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【題目】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 1917 he 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 approached such joy that I could not 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 Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)，and a play The Vegetable(1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to record his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic.During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

【1】How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

A. 5.

B. 6.

C．7.

D．8.

【2】Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

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 reord 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

【3】We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald________．

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

【4】The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about________．

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 A

【2】 D

【3】 C

【4】 D

【解析】【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段的第一、三、四句話以及第四段的第四句話可知文中一共提到了他寫的五部小說，注意題干中問的是novels的數(shù)量。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。這是對(duì)文章細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行排序的題目，依據(jù)文章中事件的發(fā)生順序可以得出答案為D項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。從文章最后一段第一句話可知他妻子的病情影響了他的寫作，所以選項(xiàng)C符合題意，即如果他妻子不得病的話他本可以寫出更多的作品。

【4】推理判斷題。這是一篇介紹一個(gè)作家的生平的文章，較多地涉及了他的一些作品，D項(xiàng)是說Fitzgerald對(duì)文學(xué)界的貢獻(xiàn)的，與文章的主題緊密相關(guān)，其他選項(xiàng)則與他的作家身份無關(guān)，脫離了主題。所以答案為D項(xiàng)。