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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
Herman Melville, an American best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used his knowledge gained during his travels as a basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841, Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of humanity against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
According to the passage, Melville's early novels were____________
A. published while he was traveling
B. completely fictional
C. all about his work on whaling ships
D. based on his travel experience
Herman Melville, an American best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used his knowledge gained during his travels as a basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841, Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of humanity against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
According to the passage, Melville's early novels were____________
A. published while he was traveling
B. completely fictional
C. all about his work on whaling ships
D. based on his travel experience
Đáp án D: based on his travel experience
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi suy luận
Giải thích chi tiết:
Theo bài đọc, những cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của Melville
A. được xuất bản trong các chuyến đi của ông
B. hoàn toàn là hư cấu
C. đều về công việc trên các con tàu săn cá voi
D. dựa trên kinh nghiệm từ các chuyến đi của ông
Dựa vào câu 'He traveled extensively and used his knowledge gained during his travels as a basis for his early novels." (Ông đã đi rất nhiều nơi và thu thập nhiều kiến thức từ những chuyến đi để dùng làm tư liệu cho những cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của mình), có thể thấy phương án D là phù hợp nhất.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi suy luận
Giải thích chi tiết:
Theo bài đọc, những cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của Melville
A. được xuất bản trong các chuyến đi của ông
B. hoàn toàn là hư cấu
C. đều về công việc trên các con tàu săn cá voi
D. dựa trên kinh nghiệm từ các chuyến đi của ông
Dựa vào câu 'He traveled extensively and used his knowledge gained during his travels as a basis for his early novels." (Ông đã đi rất nhiều nơi và thu thập nhiều kiến thức từ những chuyến đi để dùng làm tư liệu cho những cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của mình), có thể thấy phương án D là phù hợp nhất.
Đáp án D.