SAT写作官方每日一练（附答案和解析）2018.8.29

Ghosts, haunted houses, ancestral curses—these common tropes of Gothic literature might lead some readers to dismiss the genre as one better suited for entertainment than for serious literary scholarship. An analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1892 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper,"though, demonstrates that the Gothic was a vehicle for serious social commentary worthy of further study. The story's protagonist, suffering from a "nervous condition," becomes obsessed with the wallpaper in her bedroom. At one point, she conjures a disturbing image of a woman trapped behind the bars depicted in the pattern of the wallpaper. Though utterly fantastical, this image is very much grounded in the reality of the oppressive mores of the Victorian era: the trapped figure symbolizes the protagonist's sense of being imprisoned by her social circumstances. Since its inception with Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto in1764, Gothic literature has been frightening reading audiences around the globe.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept ordeleted?

A.Kept, because it illustrates how the analysis of Gilman's story applies throughout the broadercategory of Gothic literature.

B.Kept, because it provides a second example that supports the paragraph's claim that thesocial commentary found in Gothic literature is worthy of further study.

C.Deleted, because it contradicts the paragraph's claim that some readers dismiss the genreof Gothic literature.

D.Deleted, because it weakens the paragraph's conclusion by introducing loosely relatedinformation about the general topic of Gothic literature.

重点单词：

vehicle ['vi:ikl]n. 车辆，交通工具，手段，工具，传播媒介

dismiss [dis'mis]vt. 解散，开除，逃避，(法律)驳回

analysis [ə'næləsis]n. 分析，解析

disturbing [di'stə:biŋ]adj. 烦扰的;令人不安的 v. 干扰;打断(dist

related [ri'leitid]adj. 相关的，有亲属关系的

pattern ['pætən]n. 图案，式样，典范，模式，型v. 以图案

commentary ['kɔmən.təri]n. 实况报道，现场解说，评论，注释，批评

genre ['ʒɑ:nrə]n. 类型，流派

entertainment [.entə'teinmənt]n. 娱乐

frightening ['fraitniŋ]adj. 令人恐惧的，令人害怕的 动词frighten的

答案：D

解析：

Choice D is the best answer because it removes an unnecessary sentence and offers a sound reason for doing so: the sentence provides information that is only loosely related to the paragraph and thus weakens the paragraph's conclusion.