VI. Reading Comprehension
Watching television, you’d think we live at bay, in total
jeopardy, surrounded on all sides by human-seeking germs,
shielded against infection and death by a chemical
technology that enables us to keep killing them off. We are
instructed to spray disinfectants everywhere, into the air of
our bedrooms and kitchens and with special energy into our
bathrooms, since it is our very own germs that seem the
worst kind. We explode clouds of aerosol, mixed for good
luck with deodorants, into our noses, mouths, underarms,
privileged crannies---even into the intimate insides of our
telephones. We apply potent antibiotics to minor scratches
and seal them with plastic. Plastic is the new protector: we
wrap the already plastic tumblers of hotels in more plastic,
and seal the toilet seats like state secrets after irradiating
them with ultraviolet light. We live in a world where the
microbes are always trying to get at us, to tear cell from cell,
and we only stay alive and whole through diligence and
fear.
【題組】50. How does the author sound in this paragraph?
(A) objective and neutral (B) cheerful and warm
(C) ironic and sarcastic (D) romantic and poetic
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