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With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the cri

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问题     With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separate branch of literature, or, at least, as a distinct, even though a slightly disreputable, offshoot of the traditional novel.
    The detective story is probably the most respectable (at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of university teachers, literary economists, scientists or even poets. Fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in which they happen, the village, seaside resort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not from our own experience, at least in the newspaper or the lives of friends. The characters, though normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates. A story set in a more remote environment, African jungle, or Australian bush, ancient China or gas-lit London, appeals to our interest in geography or history, and most detective story writers are conscientious in providing a reasonably authentic background. The elaborate, carefully assembled plot, despised by the modern intellectual critics and creators of significant novels, has found refuge in the murder mystery, with its sprinkling of clues, its spicing with apparent impossibilities, all with appropriate solutions and explanations at the end. With the guilt of escapism from real life nagging gently, we secretly revel in the unmasking of evil by a vaguely super-human detective, who sees through and dispels the cloud of suspicion which has hovered so unjustly over the innocent.
    Though its villain also receives his rightful deserts, the thriller presents a less comfortable and credible world. The sequence of first fights, revolver duels, car crashes and escapes from gas-filled cellars exhausts the reader far more than the hero, who, suffering from at least two broken ribs, one black eye, uncountable bruises and a hangover, can still chase and overpower an armed villain with the physique of a wrestler. He moves dangerously through a world of ruthless gangs, brutality, a vicious lust for power and money and, in contrast to the detective tale, with a near-omniscient arch-criminal whose defeat seems almost accidental. Perhaps we miss in the thriller the security of being safely led by our imperturbable investigator past a score of red herrings and blind avenues to a final gathering of suspects when an unchallengeable elucidation of all that has bewildered us is given and justice and goodness prevail. All that we vainly hope for from life is granted vicariously.
One of the most incredible characteristics of the hero of a thriller is______.
选项 A、his exciting life
B、his amazing toughness
C、his ability to escape from dangerous situations
D、the way he deals with his enemies
答案B
解析 事实细节题，问慷悚小说中的主人公身上最令人难以置信的特征是什么。首先根据关键词thriller确实答案应在第三段，然后再根据关键词hero找到句子“hero，who，suffering from…can still chase and overpower an armed villain主人公经受了(种种磨难)……依然能追到并战胜武装的恶棍”，这符合B“主人公不同一般的坚韧”的意思。而其他几个选项：A“刺激的生活”，从文章中看不出来，C“从危险境地中逃脱的能力”和D“对付敌手的方式”都只是其某一方面的特征，但都不如B有特色，所以最终选定B为答案。
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