Question

"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all． It was, of course, a miserable childhood． The happy childhood is hardly worth your while． "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood． And worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood．" That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book Angela's Ashes, released in nineteen ninety-six．
This Irish American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Angela's Ashes that recorded his poor upbringing, died of cancer on Sunday, The New York Times reported． He was 78．
Born in New York City, he was the eldest of seven children born to Irish immigrant parents． Angela's Ashes was a memoir that captured an irresponsible, drunkard father with a gift for story-telling． When not drunk, his father was absent, turning his back on a family so poor, McCourt wrote, that they were reduced to burning the furniture in their rented hut to keep warm． His mother struggled to raise her many children after his father left the family．
Already struggling when the Great Depression hit, the family moved back to Limerick, where they slipped ever deeper into poverty in the  1930s．
Three of McCourt's siblings died of diseases worsened by hunger and the wretchedness of their surroundings． McCourt himself almost died of typhoid（傷寒的） fever as  a child．
In Angela's Ashes, he wrote of hunger, a home flooded with rainwater and the unbearable humiliation of seeking handouts from charities in the Irish city． But he told the story in a way that is expressive, warm and light-hearted．
Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of nineteen to return to New York City where he was born． He earned a degree in- English education and taught creative writing for nearly thirty years． After retiring in nineteen eighty-seven, he decided to write about his childhood． "Angela's Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors． Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle．
【小題1】What's the text mainly about?

A．A brief introduction to Frank McCourt and one of his works．

B．A literary review on Frank McCourt's book Angela's Ashes．

C．An account of Frank McCourt's miserable childhood.

D．A comment on Frank McCourt's life experience．

【小題2】By saying "The happy childhood is hardly worth your while", the writer really means that      ．

A．a(chǎn) lot of readers don't deserve happy childhood

B．his childhood is not worth of others' sympathy

C．his childhood is mixed with happiness and misery

D．smooth childhood surely will not draw readers' attention

【小題3】From the passage, we know Frank McCourt's father is        ．

A．humorous and trustworthy	B．a(chǎn)lcohol-addicted but loves his family
C．poor but warm-hearted	D．irresponsible but gifted in telling stories

【小題4】What does the underlined word "handouts" mean in the 6th paragraph?

A．Reliefs．	B．Compensations．
C．Leaflets．	D．Teaching materials．

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】主旨題：文章簡要介紹了弗蘭克·麥考特和他的一個(gè)作品。選A
【小題2】句意理解題：這句話的意思是：快樂的童年是不值得讀者看的。選D
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Angela's Ashes was a memoir that captured an irresponsible, drunkard father with a gift for story-telling．可知他爸爸是個(gè)不負(fù)責(zé)任的人但很擅長講故事。選D
【小題4】猜詞題：從第六段的句子：from charities in the Irish city，可知這個(gè)單詞是救濟(jì)。選A
考點(diǎn)：考查人物傳記類短文
點(diǎn)評：這種閱讀理解考查了細(xì)節(jié)題，猜詞題，要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀全文，做好相應(yīng)的標(biāo)志，以提高閱讀的效率和速度