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I want to divide human understanding into two kinds—classical understanding and romantic understanding. In terms of ultimate truth, a distinction of this sort has little meaning, but it is quite legitimate when one is operating within the classic mode used to discover or create a world of underlying form. The terms classical and romantic, as Phaedrus used them, mean the following:
A classical understanding sees the world primarily as underlying form itself. A romantic understanding sees it primarily in terms of immediate appearance. If you were to show an engine or a mechanical drawing or electronic scheme to a romantic, it is unlikely he would see much of interest in it. It has no appeal because the reality he sees is its surface. Dull, complex lists of names, lines and numbers. Nothing interesting. But if you were to show the same blueprint or give the same description to a classical person, he might look at it and then become fascinated by it because he sees that within the lines and shapes and symbols is a tremendous richness of underlying form.
The romantic mode is primarily inspirational, imaginative, creative, intuitive. Feelings rather than facts predominate. "Art" when it is opposed to "Science" is often romantic. It does not proceed by reason or by laws. It proceeds by feeling, intuition and esthetic conscience. In the northern European cultures the romantic mode is usually associated with femininity, but this is certainly not a necessary association.
The classic mode, by contrast, proceeds by reason and by laws—which are themselves underlying forms of thought and behavior. In the European cultures it is primarily a masculine mode and the fields of science, law and medicine are unattractive to women largely for this reason. Although motorcycle riding is romantic, motorcycle repair and maintenance are purely classic. The dirt gives it such a negative romantic appeal that women never go near it.
1.[单选题]This passage is excerpted most probably from ______ .
A.private diary pages
B. government papers
C. analytical researches
D. industrial publications
2.[单选题]Only ______ is true to this statement made in Paragraph 3: "Art" when it is opposed to "Science" is often romantic.
A.art is often romantic when it is opposed to science
B.art is often opposed to science when it is romantic
C.art can often be romantic when we clearly define it
D. science is often romantic when it is clearly defined
3.[单选题]As you see it, ______ would best describe the tone of this passage.
A. neutral and factual
B. indignant and secretive
C. upbeat and enthusiastic
D. personal yet reasonable
4.[单选题]From the context of Paragraph 1, we can presume that Phaedrus is most possibly a person _______ .
A. whose mode is classic
B.whose mode is romantic
C. whose mode is unknown here
D.who surely doesn't have any mode
5.[单选题]The word "dirt" in the last sentence refers to ______ .
A.underlying form itself
B. immediate appearance
C.romantic understanding
D.motorcycle maintenance
6.[单选题]The last sentence in Paragraph 3, "this is certainly not a necessary association", is quite possibly an opinion by ______ .
A.a man of the classic mode
B.a man of the romantic mode
C. a woman of the romantic mode
D.the author making a light digression
7.[单选题]As inferred from the contrast made at the beginning of Paragraph 2, the word "underlying" as used here is equivalent to
A. deep-rooted
B. underground
C. mediating substance
D. just below the surface
8.[单选题]From the context of Paragraph 1, we can learn that the author is, or was at least at the moment when he or she was writing this passage, in ______ .
A. the classic mode
B.the romantic mode
C. both modes
D. neither modes
9.[单选题]We can infer that among the four synonyms listed below, ______ is the best replacement for the word "proceed" as used in Paragraph 3.
A. advance
B. carry on
C. keep
D.work
10.[单选题]According to Paragraph 2, a classical person will have great interest in all of the following EXCEPT ______ .
A.a hand-sketched map of the world
B. an operation instruction for an MP4
C. a sheet of paper that has nothing on it
D. the will he or she has just hand-written
参考答案:
C,C,D,C,B,D,A,A,D,C
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