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【題目】The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.

Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as ‘Would you really marry a woman who works?’ And today it’d be ‘Would you marry one who doesn’t?’ ”

The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump ” .

Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

【1】The book Gone with the Wind was _________.

A. first published on a newspaper B. awarded ten Academy Awards

C. written in “The Dump” D. adapted from a movie

【2】The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. be very pleased with B. show great respect for

C. be much taller than D. show little interest in

【3】Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?

A. Because she was rich enough. B. Because she was injured then.

C. Because her husband didn’t like it. D. Because she wanted to write books.

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.

B. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.

C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.

D. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】這是一篇介紹說(shuō)明類文章。本文通過(guò)作者對(duì)《亂世佳人》作者Margaret Mitchell故居的參觀，講述了Margaret Mitchell生前的相關(guān)事跡。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的“Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life”和倒數(shù)第二段中的“They made fun of the small apartment by calling it ‘The Dump’”可知， Margaret Mitchell是在其故居中寫的Gone with wind，而Margaret Mitchell將其戲稱為The Dump，故可推知C選項(xiàng)切題。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。由第二段中的“She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself”可知，Margaret Mitchell只有大約1.5米高，（照片上）的年輕人比她高，但是她看上去非�？鞓�(lè)，非常自信。故該畫線部分的意思為“比……高”，故B選項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的“She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child”和最后一段中的“Around 1926...was at home healing after an injury...She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success”可知，Margaret Mitchell小時(shí)候就開(kāi)始寫故事。她26歲受傷后在家休養(yǎng)期間，閱讀了很多書(shū)之后，然后寫了Gone with wind。故結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，Margaret Mitchell成年后還對(duì)寫作有很大的興趣。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

【4】標(biāo)題歸納題。本文通過(guò)作者對(duì)《亂世佳人》作者Margaret Mitchell故居的參觀，講述了Margaret Mitchell生前的相關(guān)事跡。故D選項(xiàng)最適合做該文標(biāo)題。

【名師點(diǎn)撥】細(xì)節(jié)理解題主要針對(duì)文章中的某個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行考查。比較簡(jiǎn)單的細(xì)節(jié)理解題直接就可以在原文找到答案，有的甚至是原文原話。較難的細(xì)節(jié)理解題往往會(huì)對(duì)題干或者選項(xiàng)中的詞匯做一些同義，反義，近義詞，句式等的轉(zhuǎn)換。這對(duì)學(xué)生的理解能力提出了較高的要求。同學(xué)們?cè)诖祟愵}中，一定要抓住事件發(fā)生的時(shí)間，地點(diǎn)，發(fā)展過(guò)程或者結(jié)局等環(huán)節(jié)，所選答案一定要符合原文，切不可望文生義。例如，第1小題中，A選項(xiàng)：文中沒(méi)有被提到；B選項(xiàng)：由這本書(shū)改變的電影贏得了奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)，并非這本書(shū)贏得該獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)；C選項(xiàng)：Margaret Mitchell故居就是她居住的地方，也就是她當(dāng)初寫作的地方。她把他們居住的房子戲稱為“The Dump”.故此項(xiàng)正確；D選項(xiàng)：電影改編自這本書(shū)，而非書(shū)本改編自電影。