Text 3I am not one who golfs. The only time I tried it I was confident that a dozen balls

Text3Iamnotonewhogolfs.TheonlytimeItr ieditIwasconfidentthatadozenballswouldbeanadequatesupply.Thisisthesportofretiredpeople:howhardcoulditbe?Theconfidencewasmisplaced,also,onebyone,theballs,andIhadtoquitsomewherearoundtheseventhhole.Onthesixth,actually,Ihitacar—therewasabsolutelynoreasonforahighwaytobethatclosetoagolfcourse—butthat’sanotherstory.Thepointisthatthegamedidnotyieldupitsmysterytome;Iremain,inthegolfinguniverse,achildofdarkness.IdofindthatIamabletowatchgolfontelevision,however,whereitispossibletoexperienceacalmnessthatthegameitselfsadlylacks.Spreadoutonacouchandindifferenttotheoutcome(veryimportant),youwatchtinywhiteballssailimprobabledistancesoverthebiggestlawnsintheworld,interruptedoccasionallybyadvertisementsforexpensivecars.OneoftheplayersisnamedTiger.AnotherisnamedLove.IfyouhaveaccesstoabottleofMartinis(optional),thejoypotentialcanbequitehuge.

Thereisusuallyapriceforpleasuresomindless.InthecaseofTVgolf,itislisteningtothecommentatorsanalyzetheplayers’swings.Whatlookstoyoulikeasingle,continuous,andnotd ifficultactisrevealed,viaslowmotionandasortofvirtual-chalkboardgraphics,tobeasequenceofintr icatelymeasuredadjustmentsofshouldertohip,headtoarm,elbowtowrist,andsoon.Whereyouseefluidity,theexpertsseegeometr y;whattoyouisnatureismachinerytothem—parallellines,extendedplanes,pointsofimpact.Theymurdertoexamine.Yet,apparently,theseminutesandindividualizedmeasurementsmakeallthedifferencebetweenbeingablereliablytolandagolfballinanarea,threehundredyardsaway,thesizeofabathmatand,say,randomlyhittingacar,which,let’sfaceit,onlyafoolwoulddriverightnexttoagolfcourse.Thereisamajordisproportion,inotherwords,betweenthestr aightforwardnessofthegameandthefantasticprecisionrequiredtoplayit,adisproportionmasteredbyadifficultbut,totheordinaryobserver,almostinvisibletechnique.

Shortstoriesarethesame.Ashortstoryisnotasrestr ictiveasasonnet,but,ofalltheliteraryforms,itispossiblythemostsingle-minded.Itsaim,asitwasidentifiedbythemoderngenre’sfirsttheorist,EdgarAllanPoe,istocreate“aneffect”—bywhichPoemeantsomethingalmostphysical,likeasensationoranextr emeexcitement.

第31题：Theauthorquoteshisownexperiencewithgolftoshowthat_____.

［A］thingsareoftennotsosimpleandeasyastheyseem

［B］hisexperiencewithgolfhasbeenafrustr atingfailure

［C］thatexperienceofhisofferedmuchforhislaterlife

［D］apparenttr uthsaremoreoftenthannotunreliable

 本题考查考生对第一段的理解。该段作者讲述了自己打高尔夫的经历。作者开始尝试打高尔夫时充满自信，认为那只不过是退休一族的运动，不可能会很难。结果作者却发现自己的自信心放错了位置，真的打起来连连失败。接着作者联想到自己在电视机前观看高尔夫球赛的轻松经历，两种截然不同的感受说明了打高尔夫并不像看起来的那样简单。因此［A］项为作者想要说明的道理。［B］项是第一段前半部分阐述的事实，但不是作者要说明的道理。［C］项原文中没有涉及，［D］项含有贬义，属于过度推理。