comic were combined in novel American proportions in popular literature. The heroic themes are obvious enough and not much different from those in the legends of other times and places: Achilles, Beowulf, Siegfried, Roland, and King Arthur. The American Davy Crockett legends repeat the familiar pattern of the old world heroic story: the pre-eminence of a mighty hero whose fame in myth has a tenuous basis in fact; the remarkable birth and precocious strength of the hero; single combats in which he distinguished himself against antagonists, both man and beast; vows and boasts; pride of the hero in his weapons, his dog, and his woman.
Davy Crockett conquered man and beast with a swaggering nonchalance. He overcame animals by force of body and will. He killed four wolves at the age of six. He hugged a bear to death; he killed a rattlesnake with his teeth. He mastered the forces of nature. Crockett’s most famous natural exploit was saving the earth on the coldest day in history. First, he climbed a mountain to determine the trouble. Then he rescued all creation by squeezing bear-grease on the earth’s frozen axis and over the sun’s icy face. He whistled, “Push along, keep moving!” The earth gave a grunt and began moving.
Neither the fearlessness nor the bold huntsman’s prowess was peculiarly American. Far more distinctive was the comic quality, all heroes are heroic; few are also clowns. What made the American popular hero heroic also made him comic. “May be”, said Crockett, “you’ll laugh at me and not at my book”. The ambiguity of American life and the vagueness which laid the continent open to adventure, which made the land a rich storehouse of the unexpected, which kept vocabulary ungoverned and the language fluid----this same ambiguity suffused both the Crockett legends were never quite certain whether to laugh or to applaud, or whether what they saw and heard was wonderful, awful or ridiculous.
Achilles, Beowulf, and other heroes are mentioned in paragraph 2 to_________.
A. show their similar heroic nature with the American heroes.
B. show the role they play in the world legend history.
C. compare their popularity with that of the American heroes.
D. conclude heroic deeds described in old world heroic legends.
Comic books heroes have been popular ____(1)____ many years. One hero has the ___(2)___ of one hundred men. This hero also has the speed of lightning. This hero cannpt be killed. If you think this hero is Superman, you are wrong! This hero is Wonder Woman!
A man ___(3)___ William Marston created Wonder Woman ___(4)___ 1941. He was a ___(5)___ of Harvard University. He used a ___(6)___ name on his comics. He did not want his colleagues to know that he ___(7)___ comics. The false name was Charles Moulton. Mr. Marston wanted to make a strong female hero for little girls. Of course, he hoped that little boys would like Wonder Woman, too. Wonder Woman was not very popular ___(8)___ first. Then, World War II began in 1941. Wonder Woman became a role model for children ___(9)___ the world. She was ___(10)___ strong and beautiful. She always tried to do waht was right. Today, she is still one of the most popular heroes of all time.
1. A. in B. for C. on D. of
2. A. strengthen B. strongly C. strong D. strength
3. A. called B. call C. calling D. calls
4. A. of B. on C. in D. at
5. A. graduate B. graduates C. graduated D. graduation
6. A. true B. false C. truth D. fail
7. A. will write B. writes C. write D. wrote
8. A. in B. on C. at D. to
9. A. around B. through C. of D. for
10. A. between B. either C. both D. neither
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