The following statements are all true of Daisy Miller EXCEPT( ).
A、Frederick Winterbourne, the narrator of the story, is an American expatriate.
B、With the publication of Daisy Miller, William James's reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic.
C、With the publication of Daisy Miller, Daisy Miller has ever since become the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.
D、Daisy Miller’s defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between the two different cultures.
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:故事的叙述者弗雷德里克·温特伯恩是一名美国侨民。《黛西·米勒》的出版,第一次为他带来了国际声誉,但并不是在大西洋两岸牢固树立,所以B选项不正确。随着《黛西·米勒》的出版,黛西·米勒从此成为欧洲的美国女孩,一种体现新世界精神的著名文化类型。黛西·米勒对旧世界社会禁忌的蔑视,最终使她在两种不同文化的冲突中走向了灾难。
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