13．F．Scott Fitzgerald，born on September 24，1896，an American novelist，was once a student of St．Paul Academy，the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while．In 1917he joined the army and was posted in Alabama，where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre．Then he had to make some money to impress her．
His life with her was full of great happiness，as he wrote in his diary"My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary．"
This side of paradise，his first novel，was published in 1920．Encouraged by its success，F(xiàn)itzgerald began to devote more time to his writing．Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned （1922），a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age （1922），and a play The Vegetable （1923）．But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby，published in 1925，which quick brought him praise from the literary world．Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（財政的） security（安全，保障）．Then，in 1926，he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men．
However，F(xiàn)itzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing．During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed．By 1930，his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic．During this period hecompleted novels Tender Is the Night in 1934and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940．While his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）．Sheila Graham，his dear friend，helped him fight his alcoholism．
28．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage？D
a．He became addicted to drinking．
b．He studied at St．Paul Academy．
c．He published his first novel This Side of Paradise
d．The Great Gatsby won high praise．
e．He failed to reorder his life．
f．He joined the army and met Zelda．
A．f-c-e-a-b-d
B．b-e-a-f-c-d
C．f-d-e-c-b-a
D．b-f-c-d-e-a
29．We can infer from he passage that FitzgeraldC．
A．had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B．was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C．would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down
D．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
30．The passage is probably followed by a concluding（總結(jié)的） paragraph aboutB．
A．Zelda's personal life
B．Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world
C．Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham
D．Zelda's illness and treatment．
分析 文章是一篇個人的生平事跡的講述，講述了美國著名小說家菲茨杰拉德的故事，菲茨杰拉德和妻子的生活非常幸福，因此他在自己的日記中寫了他和妻子的幸福生活．1920年，他的第一本小說出版，這次的小說出版讓他感到了成功，給了菲茨杰拉德信心，于是他再一次開始了他的寫作，他的小說The Great Gatsby在1925年出版了，并獲得了世界文學(xué)獎．后來，他和他妻子出現(xiàn)了問題，并影響了他的寫作，他和他的妻子離婚后，他開始染上酒精，最后，他的朋友Sheila Graham希望他能夠戒掉酗酒．
解答 28．D 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章發(fā)展地時間順序可以知道，他先在St．Paul學(xué)院讀書，再加入軍隊并遇到了他的妻子，接著他出版了第一部小說，然后贏得The Great Gatsby獎，最后他和妻子的關(guān)系破裂，他開始酗酒，故選D項．
29．C 推理判斷題，文章最后一段寫Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing，he got totally addicted to alcohol他和他的妻子關(guān)系破裂之后，他的寫作受到了影響，并喜歡酗酒．可以推測出，如果他和他的妻子關(guān)系沒有破裂，他可能會有更多的作品，故選C項．
30．B 寫作結(jié)構(gòu)題，本文主要寫了F．Scott Fitzgerald在寫作上的成就，在敘述他的成就的同時，把他的生活和妻子也聯(lián)系了起來；最后一段寫的是朋友幫助他戒酒，可以推斷出后面要寫的應(yīng)該是他對文學(xué)的貢獻，符合總分總的人物傳記寫作結(jié)構(gòu)．故選B項．
點評 文章講述了F．Scott Fitzgerald的故事，主要講述了他寫作的成就，試題考查了細節(jié)題，推理題和主旨題，細節(jié)題側(cè)重對文章細節(jié)的理解，在解題時要注意題干細節(jié)和文章內(nèi)容是否有出入，推理題要在文章中找到推理的依據(jù)，不是憑空猜測，常用方法是對文章中已知信息進行合理解釋，主旨題側(cè)重對文章內(nèi)容的理解和概括，在解題時要注意題目答案是否對文章內(nèi)容進行了準確的概括．
