单选题
英语六级
2008-10-24
The author mentioned Homer in Para. 1 to exemplify the fact that________
A．the present is varying too fast to be caught up easily
B．the future may be so indefinite as to be unpredictable
C．the past can help to shape a consensus in the present
D．the past determines social moralities for later generations
参考答案
C
答案解析
【设题处】举例处设题
【解析】选[C]。作者在首段末句中指出，要在当前形成共识，只能通过对过去的共同理解，接着举出荷马的例子来论证，[C]与原文观点一致。题于在探讨过去，并未涉及到现在或未来，故排除[A]和[B]。所举事例并不是说明过去能够决定后代的社会道德，而是说明过去对达成共识很重要，故[D]不符合文意。
【解析】选[C]。作者在首段末句中指出，要在当前形成共识，只能通过对过去的共同理解，接着举出荷马的例子来论证，[C]与原文观点一致。题于在探讨过去，并未涉及到现在或未来，故排除[A]和[B]。所举事例并不是说明过去能够决定后代的社会道德，而是说明过去对达成共识很重要，故[D]不符合文意。
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