12.She once said:"When people ask me if writing has been a hard or easy road I always answer with the famous saying,"the end is nothing; the road is all.'"That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure.I have never faced the type-writer (打字機) with the thought that one more task had to be done."
Like most writers,Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her,but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing.Her works were,like her,simple and full of the vigor (活力)of her days in Nebraska,where she grew from childhood to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the Great Plains with its wild flowers,wheat fields and rivers.
"It's a rather strange thing about the flat country,"she wrote later."It takes hold of you,or it leaves you perfectly cold.A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower,an old factory,a waterfall country all made to look like a German,Christmas card…But when I come to the open plains,something happens.I'm home.I breathe differently."

35.What did Cather mean by"the end is nothing; the road is all"?D
A.Writing is the only path to success.
B.I feel happy when I finish writing a book.
C.I enjoy writing whether it is hard or easy.
D.Writing itself,not its result,is important.
36.What was the place like where Cather grew up?D
A.It was cold,plain and without a church.
B.It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
C.It was like a German Christmas card
D.It was vast,open,flat and wild.
37.When she said"It takes hold of you,or it leaves you perfectly cold",Willa Gather meantA.
A.you either love the place or hate it
B.you decide either to stay or to leave
C.some find the place warm; others find it cold
D.some find the place peaceful; others find it wild
38.What happens when Cather comes to the open plains?D
A.She breathes differently from others:
B.She wants to make the place her home.
C.She finds the place similar to her home.
D.She feels completely comfortable.

分析 作家薇拉•凱瑟以自幼所熟悉的西部生活為題材;創(chuàng)作出很多富有地方特色的作品.薇拉•凱瑟認為,寫作本身很重要,它能帶給人快樂.她不以寫作作為賺錢的手段,而是喜歡寫作帶來的樂趣.

解答 35----38 DDAD
35.D 根據(jù)第一段""the end is nothing; the road is all.'"That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure."可知,作者引用名言來說明,寫作是一件趣事,名言的意思"結(jié)果不重要,重要的是過程".D"寫作本身是重要的"符合段意,故選D.
36.D 根據(jù)第二段"where she grew from childhood to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the Great Plains with its wild flowers,wheat fields and rivers"和最后一段"But when I come to the open plains"可知,作家薇拉•凱瑟的故鄉(xiāng)是偏遠的、開闊的、平坦的和荒涼的,故選D.
37.A  根據(jù)最后一段"A great many people find it very dull;…But when I come to the open plains,something happens.I'm home.I breathe differently.""可知,有的人不喜歡那里,而作者卻很喜歡自己的家鄉(xiāng),故選A.
38.D  根據(jù)最后一段"But when I come to the open plains,something happens.I'm home."可知,作者來到廣闊的草原就像到了自己的家一樣,故選D.

點評 人物傳記類文章中有些是考查考生對作者的主導(dǎo)思想、被描寫人物的語氣、言語中流露的情緒、性格傾向和作者或文中人物態(tài)度、觀點等方面的理解題.推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上做出一定推論和判斷,從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義.

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