Question

  American novelist Margaret Mitchell was the author of one of the most famous novels ever written,Gone with the Wind (19S6) ，for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. An Ameri?can film adaptation, in 1939 received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.

  Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8 ， 1900 in Atlanta，Georgia.

  Her father was president of the local historical society and her mother was president of one of the South's suffragette(鼓吹婦女參政) groups. She was also a strict woman who did not want to spoil(溺愛) her daughter. Apparently_? Mitchell grew up listening to stories about the battles the Confederate Army had fought there during the American Civil War. At the same time the awareness of women's rights formed in her mind at a young age. Later, she used these tales as inspiration for her famous novel.

  At the age of 22 ，Mitchell began a career as a journalist, but an ankle injury forced her to rest at home. By that time she had married and started to work on her novel, which took ten years to complete. When a traveling book editor visited Atlanta in search of new material, she unwillingly let him have a look at her manuscript(手稿) .Gone with the Wind was published when Mitchell was 36.

  Gone with the Wind is a clearly drawn tale of the American Southern life during and after the Civil War，which is told through the lives of two families，their relatives，friends and slaves. It centers on Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. It has been praised as the first novel to tell the story of the Civil War from a Southern woman's point of view. The effect Gone with the Wind had and still has on the world is immeasurable. With Gone With the Wind Margaret brought a promising message to all people "Tomorrow is another day". 

(   ) 1. We learn from the first paragraph that Gone with the Wind        .

   A.wasn't much of a success until the film adaptation was released

   B.was a great success both as a novel and a film

   C.was widely read only after 1939

   D.wasn't an immediate success as a film

(   ) 2. What do we know about Margaret Mitchell's mother?

   A.She held a position in the government office.

   B.She had a good knowledge of history.

   C.She was very strict with Margaret Mitchell.

   D.She had no interest in politics.

(   ) 3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Margaret Mitchell        .

   A.was positively influenced by her family background

   B.didn't have a happy childhood

   C.had the idea of writing a great novel at a young age

   D.was taught at home by her parents

(   ) 4. What can we infer from the passage?

   A.Gone with the Wind didn't attract the traveling book editor.

   B.Mitchell had always wanted her novel to be published.

   C.Mitchell began to write novels before she got married.

   D.Gone with the Wind was published thanks to the traveling book editor.

Answer 1

1—4 BCAD 

A文章介紹美國名著《飄》的作者以及作品的影響力。

1.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第一段說明，《飄》的小說為作者贏得了普利策獎(jiǎng)，而電影改編劇本又獲得多項(xiàng)奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)。

2.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段可知，Malg-aret Mitchell的母親不想慣壞女兒，所以對(duì)她要求非常嚴(yán)格。

3.A推理判斷題。通讀第二段可知，Margaret Mitchell的父親和母親給予她不同的影響，家庭的熏陶為她以后的寫作提供了靈感。

4.D推理判斷題。文章第三段說明，當(dāng)一位圖書編輯來訪時(shí)，Margaret Mitchell不情愿地拿給他看自己的作品，才使其得以發(fā)表。故推知，這位圖書編輯在作品的發(fā)表中起了很大作用。

B—位德國神話式的"森林男孩"在德國首都以南的森林中度過了 5年。在父親死亡后，男孩埋葬了父親。之后，他向北行走14天來到了德國的首都。