問題詳情

From its inception, children’s literature had in it an unusual educational function,which is to show horror and dire consequences in order to lead one into a certainpattern. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China, for instance, relied on brutalintimidation to frighten children into docile behavior. In the story, Yeh-Shen wasdisfavored by her stepmother, and had to take care of all the house chores. At thevillage where Yeh-Shen lived, a festival would be held in springtime. All young menand women would like to attend the festival since it provided them with a chance tomeet other youths, and possibly further spouse. As the festival was approaching,Yeh-Shen longed to go. But, her stepmother forbade her to leave the house.Desperately, she asked help from the magic bones that her fish friend left to her before.Immediately, she was transformed into a beauty. That night at the festival, everyonemarveled at her prettiness. However, in order to hide from her stepmother andstepsister, she ran away from the party. She therefore lost one of her slippers. She hadto find her shoe and return to the bones; otherwise, the bones would no longer haveany responses to her. When she went to take her lost shoe back, her beauty attractedthe prince. Eventually, the prince asked for her hand in marriage. As she was rewardedfor her good heart, hard work, and inner beauty, her stepmother and stepsister werecrushed to death in a shower of stones because of their wickedness and malice. In short,through a combined representation of a good girl and a wicked stepsister, this talepromotes a pedagogy of fear and terror through images of death and disaster to pavethe path for children to move into their expected roles.
41. What is the main purpose of this passage?
(A) To describe the origin of a tale
(B) To explain one educational function in stories for children
(C) To interpret how the representation of reward can function in a tale
(D)A To argue how the representation of the means of punishment can function in atale

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.652174
統計：A(4),B(45),C(12),D(5),E(0)

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