C who gets the highest salary D who has many publication Suppe present emphasis on research argue that A. it tudents in it B. it does good to students anyway C. it has a direct good effect on teaching D. it earns a lot of money for a university The autho the shift of emphasis to research. A to be very dissatisfied with B to be se C to be in favor of D to be neutral abou Passage 4 During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher ?+Thus Edgar Allan Poe opened his story of The Fall of the House of Usher?+ in 1839. In this beautifully crafted sentence he captured so much that is essential to the horror story darkness, ominous solitude, foreboding calm, apprehension and uncertainty, and a deep feeling of melancholy that could soon turn to fear. Many kinds of fiction are selfazexplanatory: mysteries, Westerns, love stories, spy thrillers, and science fiction define themselves by the terms used to name them. The horror story is less easily defined, perhaps because other types of fiction so often use the trappings of terror to enhance their plots. Charles Dickens used the vehicle of an olda2fashioned ghost story to tell A Christmas Carol?+, but that book is not a horror story. Nor does a Grimm brothers fairy tale uch as Hansel and Gretel, ?+with its childa2devouring witch, belong to the genre The nature of the horror story is best indicated by the title of the 1980s television series tales from the Darkside. Hunan beings have always acknowledged that there is evil in the world and a dark side to human nature that cannot be explained except perhaps in religious terms. This evil may be imagined as having an almost unlimited power to inspire anxiety, fear, dread, and terror in addition to doing actual physical and mental harm In the tale of horror quite ordinary people are confronted by something unknown and fearful, which can be neither unders tood nor explained in reasonable terms. It is the emphasis on the unreasonable that lies at the heart of horror stories This kind of literature n the 18th century at the start of a movement called romanticism. The movement was a reaction against a rational, orderly world in which humanity was basically good and everything could be explained scientifically. The literary type that inspired the horror story is Gothic ficiton, tales of evil, often set in sinister medieval surroundings. This original kind of horror fiction has persisted to the present. In his novel, Edgar Allen Poe A, integrated the description of beauty into his horror story B, used a lot of typical descriptions of horror stories C, was universally considered as the father of horror story D, combined a touch of sadness in his description of horror By saying that? many kinds of fiction are selfaZexplanatory?+(the first sentence of paragraph 2), the author means A, they are easy to understand B, they are meant for ordinary readersC.who gets the highest salary D.who has many publication Supporters of the present emphasis on research argue that _____ . A.it involves more students in it B.it does good to students anyway C.it has a direct good effect on teaching D.it earns a lot of money for a university The author seems _____ the shift of emphasis to research. A.to be very dissatisfied with B.to be sorry to see C.to be in favor of D.to be neutral about Passage 4 ?°During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.?±Thus Edgar Allan Poe opened his story of ?°The Fall of the House of Usher?± in 1839. In this beautifully crafted sentence he captured so much that is essential to the horror story: darkness, ominous solitude, foreboding calm, apprehension and uncertainty, and a deep feeling of melancholy that could soon turn to fear. Many kinds of fiction are selfa2explanatory: mysteries, Westerns, love stories, spy thrillers, and science fiction define themselves by the terms used to name them. The horror story is less easily defined, perhaps because other types of fiction so often use the trappings of terror to enhance their plots. Charles Dickens used the vehicle of an olda2fashioned ghost story to tell ?° A Christmas Carol?±, but that book is not a horror story. Nor does a Grimm brothers fairy tale such as ?°Hansel and Gretel,?±with its childa2devouring witch, belong to the genre. The nature of the horror story is best indicated by the title of the 1980s television series Tales from the Darkside. Hunan beings have always acknowledged that there is evil in the world and a dark side to human nature that cannot be explained except perhaps in religious terms. This evil may be imagined as having an almost unlimited power to inspire anxiety, fear, dread, and terror in addition to doing actual physical and mental harm. In the tale of horror quite ordinary people are confronted by something unknown and fearful, which can be neither understood nor explained in reasonable terms. It is the emphasis on the unreasonable that lies at the heart of horror stories. This kind of literature arose in the 18th century at the start of a movement called Romanticism. The movement was a reaction against a rational, orderly world in which humanity was basically good and everything could be explained scientifically. The literary type that inspired the horror story is Gothic ficiton, tales of evil, often set in sinister medieval surroundings. This original kind of horror fiction has persisted to the present. In his novel, Edgar Allen Poe _____ . A、integrated the description of beauty into his horror story B、used a lot of typical descriptions of horror stories C、was universally considered as the father of horror story D、combined a touch of sadness in his description of horror By saying that?°many kinds of fiction are selfa2explanatory?±(the first sentence of paragraph 2),the author means _____ . A、they are easy to understand B、they are meant for ordinary readers