【正确答案】：
A. DREISER BELIEVES THAT WHILE MEN ARE CONTROLLED AND CONDITIONED BY HEREDITY, INSTINCT AND CHANCE, A FEW EXTRORDINARY AND UNSOPHISTICATED HUMAN BEINGS REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEIR FATE WORDLESSLY AND INSTEAD STRIVE, UNSUCCESSFULLY, TO FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE FOR THEIR EXISTENCE.
B. CARRIE, AS ONE OF SUCH, SENSES THAT SHE IS MERELY A CIPHER IN AN UNCARING WORLD YET SEEKS TO GRASP THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE AND THEREBY SATISFIES HER DESIRES FOR SOCIAL STATUS AND MATERIAL CORMFOR, BUT IN SPITE OF HER SUCCESS, SHE IS LONELY AND DISSATISFIED.
【题目解析】：本题考查《嘉莉妹妹》中所体现出来的西奥多·德莱塞的自然主义信仰。作答时可以介绍所体现出来的这一信仰的内容，以及小说中体现这一信仰的人物以及性格特点。A. 德莱塞认为，虽然人类受到遗传、本能和机会的控制和制约，但也有少数超凡脱俗的人拒绝无言地接受自己的命运，而是努力为自己的存在寻找意义和目标，但没有成功。 B. 嘉莉就是这样的一个人，她觉得自己在一个冷漠的世界里只是一个无足轻重的角色，但她却试图抓住生活的奥秘，从而满足自己对社会地位和物质财富的欲望。但尽管她成功了，她还是感到孤独和不满足。