The article is primarily concemed with____

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单选题 The article is primarily concemed with_____

A．comparing the early poems of Tennyson and Eliot
B．illustrating Eliot's talent as a young artist
C．introducing some background knowledge of Eliot
D．representing Eliot's early style and his connection with romantic poets

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本题考查文章主旨，应着眼于全文。文章主要介绍的是艾略特开始对诗歌感兴趣、模仿其他诗人创作诗歌以及后来诗歌创作的成熟和发展，而不是比较丁尼生和艾略特早期的诗歌，故排除A；文章也不是为了展现艾略特作为年轻艺术家的才能，故排除8；文章虽然介绍了关于艾略特的一些背景知识，但这并非文章的主要内容，故排除C。只有D项符合题意，故选D。

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　　You are supposed to figure this out for yourself． It is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out life's inequalities, and there is plenty of money for schools, day care, retraining programs, job seminars--Danes love seminar: three days at a study center hearing about waste
management is almost as good as a ski trip． It is a culture bombarded by English, in advertising, pop music, the Interact, and despite all the English that Danish absorbs--there is no Danish Academy to defend against it—old dialects persist in Jutland that can barely be understood by Copenhageners． It is the land where, as the saying goes,"Few have too much and fewer have too little," and a foreigner is struck by the sweet egalitarianism that prevails,where the lowliest clerk gives you a level gaze, where Sir and Madame have disappeared from common usage,even Mr． and Mrs． It's a nation ofrecyclers--about 55% of Danish garbage gets made into something new----and no nuclear power plants． It's a nation of tireless planners． Trains run on time． Things operate well in general． Such a nation of overachievers a brochure from the Ministry of Business and Industry says, "Denmark is one of the world's cleanest and most organized countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or poverty． Denmark is the most corruption-free society in the Northern Hemisphere．" So, of course, one's heart lifts at any sighting of Danish sleaze: skinhead graffiti on buildings ("Foreigners Out of Denmark!" ), broken beer bottles in the gutters, drunken teenagers slumped in the park．
　　Nonetheless, it is an orderly land． You drive through a Danish town, it comes to an end at a stone wall, and on the other side is a field of barley, a nice clean line: town here, country there． It is not a nation of jaywalkers． People stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change, even if its 2 a．m． and there's not a car in sight． However,Danes don't think of themselves as a waiting-at-2-a．m．-for-thc-green-light-people that is how they see Swedes and Germans． Danes see themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free-spirited than Swedes, but the truth is (though one should not say it) that Danes are very much like Germans and Swedes．
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The author thinks Danes adopt a______ attitude towards their country．

A．boastful
B．modest
C．deprecating
D．mysterious

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2 Which of the following is NOT a Danish characteristic cited in the passage．'?

A．Hate of foreign culture．
B．Equality in society．
C．Linguistic tolerance．
D．Persistent planning．

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3 The author's reaction to the statement by the Ministry of Business and Industry is ______．

A．disapproving
B．approving
C．noncommittal
D．doubtful

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