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The conflict between good and evil is a common theme running through the great literature and drama of the world,from the time of the ancient Greeks to all the present.The principle that conflict is the heart of dramatic action when illustrated by concrete examples,almost always turns up some aspect of the struggle between good and evil.

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One of the novels by the talented Paul Bowles,Let It Come Down,is full of motion,full of sensational depravities,and is a crashing bore.The book recognizes no evil,and is coldly indifferent to the moral behavior of its characters.It is a long shrug.Such a view of life is non-dramatic and negates the vital essence of drama.

（PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu jiu qi ba QQ:772678537) 41.In our age,according to the author,a standpoint often taken in the area of ethics is the_____.

A)relativistic view of morals

B)greater concern with religion

C)emphasis on evil

D)greater concern with universals

42.The author believes that in great literature,as in life,good and evil are____

A)relative

B)unimportant

C)constantly in conflict

D)dramatically neutralized

43.When the author uses the expression"it is a long shrug"in referring to Bowles’s book, he

is commenting on the___

A)length of the novel

B)indifference to the moral behavior of the characters

C)monotony of the story

D)sensational depravities of the book

44.In the opinion of the author,Cry,The Beloved Country is a great and dramatic novel be-

cause of Paton’s____.

A)insight into human behavior

B)behavioristic beliefs

C)treatment of good and evil as abstractions

D)willingness to make moral judgments

45.The word"shun"in the1st sentence in paragraph3is closest in meaning to______.

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