Accordingtothepassage,thereisa
问题：
[单选,材料题]Accordingtothepassage,thereisaneedforsatirebecausepeopleneedtobe__________.阅读材料，回答下面的题目。
SatiricLiteraturePerhapsthemoststrikingqualityofsatiricliteratureisitsfreshness,itsoriginalityofperspective.Satirerarelyoffersoriginalideas.Instead,itpresentsthefamiliarinanewform.Satiristsdonotoffertheworldnewphilosophies.Whattheydoislookatfamiliarconditionsfromaperspectivethatmakestheseconditionsseemfoolish,harmful,oraffected.Satirejarsusoutofcomplacenceintoapleasantlyshockedrealizationthatmanyofthevaluesweunquestioninglyacceptarefalse.DonQuixotemakeschivalryseemabsurd;BraveNewWorldridiculesthepretensionsofscience;AModestProposaldramatizesstarvationbyadvocatingcannibalism.Noneoftheseideasisoriginal.ChivalrywassuspectbeforeCervantes,humanistsobjectedtotheclaimsofpuresciencebeforeAldouaHuxley,andpeoplewereawareoffaminebeforeSwirl.Itwasnottheoriginalityoftheideathatmadethesesatirespopular.Itwasthemannerofexpression,thesatiricmethod,thatmadetheminterestingandentertaining.Satiresarereadbecausetheyareaestheticallysatisfyingworksofart,notbecausetheyaremorallywholesomeorethicallyinstructive.Theyarestimulatingandrefreshingbecausewithcommonsensebrisknesstheybrushawayillusionsandsecond-handopinions.Withspontaneousirreverence,satirerearrangesperspectives,scramblesfamiliarobjectsintoincongruousjuxtaposition,andspeaksinapersonalidiominsteadofabstractplatitude.
Satireexistsbecausethereisneedforit.Ithaslivedbecausereadersappreciatearefreshingstimulus,anirreverentreminderthattheyliveinaworldofplatitudinousthinking,cheapmoralizing,andfoolishphilosophy.Satireservestoprodpeopleintoallawarenessoftruth,thoughrarelytoanyactiveonbehalfoftruth.Satiretendstoremindpeoplethatmuchofwhattheysee,hear,andreadinpopularmediaissanctimonious,sentimental,andonlypartiallytrue.Liferesemblesinonlyaslightdegreethepopularimageofit.Soldiersrarelyholddieidealsthatmoviesattributetothem,nordoordinarycitizensdevotetheirlivestounselfishserviceofhumanity.Intelligentpeopleknowthesethingsbuttendtoforgetthemwhentheydonothearthemexpressed.
Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?
A.informedaboutnewscientificdevelopments
B.exposedtooriginalphilosophieswhentheyareformulated
C.remindedthatpopularideasareofteninaccurate
D.toldhowtheycanbeofservicetotheircommunities
参考答案：C
参考解析：
【答案】C
【解析】根据文章最后一段内容“Satiretendstoremindpeoplethatnluchofwhatthevsee，hear，andreadinpopularmediaissanctimonious，sentimental，andonlypartiallytrue．”可知，讽刺小说倾向于告诫人们，人们在大众媒体上看到的、听到的和读到的内容是伪善的，是带有情感的(而非理性的)，并且只有部分内容是真实的，所以C符合题意。
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