Question

一道英语题目不会，求高手

Granted that the presence of these elements need not argue an authorial awareness of novelistic construction comparable to that of Henry
10 James, their presence does encourage attempts to unify the novel‘s heterogeneous parts. However, any interpretation that seeks to unify all of the novel‘s diverse elements is bound to be somewhat unconvincing. This is not because such an
15 interpretation necessarily stiffens into a thesis (although rigidity in any interpretation of this or of any novel is always a danger), but because...

The author of the passage would be most likely to
agree that an interpretation of a novel should
(A) not try to unite heterogeneous elements in the
novel
(B) not be inflexible in its treatment of the elements
in the novel
答案为啥是B而不是A

Answer 1

翻译如下：
诚然，这些因素的存在，并不能证明作者对小说架构的认识比得上亨利·詹姆斯（Henry James）的那种认识。他们的存在促进了小说的不同个性元素趋于统一；然而，任何力图将小说各种个性表达元素统一起来的做法，在某种程度上注定是无法令人信服的。这不仅因为这样的表达注定只能僵化成一种论调 （尽管这种方式的任何表达都显得呆板，或是对任何小说而言都是一种危机），而且因为.....

A）不愿尝试统一小说的不同个性元素；
B）在小说的各类个性元素处理上不能显得僵化

作者只是说统一起来的做法无法令人信服，并非完全否定这种做法
显然选B更符合作者的主张

Answer 2

A是not try to unite heterogeneous elements in the novel
但在短文里，说的是：

"their presence does encourage attempts to unify the novel's heterogeneous parts."
后面却说了“however". 意思是“但是”。
“any interpretation that seeks to unify all of the novel's diverse elements is bound to be somewhat unconvincing"

"somewhat unconvincing"的意思是不可靠。

这些是说了 why we should not unite the heterogeneous elements in the novel。

但后面的句子“rigidity in any interpretation of this or of any novel is always a danger”

这段意思是说 interpretation should not be only confined only to this thing (rigidity)
"is always a danger" 如果只是focus在 “not try to unite" 是错的。

所以答案是B，不要死板的分析这本书的原理。

Answer 3

问：Granted that the presence of these elements need not argue an authorial awareness of novelistic construction comparable to that of Henry
10 James, their presence does encourage attempts to unify the novel‘s heterogeneous parts. However, any interpretation that seeks to unify all of the novel‘s diverse elements is bound to be somewhat unconvincing. This is not because such an
15 interpretation necessarily stiffens into a thesis (although rigidity in any interpretation of this or of any novel is always a danger), but because...

The author of the passage would be most likely to
agree that an interpretation of a novel should
(A) not try to unite heterogeneous elements in the
novel
(B) not be inflexible in its treatment of the elements
in the novel
答案为啥是B而不是A
答：翻译如下：
诚然，这些因素的存在，并不能证明作者对小说架构的认识比得上亨利·詹姆斯（Henry James）的那种认识。他们的存在促进了小说的不同个性元素趋于统一；然而，任何力图将小说各种个性表达元素统一起来的做法，在某种程度上注定是无法令人信服的。这不仅因为这样的表达注定只能僵化成一种论调 （尽管这种方式的任何表达都显得呆板，或是对任何小说而言都是一种危机），而且因为.....

A）不愿尝试统一小说的不同个性元素；
B）在小说的各类个性元素处理上不能显得僵化

作者只是说统一起来的做法无法令人信服，并非完全否定这种做法
显然选B更符合作者的主张