大學生閱讀英語作文

篇一：大學英語閱讀理解

閱讀理解一：

Arthur Miller(1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists

of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary,drawn

like so many others by the" Great American Dream". However, he experienced severe

financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the

early l930s.

Millers' s most famous play, Death of a Salesman , is a powerful attack on the American

system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social

status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has

got into trouble with his worth. Willy is "burnt out" and in the cruel world of business there