Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half- deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one -night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster- shells:
(The lines above are taken from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S Eliot. )
What does the poem suggest?
【正确答案】:
THE POEM IS SUGGESTING AN IRONIC CONTRAST BETWEEN A PRETENDED "LOVE SONG" AND A CONFESSION OF THE SPEAKER'S INCAPABILITY OF FACING UP TO LOVE AND TO LIFE IN A STERILE UPPER-CLASS WORLD. 
【题目解析】:本题考查这首诗的隐含意义。这首诗暗含一种讽刺的对比,一方面是假装的“情歌”,另一方面是对讲述者在一个枯燥乏味的上流社会中面对爱情和生活无能为力的忏悔。