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In the 1920s and the 1930s,the short story, as a form, was difficult to sell. Readers found it an awkward compromise between a p
In the 1920s and the 1930s,the short story, as a form, was difficult to sell. Readers found it an awkward compromise between a p
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问题
In the 1920s and the 1930s,the short story, as a form, was difficult to sell. Readers found it an awkward compromise between a poem and a longer novel. The long-short story or novella was scarcely known. Certain comic geniuses like P. G. Wodehouse found it easy to reach and keep a vast public with short stories, either alone or in series. And of course there was W. Somerset Maugham. But the less accomplished writers found the market dwindling even further.
Since 1945, the entire literary picture has changed. Fiction of ail kinds, but above all the short story, has become more and more uneconomic to publish. Many magazines have gone out of business. As a type, the "man of letters", puffing a pipe, has almost vanished, to be replaced by the university lecturer or the television scriptwriter. The public is not attracted by imaginary plots in books but prefers the actual, the real story of real people. For those who do not read at all, television provides an enticing alternative.
Such a decline is in many ways a sad one because the old-time short story had a human quality about it which is now eroded. Yet, in an odd way, in our chaotic electronic age, the short story still has a prospect of living. It has been discovered by film scriptwriters that the form of the short story provides a useful structure for television; it readily provides the basis for a one-hour programme.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
选项
A、Both P.G. Wodehouse and W. Somerset Maugham sold their short stories better than other writers.
B、Neither P. G. Wodehouse nor W. Somerset Mangham sold their short stories better than others.
C、P.G. Wodehouse sold his short stories better than W. Somerset Mangham.
D、W. Somerset Maugham sold his short stories better than P.G. Wedehouse.
答案
A
解析
推理题。见第一段第三行“Certain comic geniuses like P.G…there was W.Somerset Maugham”他们都是这方面的天才,故选项A正确,而B错误.而文章中说他俩的表现都不错,但没有作出比较,谁比睡更好。故选项CD不正确。
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