8.Arthur Miller (1915-2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary,drawn like so many others by the"Great American Dream".However,he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Miller's most famous play,Death of a Salesman,is a powerful attack on the American system,with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth.In Willy Loman,the hero of the play,we see a man who has got into trouble with this system.Willy is"burnt out"and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment:if he can't do the work,then he is no good to his employer,the Wagner Company,and he must go.Willy is painfully aware of this,and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949,the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews,and it won the Tony Award for Best Play,the New York Drama Critics'Circle Award,and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury,Connecticut,on the evening of February 10,2005,the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
21.Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?B
A.He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B.He was attracted by the"Great American Dream."
C.He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D.His family business failed
22.The play Death of a SalesmanA.
A.exposes the cruelty of the American business world
B.discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C.talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D.focuses on the skills in doing business
23.After it was first staged,Death of a SalesmanA.
A.a(chǎn)chieved huge success
B.won the first Tony Award
C.was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D.was severely attacked by dramatists.

分析 本文是講述了阿瑟.密勒的生平經(jīng)歷及他的代表作Death of a Salesman的內(nèi)容及評(píng)價(jià).

解答 21.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.從第一段Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary,drawn like so many others by the"Great American Dream".可知米勒的父親已經(jīng)從奧地利遷往美國(guó),是和許多其他人一樣受"偉大的美國(guó)夢(mèng)"的驅(qū)使.故選B.
22.A 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題.從第二段Miller's most famous play,Death of a Salesman,is a powerful attack on the American system,with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth可知米勒寫(xiě)《推銷員之死》的目的是對(duì)美國(guó)制度的攻擊,因?yàn)槊绹?guó)商業(yè)制度的侵犯性和堅(jiān)持將金錢(qián)和社會(huì)地位作為價(jià)值的顯示.暴露了美國(guó)商業(yè)世界的殘酷.故選A.
23.A 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題.從第三段It was the first play to win all three of these major awards得知一上映便贏得許多獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng),因此獲得巨大成功.故選A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本篇閱讀較為簡(jiǎn)單.文章內(nèi)容,所出題目以及選項(xiàng)也較短,因此考生只要閱讀詳略結(jié)合,細(xì)心理解,就能快速得出正確答案.

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