19．Susan Sontag（1933-2004）was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature．For more than 40years she made it morally necessary to know everything-to read every book worth reading，to see every movie worth seeing．When she was still in her early 30s，publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review，she appeared as the symbol of American culture life，trying hard to follow every new development in literature，film and art．With great effort and serious judgment，Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture．
Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords（格言），but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious，she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture．In"Notes Camp"，the 1964essay that first made her name，she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings，through which she could not have been more famous．"Notes on Camp"，she wrote，represents"a victory of‘form'over‘content'，‘beauty'over‘morals'"．
By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感觉论者），but by nature she was a moralist（伦理学者），and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s，it was the latter side of her that came forward．In"Illness as Metaphor"-published in 1978，after she suffered cancer-she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities（被压抑的性格），a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease．In fact，re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit．
In America，her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California，won the National Book Award in 2000．But it was as a tireless，all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame．
"Sometimes，"she once said，"I feel that，in the end，all I am really defending…is the idea of seriousness，of true seriousness．"And in the end，she made us take it seriously too．
64．The underlined sentence in paragraph l means SontagD．
A．was a symbol of American cultural life
B．developed world literature，film and art
C．published many essays about world culture
D．kept pace with the newest development of world culture
65．She first won her name throughD．
A．her story of a Polish actress
B．her book Illness as Metaphor
C．publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review
D．her explanation of a set of difficult understandings
66．Susan Sontag's lasting fame was made uponA．
A．a tireless，all-purpose cultural view
B．her lifelong watchword：seriousness
C．publishing books on morals
D．enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing
67．From the works Susan published in the 1970s and 1980s，we can learn thatA．
A．she was more a moralist than a sensualist
B．she was more a sensualist than a moralist
C．she believed repressed personalities mainly led to illness
D．she would like to re-examine old positions．
分析 短文主要介绍了美国著名作家Susan Sontag的情况，从她的成名到她的作品等内容．
解答 64．D，推理判断题，根据本句：Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture．即可知"走在世界文化的边缘"就是"与世界文化的新发展同步，故D正确．
65．D，细节理解题，根据the 1964 essay that first made her name，she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings可知，她解释了一组很难理解的东西让她成名，故答案为D．
66．A，细节理解题，根据句子But it was as a tireless，all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame．可知，是她的孜孜不倦的文化观是她一直那么有名气，故答案为A．
67．A，细节理解题，根据句子By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感觉论者），but by nature she was a moralist（伦理学者），and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s，it was the latter side of her that came forward可知，二十世纪七十年代到八十年代间，从她创作的作品中看，与其说她是感觉论者，倒不如说她是伦理学者，故答案为A．
点评 解答任务型阅读理解题，首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意．因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料．其次，细读题材，各个击破．掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读每篇材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主题句，阅读时，要有较强的针对性．对于捕获到的信息，要做认真分析，仔细推敲，理解透彻，只有这样，针对题目要求，才能做到稳、准．
