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Besides news reports that tend to focus on war or election, Americans generally don’t hear much about people in other countries. One reason may be that very little foreign-language literature is translated into English. In the United States, just a few of the titles, mainly translations of foreign novels, short stories, or poetry, make it into English. However, a number of efforts have taken root to try to bring more global literature to US audiences.
The online magazine of international literature, Words Without Borders, was founded by Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. The nonprofit site, now in its fifth year, offers modern writing from places such as Argentina, China and Italy, often for the first time in English. It gets about 200,000 page views per month and counts roughly 8,000 subscribers (订阅者) , more than one-quarter of whom live in the US.
“There’s a wave of interest right now,” says Jill Schoolman, publisher of Archipelago Books, a small nonprofit press in Brooklyn, N.Y., opened in 2003 to publish world literature in translation only. “People are hungry for ideas from other countries.”
Rainmaker Translations — a Las Vegas-based nonprofit — was formed two years ago to support the publication of more top-quality global writing here in the US. They put out their first three titles, translated from Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, in the spring of 2006 and plan to aid up to four more in the coming year.
In March, the Center for the Art of Translation, a nonprofit started in 1994 in San Francisco, will publish Two Lines World Library, focused on writing from some particular areas published over the last several decades.
Dalkey Archive Press, a century-old nonprofit publisher in Champaign, Illinois, has upped the number of translations on its publication list since 2003, from 25 percent to nearly 80 percent.
In recent years, more nonprofits have applied to the National Endowment for the Arts for help to publish literary translations. The agency is also trying to increase the availability of translated prose (散文) and poetry in the US, such as publishing partnerships with foreign governments.
1．The main purpose in founding the magazine Words Without Borders is __________.
A．to compete for page views and subscribers online
B．to get American literature better known to the world
C．to help advance nonprofit world literature translation
D．to introduce more world literature to readers in the US
2．What do the publishers mentioned in the passage have in common?
A．They mainly publish top-quality world literature in translation.
B．They don’t aim at making money by publishing global writing.
C．They provide their translation and publication services online.
D．They have published a number of literary works in translation.
3．Which of the following shows the proper order of the founding of the presses (出版社)?
DAP = Dalkey Archive Press CAT = Center for the Art of Translation
RT = Rainmaker Translations AB = Archipelago Books
A．DAP→CAT→RT→AB B．DAP→CAT→AB→RT
C．CAT→DAP→AB→RT D．CAT→DAP→RT→AB
4．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．World literature: Shared by the world
B．World literature: Loved by Americans
C．World literature: Founded in translation
D．World literature: Developed in styles
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In ______ recent online survey over 60 percent of the 4, 000 participants did not agree with ______ policy to charge so much import tax.
A．the; a B．the; the C．a; the D．a; a
---In recent
years, problem of global warming had
been very serious.
---That is right. People are facing number
of natural disasters now.
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Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.
People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales--it is the honoring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing interest in the field with new ideas. London's
40. Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they __
A. show more technologically advanced products
B. help increase the sales of products
C. show why the products have sold well
D. attract more people than store windows do
41. The author believes that most design museum visitors.
A. do not admire mass-produced products
B. are puzzled with technological exhibits
C. dislike exhibits in art museums
D. know the exhibits very well
42. The choices open to design museums
A. are not as strict as those to art museums
B. are not aimed to interest the public
C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors
D. often contain precious exhibits
43. The best title for this passage is .
A. The Forms of Design Museums
B. The Exhibits of Design Museums
C. The Nature of Design Museums
D. The Choice Open of Design Museums
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