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智 课 网 G R E 备 考 资 料 GRE阅读真题精选SECTION A-智课教育旗下智课教育 下文就是小编为同学们编辑汇总的GRE阅读真题精选SECTION A， 供同学们参考学习，希望能为各位备考的同学提供帮助，大家在平日里 要注重积累，相信一定会取得进步。 如下就是GRE阅读真题精选SECTION A的部分内容展示，同学们可 以根据自己的需求学习，请好好利用哦。在平日里一定要总结练习一些 高质量的GRE阅读文章，这样才能达到练习的目的。 SECTION A Extended debate concerning the exact point of origin of individual folktales told by Afro-American slaves has unfortunately taken precedence over analysis of the tales’ meaning and function. Cultural continuities with Africa were not dependent on importation and perpetuation of specific folktales in their pristine form. It is in the place that tales occupied in the lives of the slaves and in the meaning slaves derived from them that the clearest resemblances to African tradition can be found. Afro-American slaves did not borrow tales indiscriminately from the Whites among whom they lived. Black people were most influenced by those Euro-American tales whose functional meaning and aesthetic appeal had the greatest similarity to the tales with deep roots in their ancestral homeland. Regardless of where slave tales came from, the essential point is that, with respect to language, delivery, details of characterization, and plot, slaves quickly made them their own. 17. The author claims that most studies of folktales told by Afro-American slaves are inadequate because the studies (A) fail to recognize any possible Euro-American influence on the folktales (B) do not pay enough attention to the features of a folktale that best reveal an African influence (C) overestimate the number of folktales brought from Africa by the slaves (D) do not consider the fact that a folktale can be changed as it is retold many times(B) (E) oversimplify the diverse and complex traditions of the slaves ancestral homeland 18. The author’s main purpose is to (A) create a new field of study (B) discredit an existing field of study (C) change the focus of a