8.Characters in novels don't always do what the writer wants them to do.Sometimes they cause trouble,take on lives of their own,or even work against the writer.It's not just a problem for inexperienced authors:famed children's novelist Roald Dahl said he got the main character in his book Matilda so"wrong"that when he'd finished his first version,he threw it away and started again.
Of course it's not the characters'fault.The problem lies with the author.Take Stephen King,who admitted that writing working-class characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed."It is definitely harder,"King said."When I wrote Carrie many years ago,I was one step away from physical labour."
This is also true for characters'ages,added King."When you have small children,it is easy to write young characters because you observe them and you have them in your life all the time.But your kids grow up.It's been harder for me to write about this little 12-year-old girl in my new book because my models are gone."
For other authors,such as Karen Fowler,there's one quality that can stop a character in its tracks:boredom."I had particular problems with the main character in my historical novel Sister Noon,"she says."She had attitudes about race and religion that seemed appropriate to me for her time and class,but they were not attitudes I liked.Eventually I grew quite bored with her.You can write a book about a character you dislike or a character you disagree with,but I don't think you can write a book about a character who bores you."
According to Neel Mukherjee,it was Adinath,a character in The Lives of Others,who made him work the hardest."I think I struggled because it's difficult to write a character whose most prominent personal feature is weakness,as Adinath's is,without making that feature define him,"Mukherjee says.But a troublesome character is far from an unwelcome guest,he continues,arguing that"when characters work against the author they come alive and become unpredictable".
"That is a fantastic thing to happen,"Mukherjee says,"I celebrate it.It is one of the great,lucky gifts given to a writer."

41.What can we infer about Steven King's book Carrie?C
A.It was his most difficult book to write.
B.It was the first successful novel King wrote.
C.There were few children featured in the story.
D.Some of its main characters were working class.
42.Why did Karen Fowler have trouble writing the main character in her novel Sister Noon?D
A.She disagreed with the character's attitudes.
B.The age difference between the two was too large.
C.She found the character very uninteresting.
D.The historical setting made accuracy difficult.
43.Neel Mukherjee believes that his difficult-to-write charactersB.
A.are a sign that the story is not realistic
B.are often the most interesting
C.should be praised by all authors
D.need to be researched more thoroughly
44.The authors who were interviewed for the passage are probablyA.
A.famous and successful         
B.unknown to the readers
C.all from the same country      
D.just starting their writing careers
45.In which part of the newspaper would you expect to find the passage?B
A.Careers.
B.Culture.
C.Advice column.
D.Lifestyle.

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,主要向我們講述了一些作家筆下的小說人物是怎么寫成的,并且向我們介紹了一些有名的作家所遇到的問題.

解答 41.C  推理判斷題.由第二段中的"Take Stephen King,who admitted that writing working-class characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed.It is definitely harder.When I wrote Carrie many years ago,I was one step away from physical labour"可知,多年前,他寫作Carrie時,他所處的環(huán)境接近勞動階層.而現(xiàn)在,他的生活環(huán)境發(fā)生變化了,所以對他來說現(xiàn)在描寫勞動階層更難了.由此可推知,Carrie這部小說中,主要人物應該有一些勞動階層的人們.故選C
42.D  細節(jié)理解題.由第四段中的"You can write a book about a character you dislike or a character you disagree with,but I don't think you can write a book about a character who bores you"可知,Sister Noon這部小說中的主人公讓作者感到很厭煩,故選D.
43.B  推理判斷題.由倒數(shù)第二段中的"a troublesome character is far from an unwelcome guest …when characters work against the author they come alive and become unpredictable"可知,那些難寫的人物在作家看來,往往是充滿活力,令人不可預測的,故這樣的人物是非常有趣的,很受作家的歡迎.故選B.
44.A  推理判斷題.由第一段中的"It's not just a problem for inexperienced authors:famed children's novelist Roald Dahl…"可知,不僅僅沒有經驗的作家存在這樣的問題,像Roald Dahl這樣有名的小說家也存在這樣的問題.下文中提到的作家們也和Roald Dahl一樣是有名的作家.故選A.
45.B  文章出處題.一些成名作家在寫作時,描寫的人物行為往往并不是按照作家的意愿進行的,有的甚至和作家的意愿相悖.這樣的文章和寫作有關,屬于文化范疇,故選B.

點評 做閱讀理解時要快速的瀏覽全文,把握文章主旨大意,帶著問題回到原文,尋找細節(jié)或概括相應的答案,最后要理清作者寫作思路.

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5.My father was 44 and knew he wasn't going to make it to 45.He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.
Since the day I was 12 and first read his letter,some of his words have lived in my heart.Only part always times out."Right now,you are pretending to be a time-killer.But I know that one hay,you will do something great that will set you among the very best."Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself."You will do something great."He didn't know what that would be,and neither did I,but at times in my life when I've felt proud of myself,I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask."Is this what you were talking about,Dad?Should I keep going?"
A long way from 12 now,I realize he would have been proud when I made any progress.Lately,though.I've come to believe he'd want me to move on to what comes next:to be proud of,and believe in,somebody else.It's time to start writing my own letters to my children.Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had.Our kids don't  hold back because they're afraid to fail.They're only afraid of failing us.They don't worry about being disappointed.Their fear-as mine was until my father's letter-is of being a disappointment.
Give your children permission to succeed.They're writing for you to believe in them.I always knew way parents loved me.But trust me.That belief will be more complete,that love will be more real,and their belief in themselves will be greater if you write the words on their hearts;"Don't worry; you'll do something great."Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.

68.We learn from the text that the authorA    
A.lost his father when he was young
B.Worked hard before he read his father's letter
C.Asked his father's permission to believe in himself
D.Knew exactly what great thing his father wanted him to do
69.What does the author tell us in the 3rd paragraph?D
A.Children need their parents'letters.
B.Children are afraid to be disappointed.
C.His children's fear of failure held them back.
D.His father's letter removed his fear of failing his parents.
70.Which of the following is true of the author?C
A.He got no access to success.
B.He wrote back to his father at 12.
C.He was sure his parents loved him.
D.He once asked his father about the letter.
71.The main purpose of the text is toD.
A.describe children's thinking
B.answer some questions children have
C.stress the importance of communication
D.advise parents to encourage their children.

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