专八英语考试阅读试题及答案.pdf

专八英语考试阅读试题及答案OnanondescriptblocksouthofNewYork'sUnionSquare’upadrearystaircaseandthroughablack-barredgate,thereisalong,narrowroomthatmightbemistakenforaverysmallmuseumofliterarycounterculture.Ononewallhangstworowsoficonicposters：aprintofCheGuevara'sproudhead;aphotographoftheauthorsJeanGenet,WilliamS.Burroughs,andAllenGinsbergmarchingatthe1968DemocraticNationalConvention;aportraitofBobbyKennedy.Ixiose-leafbindersofcorrespondencewithgroundbreakingauthorslinefloor-to-ceilingbookshelves.Besidethebookcases,SamuelBeckettpeersoutofablack-and-whitephotographwithafiercecrow'sgaze.Nexttohiminthepicturestandsashorter,milder-lookingmannamedBarneyRosset.Rosset'spublishinghouse,GrovePress,wasatinypanyoperatingoutofthegroundfloorofRosset'sbrownstonewhenitpublishedanobscureplaycalledWaitingforGodotin1954.BythetimeBecketthadwontheNobelPrizein1969’GrovehadeaforcethatchallengedandchangedliteratureandAmericancultureindeepandlastingways.Itsimpactisstillevident——fromtheCheGuevarapostersadorningcollegedormstothecanonicalstatusofthehouse'soncecontroversialauthors.Rossetislesswellknown—butlateinhislifeheisachievingsomewiderrecognition.“HiestoryofRossel'slifeisessentiallyoneofcreativedestruction.Hefoundwriterswhowantedtobreaknewpaths,andthenhepickedupasledge-hammertohelpihemwhaleawayattheexistingorder.Rossetsawmanycrises.Heorhispanywasforevergoingbroke,beingattacked,breakingthelaw.Inhislegalbattles,Rossetmadehismostenduringimpact.BeforeRossetchallengedfederalandslateobscenitylaws,censorshipwasanacceptedfeatureofpublishing.Hisvictoriesinhighcourtshelpedtochangethat.Rossetbelievedthatitwasimpossibletorepresentlifeinthestreetsandinthedarkrecessesoftheheartandmindhonestlywithoutusinglanguagethatinihemid-20thcenturywasconsidered“obscene"—andthereforeillegaltosellormail.Toasignificantextent,thebookshepublishedconvincedothersthatthiswastrue.Rossetwasn'ttheonlypublisherwhotookrisks,buthewasoneofthemostvisibleandpromising.Noteverythinghepublishedwashigh-minded.Someofitaimedbelowthebelt,andhewaspromis