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(A) On January 23rd 2013, there was an awakening, and everybody felt it. Production for a seventh “StarWars” installment began under the direction of J.J. Abrams, and became the talk of the year. Even themuch-derided prequels had not been able to kill the excitement for the franchise, which reached new heightswhen the “Force Awakens” trailer appeared.But in 1977, though the theme uniting the franchise is destiny—of which more presently—the first“Star Wars” seemed destined for ignominy. But before long the film took off. Today, in inflation-adjustedterms, it beats every film ever made bar “Gone With The Wind”, which has had 38 more years to earn. In“The World According to Star Wars”, Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School tries to explain why a movie soobscure became the talk of not one but several generations. 
The book looks into two explanations as to why “Star Wars” became legend: the “cascadeseffect”—popularity based on what others thought of the first installment—and the “network effect”—since amajority of people know about “Star Wars”, it is useful to know about it too. With a mix of culturereferences and research, Mr. Sunstein finds the balance: informative without being boring, funny withoutbeing silly, a spare 200-odd pages make for a marvelous swift read, his analysis following a dynamic andresourceful rhythm.
Yet, he still struggles to answer his question. “None of these explanations can be shown to be wrong.The problem is that none of them can be shown to be right.” So he instead probes many subsets of the films’meaning, from the spiritual to the political. In Earth’s politics, Mr. Sunstein notes that Barack Obama'sunexpected rise in the 2008 election can be explained by a cascade effect. Once he received a certain amountof support, more people decided to devote him a bit of their precious decision-making attention.
In perhaps his most interesting rumination, Mr. Sunstein wonders about the importance of destiny inthe “Star Wars” universe, a theme appearing in all seven films. Although prophecy and destiny are heavynotions, all of the “Star Wars” characters make their own decisions when facing two paths: both Luke andAnakin face a powerful tempter from the Dark Side, but only one of them chooses it. The true asset of “TheWorld according to Star Wars” is Mr. Sunstein’s infectious infatuation with the franchise, allowing him tocross-reference the series to nearly anything from Harry Potter to same-sex marriage. The force is strongwith this one.

21. According to this passage, which of the following description is CORRECT?
(A)It’s a critique about a series of films.
(B) It’s a phenomenon analysis about certain craze.
(C) It’s a review about some prominent publications.
(D)It’s an introduction of the sequels to “Star Wars” movies.

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答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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