"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood. The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood. And worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book Angela's Ashes, released in 1996.
This Irish American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Angela's Ashes that recorded his poor upbringing, died of cancer on Sunday, The New York Times reported. He was 78.
Born in New York City, he was the eldest of the seven children born to Irish immigrant parents. Angela's Ashes was a memoir(回憶錄)that captured an irresponsible, drunkard(酒鬼)father with a gift for story-telling. When not drunk, his father was absent, turning his back on a family so poor, McCourt wrote, that they were reduced to burning the furniture in their rented hut to keep warm. His mother struggled to raise her many children after his father left the family.
In Angela's Ashes, he wrote of hunger, a home flooded with rainwater and the unbearable humiliation(恥辱)of seeking handouts from charities in the Irish city. But he told the story in a way that is expressive, warm and light-hearted.
Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of 19 to return to New York City where he was born. He earned a degree in English education and taught creative writing for nearly thirty years. After retiring in 1987, he decided to write about his childhood. "Angela's Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors. Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle.
小題1:In the first paragraph, by saying "The happy childhood is hardly worth your while", the writer really means that ________.
A．a(chǎn) lot of readers don't deserve happy childhood
B．his childhood is not worth of others' sympathy
C．his childhood is mixed with happiness and misery
D．smooth childhood surely will not draw readers' attention
小題2:From the passage, we know Frank McCourt's father is ________.
A．humorous and trustworthy
B．a(chǎn)lcohol-addicted but loves his family
C．poor but warm-hearted
D．irresponsible but gifted in telling stories
小題3:Which of the statements about the book “Angela’s Ashes” is right?
A．This book is intended to show respect to McCourt’s father.
B．The author wrote the book in a sad and serious tone(語調(diào)).
C．The book enjoyed great popularity after it came out.
D．The author got two awards because of the book.
小題4: What's the text mainly about?
A．A brief introduction to Frank McCourt and one of his works.
B．A literary review(評論) on Frank McCourt's book.
C．An account of Frank McCourt's miserable childhood.
D．A comment on Frank McCourt's life experience.

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：這篇文章主要介紹了著名作家的家庭和不幸的童年生活以及他的文學(xué)創(chuàng)造和文學(xué)成就，中間穿插介紹了他的暢銷書"Angela's Ashes"。
小題1:句意理解題：從第一段的內(nèi)容：The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. 可知這句話是寫在他的自傳體小說的開頭的，意味著順利的童年不會(huì)吸引讀者的注意力的，選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Angela's Ashes was a memoir(回憶錄)that captured an irresponsible, drunkard(酒鬼)father with a gift for story-telling. 可知Frank McCourt'的爸爸是不負(fù)責(zé)任的，但是擅長講故事，選D。
小題3:推理題：從最后一段的句子："Angela's Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors. Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. 可知"Angela's Ashes"一出版就大受歡迎，選C。
小題4:主旨題：縱觀全文可知這篇文章主要介紹了著名作家的不幸的童年生活和他的文學(xué)創(chuàng)造和文學(xué)成就，中間穿插介紹了他的暢銷書"Angela's Ashes" ，選A
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B．taking acting parts in stage shows
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B．He refused to accept Michael because he had no talent for sports.
C．He decided to accept Michael though he was unwilling to do so.
D．He agreed to accept Michael because he was moved by his determination.
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D．He became strong both in friendly relations and in body.
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David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels（普通成績）and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose ￡35,000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week as he lives with his parents. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school, ” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway. I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement(退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
小題1:Why is David so different from other young people of his age?
A．He earns an extremely high payment
B．He has got a job.
C．He lives at home with his parents.
D．He does not go out much.
小題2:David’s greatest problem is that______.
A．he can’t be treated as an adult by the bank.
B．he doesn’t make as many games as he wishes.
C．he doesn’t know what to buy with the money.
D．he is too young to drive a car.
小題3:He was employed by the company because ____.
A．he had worked in a computer shop.
B．he had written some computer programs.
C．he is clever and works hard at his lessons.
D．he had learnt to use computers at school.
小題4:He left school after taking six O-levels because____.
A．he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
B．he did not enjoy school.
C．he wanted to work with computers.
D．he wanted to earn a lot of money.
小題5:Why does David think he might retire early?
A．He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
B．He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C．One has to be young to write computer programs.
D．He thinks his firm might close down.

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