Passage 1 With her magical first novel, Garcia joins a growing chorus of tal...

问题 Passage 1 With her magical first novel, Garcia joins a growing chorus of talented Latino writers whosevoices are suddenly reaching a far wider, more diverse audience. Unlike Latin American writerssuch as Colombia′s Gabriel Garcia Marquee of Peru′s Mario Vargas Llosa--whose translatedworks became popular here in the 1970s--these authors are writing in English and drawing theirthemes from two cultures. Their stories, from "Dreaming in Cuban" to Julia Alvarez′s "How theGarcia Girls Lost Their Accent" and Victor Villasenor′s "Rain of Gold", offer insight into themixture of economic opportunity and discrimination that Latinos encounter in the United States. "Garcia Girls" for example, is the story of four sisters weathering their transition from wealthyDominicans to ragtag immigrants, "We didn′ t feel we had the beat the United States had to offer,"one of the girls says, "We had only second-hand stuff, rental houses in one redneck Catholicneighborhood after another, clothes at Round Robin, a black and white TV afflicted with wavylines." Alvarez, a Middlebury College professor Who emigrated from Santo Domingo when she was10, says being an immigrant has given her a special vantage point: "We travel on that borderbetween two worlds and we can see both points of view." With few exceptions, such as Chicano writer Rudolfo Anaya, many Hispanic-Americans havebeen writing in virtual obscurity for years, nurtured only by small presses like Houston′s ArtePublico or the Bilingual Press in Tempe, Ariz. Only with the recent success of Sandra Cisneros′s "Woman Hollering Creek" and Oscar Hijuelos′s prize-winning novel, "The Mambo Kings PlaySongs of Love," have mainstream publishers begun opening door to other Latinos. Julie Grau,Cisneros′s editor at Turtle Bay, says, "Editors may now be looking more carefully at a book thatbefore they would have deemed too exotic for the general readership." But if Villasenor′s experience is any indication, some editors are still wary. In 1989, Putnamgave Villasenor a $75,000 advance for the hardcover rights to "Rain of Gold," the compelling sagaof his family′s migration from Mexico to California. But the editors, says Villasenor, wanted majorchanges: "They were going to destroy the book. It′ s nonfiction; they wanted to publish it as a novel. And they wanted to change the title to ′Rio Grande,′ which sounded like some old John Waynemovie." After a year of strained relations, he mortgaged his house, borrowed his mother′s lifesavings and bought back the rights to the book that had taken 10 years to write. In frustration, Villasenor turned to Arte Publico. In the eight months since its release, "Rain ofGold" has done extremely well, considering its limited distribution; 20,000 copies have been sold. "If we were a mainstream publisher, this book would have been on The New York Times best-sellerlist for weeks," says Arte Pulico′ s Nicolas Kanelos. The author may still have a shot: he has sold thepaperback rights to Dell. And he was just named a keynote speaker (with Molly Ivins and NormanSchwarzkop0 for the American Booksellers Association convention in May. Long before theygained this sort of attention, however, Villasenor, Cisneros and other Latino writers were quietlybuilding devoted followings. Crossing the country, they read in local bookstores, libraries andschools. Their stories, they found, appeal not only to Latinos--who identify with them, but to asurprising number of Anglos, who find in them a refreshingly different perspective on American life. Still, there are unusual pressures on these writers. Cisneros vividly recalls the angst she went throughin writing the final short stories for "Woman Hollering": "I was traumatized that it was going to beone of the first Chicano books ′out there.′ I felt I had this responsibility to my community torepresent us in all our diversity." What can be drawn from Villasenor′ s experience

选项 A.Some editors of mainstream publishers are critical. B.Many Latino writers were mostly favored by small presses. C."Rain of Gold" was going to be one of the first Chicano books. D."Rain of Gold" was intended to be published as a novel by the author.

答案 A

解析推断题。定位到第三段。第一句提到“ButifVillasenor’s experienceisanyindication，someeditors are still wary．”．wary的意思是“机警的．谨慎的”，与A项中critical的意思是对应的。接下来是具体说明”Byt tge edutirs… wanted major changes:‘Theywere going to destroy the book．It’s nonfiction；they wanted topublish it as anovel．And they wanted to change the title to‘Rio Grande，’…”，由此可以推断出A项。B、C项文中没有提到相关内容。结合最后一句“After ayear of strained relations，he…bought back the rights to the book that hadtaken 10 years to write．”可知作者最终买回了这本书的版权．也就是说作者并不同意出版商把它改编成小说出版的做法．D项说法不正确。

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