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【題目】 November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison's eagerly anticipated (期待) eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men.：Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992. But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel Prize winner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award.

Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy (遺產(chǎn))of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, love is the third volume of a literary masters trilogy (三部曲) investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved (1988) , which deals with a black mother's love under slavery and in freedom ; Jan (1993) ,the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and 50s.

The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey's Hotel and Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as " the best and best -known vacation spot for colored folk on the East Coast. We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employers, and a homeless young girl.

The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as "Morrison's most accessible work since Song of Solomon1. This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was an effective selling point.

【1】What can we learn about John Steinbeck?

A.He was a black writer.

B.He was born in America.

C.He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison.

D.He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel.

【2】The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both .

A.belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved

B.concern families of more than one generation

C.deal with life of blacks under slavery

D.investigate life in 1920s Harlem

【3】What does the novel Love mainly describe?

A.The best-known vacation spot for blacks.

B.The life of an outstanding black family under slavery.

C.The miserable experience of the five women in Harlem.

D.The memories of five women about Bill Cosey.

【4】What would be the best title for the text?

A.Toni Morrison's latest novels.B.Toni Morrison and her trilogy.

C.Toni Morrison and her novel Love.D.Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize winner.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議的記敘文。本文記敘了作家和她的小說《愛》以及對該小說的一些評論和觀點(diǎn)。

【1】

推理判斷題。審題得知John Steinbeck我們了解到什么。定位于But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel Prize winner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award.自從約翰史丹貝克1962年獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)以來第一位也是唯一的一名美國籍獲得者。換句話說：約翰史丹貝克1962年獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)，這個(gè)莫里森是繼他之后第一名美國籍人士獲得此獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。據(jù)此可知約翰也是美國籍，也就是說，他們兩人都是美國人。而B選項(xiàng)切合文意，故選B。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。審題定位于此：Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy (遺產(chǎn))of an outstanding black family.和《所羅門之歌》一樣，《愛》是一個(gè)多代故事，揭示一個(gè)杰出的黑人家庭的個(gè)人于共同遺產(chǎn)。這也就是說multi generational是關(guān)鍵詞，表示超過一代人的意思，是兩本小說的共同點(diǎn)，故B選項(xiàng)切合文意。故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。審題得知小說《愛》主要描述的是什么�？梢远ㄎ挥诖耍�We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employers, and a homeless young girl.我們通過對五個(gè)女人幸存和愛上他而來了解到cosey的事情。說明此部小說描述的主要是五個(gè)女人的故事，這和選項(xiàng)D切合，故選D。

【4】

主旨大意題。這類題目主要看每段關(guān)鍵詞的重復(fù)處最多的那一個(gè)。首段November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison's eagerly anticipated (期待) eighth novel, Love,第二段Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story,第三段The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, 第四段The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as "Morrison's most accessible work since Song of Solomon1.這里面重復(fù)次數(shù)最多的是Love這部小說的名字。而這部小說的作者是莫里森。故C選項(xiàng)切合文意。故選C。