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Predicting the future is always risky. But it’s probably safe to say that at
Predicting the future is always risky. But it’s probably safe to say that at
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2023-08-04
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Predicting the future is always risky. But it’s probably safe to say that at least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th century as America’s "Disney era". Today, it’s certainly difficult to think of any other single thing that represents modern America as powerfully as the company that created Mickey Mouse.
The reasons for Disney’s success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly well. But he was a genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest skills were his insight and his management ability.
But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the "little guy", and made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that reflected the hopes and fears of ordinary people.
Disney’s other great virtue was the fact that his company had a human face. His Hollywood studio operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on firstname terms and had a say in how things should be run. He was also regarded as a great patriot because not only did his cartoons celebrate America, but, during World War II, studios made training films for American soldiers.
The reality, of course, was less ideal. As the public would later learn, Disney’s patriotism had an unpleasant side. After a strike by cartoonists in 1941, he agreed to work for the FBI as a mole (间谍) , identifying and spying on colleagues whom he suspected were subversives (颠覆分子).
But, apart from his affiliations with the FBI,
Disney was more or less the genuine article
. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of ordinary Americans—in the 1930s and 1940s he voted for Franklin Roosevelt, believing he was a champion of the workers. Also, Disney was not an apologist (辩护者) for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large, bureaucratic organizations, as is evidenced in films like That Darn Cat, in which he portrayed FBI agents as incompetents.
By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to the public at large, he was "Uncle Walt"—the man who had entertained them all their lives, the man who represented them all their lives, the man who represented all that was good about America. [br] What does "Disney was more or less the genuine article" (Line 1, Para. 6) mean?
选项
A、Disney was a creative and capable person.
B、Disney once agreed to work for the FBI.
C、Disney ran his company in a democratic way.
D、Disney was sympathetic with ordinary people.
答案
D
解析
语义题。genuine article表示“为人真诚、不虚伪、表里如一”。原文第五段中详细介绍了迪士尼与FBI合作的事情,在第六段中话锋一转,指出虽然他背地里与FBI有过秘密合作、对付群众,但总体而言,他确实是站在普通美国大众一边的,他为罗斯福投票也是因为他坚信罗斯福会捍卫劳动者。由此可知,D项表述符合原文,故选D。
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