Brief  Introduction

(Adeline) Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."

Main  body

My dear,

'Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.

I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been...........................from the last letter of virginia woolf

1.According to the first paragraph we can infer that            

A. During the interwar period,virginia woolf was important for London people.

B.She has been living for 55 years

C.Her first the novels Mrs Dalloway in 1925

D.She regarded as one of the foremost romanticism literary figures of the twentieth century

2.what is form of The main body?

A.letter of resignation                        B.Letter of condolence

C.Letter of suicide                           D.Letters of Apologies ;

3.Where can I see this article?

A.newspaper         B. biography

C. German Literature     D.television

4.According to the main body, which of the following is not the reason of her Dutch act(自殺)?

A. She can't go on spoiling your life any longer

B. I feel certain I am going mad again

C. She cannot bear her husband's interference

D. The approach of war makes her psychological problems aggravated

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文介紹了著名作家弗吉尼亞·伍爾夫的生平,著作,評(píng)價(jià)及她的一封絕筆信。在信中,她感激丈夫?qū)λ龅囊磺。但是由于自己無(wú)法再忍受戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)可怕的時(shí)刻,自己要瘋了,所以她決定不能再破壞丈夫的幸福生活,打算結(jié)束自己的生命。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society在兩次世界大戰(zhàn)期間,在倫敦文學(xué)社會(huì)伍爾夫是一個(gè)重要的人物。A項(xiàng)正確。第一段的25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 可知她活到59歲,B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù) Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway 可知the novels Mrs Dalloway 是她最著名的作品,C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù) regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century可知她被認(rèn)為是20世紀(jì)最重要的現(xiàn)代主義文學(xué)的一個(gè)重要人物。故D錯(cuò)誤。因此選A。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后的from the last letter of virginia woolf來(lái)自弗吉尼亞·伍爾夫的最后一封信,可知她打算自殺。故選C。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的'Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again可知這封信是以第一人稱來(lái)寫的,應(yīng)屬自傳類型的。故選B。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.我不能再破壞你的生活,排除A項(xiàng)。從I feel certain I am going mad again.我確定自己要瘋了。排除B項(xiàng)。從I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times.我感覺(jué)我無(wú)法再忍受這樣可怕的時(shí)刻。排除D項(xiàng)。I owe all the happiness of my life to you我所有的幸福都來(lái)自你,都是你帶給我的。她感激她的丈夫。故選C。

考點(diǎn):人物傳記類短文閱讀。

 

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