Question

Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity（逆境）. But it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage（勇氣）to try.

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at age 6. Her good friend-Sean became the first person to encourage her and help her build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer.

“He was the first person with whom I really discussed my serious ambition（志向） to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was bound to（注定）be a success at it, which meant much more to me than I ever told him at the time.”

Though there were many difficulties, Rowling continued her writing, particularly fantasy stories. But it wasn't until l990 that she first came up with the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls（回憶）, it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. To my great disappointment, I didn't have a pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details came up in my brain, and this thin, black-haired, bespectacled（戴眼鏡的）boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.”

That same year, her mother died after a ten-year fight with serious diseases, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter, but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.

During this time, Rowling was diagnosed with depression（診斷患有抑郁癥）. Unemployed, she finished her first novel in area cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. After being refused by l2 publishing houses, the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.

Now with seven books that have sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with her friend’s encouragement as well as her ambition to write.

1. Who believed J. K. Rowling was to be a good writer?

A．Her friend Sean.                        B．Her mother.

C．Her daughter.                          D．Her husband.

2.Rowling first came up with the idea about Harry Potter________.

A．a(chǎn)t the age of 6

B．on a train journey

C．a(chǎn)fter her mother's death

D．in her secondary school

3. She felt disappointed on the train because_________.

A．her train was delayed for four hours

B．she didn't have a pen with her

C．her mind suddenly went blank

D．no one would offer her help

4. It can be concluded from Paragraph 5 and 6 that Rowling is_________.

A．open-minded                          B．warm-hearted

C．good-natured                          D．strong-willed

5. The text mainly tells us_________.

A．a(chǎn)dversity makes a good novelist

B．the courage to try is a special ability

C．you can have a wonderful idea everywhere

D．encouragement helps one succeed

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了哈利波特的作者羅琳一生所遭遇到的不幸，她在母親去世，自己得了抑郁癥的情況下，在朋友的支持和理解下，完成了自己的哈利波特的小說的編寫，但是要出版這部小說又遇到了出版社的多次拒絕，最終在朋友的鼓勵和自己的堅持下，她成了歷史上收入最高的小說家。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Her good friend-Sean became the first person to encourage her and help her build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer. 在她的好朋友的鼓勵下，她從事寫作，故選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. 是在一次做火車時她突然想起哈利波特的故事，故選B。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)To my great disappointment, I didn't have a pen with me, 令她失望的是她沒有隨身帶著筆，故選B。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)當(dāng)時母親去世，自己又患上了抑郁癥，寫的小說多次遭到出版社的拒絕，而她依然不氣餒，故選D。

5.主旨大意題。根據(jù)it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage（勇氣）to try. 鼓勵能使人成功，故選D。

考點：人物傳記類短文閱讀。

點評：文章的主旨大意即是文章的中心思想。做閱讀理解題首先要明確文章的中心意思，只有明確了中心意思，那么做閱讀理解的試題才能做到游刃有余。閱讀理解的主旨大意題其實主要考查考生把握全文內(nèi)容或理解文章中心思想的能力以及分析歸納文章段落大意、重要情節(jié)、人物特征和寫作特點等方面的能力。文章的主旨大意明確了，若還具備分析長難句的能力，難的試題也會迎刃而解。