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Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Paradise Lost is Milton’s masterpiece. Its story is taken from the Bible, about “the fall of man”, that is, how Adam and Eve are tempted by Satan to disobey God by eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and how they are punished by God and driven out of Paradise. In Milton’s words, the purpose of writing the epic is to “justify the ways of God to men”, but apparently, Milton is uttering his intense hatred of cruelness of the ruler in the poem. By depicting Satan and his followers as well as their fiery utterance and brave actions, Milton is showing a Puritan’s（清教徒的）revolt against the dictator and against the established Catholics and the Anglican Church.
In the poem God is no better than a cruel and selfish ruler, seated on a throne with a group of angels about him singing songs to praise him. His long speeches are not pleasing at all. He is cruel and unjust in punishing Satan. His angels are stupid. But Satan is by far the most in the poem, who rises against God and, though defeated, still persists in his fighting.
Adam and Eve shows Milton’s belief in the power of man. God denies them a chance to pursue for knowledge. It is this longing for knowledge that opens before mankind a wide road to intelligent and active life. It has been noted by many critics that Milton’s revolutionary feelings makes him forget religious doctrines（教条）. The angels who surround the God never think of expressing any opinions of their own, and they never seem to have any opinions of their own. The image of God surrounded by such angels resembles the court of an absolute monarch（君主）. But Satan and his followers, who freely discuss all issues in council, remind us of a Republican Parliament.
36.This passage is most probably ____.
A) a review of Milton’s Paradise Lost
B) an introduction of what Paradise Lost is about
C) a depiction of the cruelness of the British ruler
D) part of English literature
37.According to the passage, Milton ____.
A) describes Satan as a Puritan
B) doesn’t believe in God
C) is satisfied with the British ruler
D) calls on people to fight against the dictator
38.In the poem, Satan is described as ____.
A) an evil person
B) contrary to what is depicted in the Bible
C) selfish and cruel devil
D) a stupid ghost
39.Which of the following can NOT be inferred from this passage?
A) If Adam and Eve had not eaten the forbidden fruit, human being would be ignorant until now.
B) God acts like a dictator.
C) Satan and his followers are parliament members in the poem.
D) The angels are depicted as stupid in the poem.
40.According to this passage, Paradise Lost is written for the purpose of ____.A) praising God for the creation of the world
B) criticizing the cruelness of British ruler
C) changing people’s unfavourable impression of Satan
D) expressing his support for the fight of Satan
36.【答案】A。【试题分析】推断题。【详细解答】考查文章来源。文章对弥尔顿的《失乐园》进行了评析，指出弥尔顿通过描述撒旦的勇敢，上帝和天使的愚蠢，揭示了当时英国统治者的独断专行和英国宗教的教条主义，因而是一篇典型的文学评论。文章没有详细地解释诗的内容，所以选项B不正确。选项D“英国文学的部分介绍”范围太大，不具体。
37.【答案】B。【试题分析】推断题。【详细解答】文章指出弥尔顿通过描述撒旦和其追随者的义正辞严，表达了一个清教徒对当时独裁者和英国宗教的不满。在文中，撒旦并不是一个清教徒，所以A不正确。弥尔顿没有发动革命，所以选项D也不正确。但是，我们可以推断出弥尔顿不信上帝这一选项。
38.【答案】B。【试题分析】推断题。【详细解答】诗中撒旦被描述成一个勇敢的斗士，反对上帝，失败了继续战斗。而上帝被描述成自私的、残酷的统治者。这与《圣经》中的描述相反，所以选B。
39.【答案】C。【试题分析】细节题。【详细解答】文章第三段指出，亚当和夏娃体现了弥尔顿对人类伟大力量的信任。上帝剥夺了人们对知识的渴望（暗指亚当、夏娃渴望拥有智慧，因偷吃禁果而被赶出伊甸园），正是这种渴望才开辟出一条通向智慧和文明生活的道路。由此可以推断，如果他们没有这么做的话，如今的人类仍然很愚昧无知，所以选项A表述正确。上帝在诗中被描述成了残酷的统治者，他的天使们从来不想发表意见，也从来没有自己的意见，所以很傻，符合选项B，D的表述。虽然撒旦和他的追随者们使人们想起了议会成员的形象，但在诗中他们并不真正是议会成员，所以选项C表述不对，是正确答案。
40.【答案】B。【试题分析】主题推断题。【详细解答】考写作目的。通过前面的解释，我们可推断弥尔顿写《失乐园》目的是借撒旦的反叛形象来批判当时英国统治者的暴行。
