【題目】Gabriel Garcia Márquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused( 停頓 ) to remember the cultural giant .

Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature”. Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism(魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義)”. In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile, magical things happen to them.

Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude 《(百年孤獨(dú)》), which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world –of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years . The story is a metaphor(暗喻) for the development of Colombia since the 19century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence(本質(zhì)) of the Latin American beings ” .

【1】Garcia Márquez was born in the year _________.

A. 1914 B. 1928 C. 1967 D. 1982

【2】The underlined word “isolated”means ________.

A. 隔絕的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧囂的 D. 繁華的

【3】Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez?

A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

B. His novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude was a great success.

C. He was widely known as “a giant of 20th-century literature ”.

D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.

【4】The writer quotes(引用)from the President to ______.

A. praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement

B. show the deep sadness of the President

C. explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez

D. describe the character of Garcia Márquez

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】短文介紹了加西亞馬奎斯光輝的一生。加西亞馬奎斯出生在哥倫比亞，大部分成年生活在墨西哥城，作為最著名的作家之一，他被公認(rèn)是一個(gè)20世紀(jì)的文學(xué)巨人。加西亞馬奎斯寫作的風(fēng)格被稱為“魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義”。在1982年他被授予諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)，2014年4月17日去世，享年86歲。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)推測(cè)題。根據(jù)短文開頭Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014. 加西亞馬奎斯，他被授予諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)在1982年，2014年4月17日去世，享年86歲�？芍游鱽嗰R奎斯生于1928年，故選B。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中which was separated from the outside world-of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years.這是脫離外面的世界--建立及其陷入困境的歷史超過一百年�？芍�isolated的意思是與世隔絕的，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“But meanwhile，magical things happen to them.”但與此同時(shí)，神奇的事情發(fā)生在他們身上。這里他們指的是加西亞馬奎斯魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義作品中的人們，而不是指他本人，故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中The story is a metaphor（暗喻）for the development of Colombia since the 19 century.這個(gè)故事隱喻自從19世紀(jì)哥倫比亞的發(fā)展，可知作者引用哥倫比亞總統(tǒng)的話是在贊揚(yáng)加西亞馬奎斯的成就，故選A。

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