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11．Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta，Georgia，in 1900．Her father was a lawyer and the president of the Atlanta Historical Society，and her mother was a suffragette （a woman in support of extending the right to vote，especially to women） and an advocate of women's rights in general．Mitchell grew up listening to stories about Atlanta during the Civil War，stories often told by people who had lived through the war．Mitchell attended Smith College，a women's college in Northampton，Massachusetts．In 1919，she returned to Atlanta and began to live a lifestyle considered wild by the standards of the 1920s．After a disastrous first marriage，Mitchell began a career as a journalist and married an advertising executive named John Robert Marsh．In 1926，encouraged by her husband，Mitchell began to write the novel that would become Gone with the Wind．She went through nine complete drafts of the thousand-page work，setting an epic romance against the Civil War background she knew so well．In the first eight drafts，the protagonist （主角） was called Prissy Hamilton，not Scarlett O'Hara （as the character was renamed in the final draft）．
Gone with the Wind differs from most Civil War novels by glorifying the South and uglifying the North．Other popular novels about the Civil War，such as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage，are told from a Northern perspective and tend to exalt （頌揚(yáng)） the North's values．Mitchell's novel is unique also for its portrayal of a strong-willed，independent woman，Scarlett O'Hara，who shares many characteristics with Mitchell herself．Mitchell frequently rejected convention，divorcing her first husband and pursuing a career in journalism despite the disapproval of society．
Female Intelligence and Capability are highlighted by Mitchell in the novel Gone with the Wind．Despite the severe gender inequality of their time，women in the novel show strength and intelligence that equals or bests the strength and intelligence of men．Scarlett is tricky，and manipulates men with ease．She runs Tara when her father falls ill，and eventually realizes that she has a better head for business than most men．She becomes a very successful mill owner，running every aspect of the business and putting her weak，incompetent husband to shame．Melanie，although she is a subdued （悶悶不樂(lè)的） figure，exhibits increasing strength as the novel progresses，and she eventually emerges as the novel's strongest female character．She provides much of Scarlett's strength，although Scarlett realizes this only at the end of the novel．Melanie also protects Ashley from the world he cannot face．Despite her humble means，she single-handedly facilitates （促進(jìn)） the restoration of Atlanta society．Old Miss Fontaine and Ellen also demonstrate strength and intelligence．Both women act as head of the family，and the narrator describes Ellen as the true mind and strength behind Tara．
Gone with the Wind was published in 1936，ten years after Mitchell began writing it．A smash success upon publication，Gone with the Wind became-and remains even now-one of the best-selling novels of all time．It received the 1937 Pulitzer Prize．In the late 1930s a film version of the novel was planned，and David O．Selznick's nationwide search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara captivated the nation's attention．The resulting film starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable as Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler，and it quickly became one of the most popular motion pictures of all time．
 Mitchell was less than thrilled by the sweeping popularity of her work．She found the spotlight uncomfortable and grew exhausted and ill．Gone with the Wind is her only novel，though she continued to write nonfiction．Mitchell volunteered extensively during World War II and seemed to regain her strength．In 1949 a car struck and killed Mitchell while she was crossing Peachtree Street in Atlanta．
Many critics question the literary merit and outdated racial attitude towards Gone with the Wind．Some consider the novel unattractive，partly because women of Mitchell's time rarely received credit for serious literary fiction and partly because the novel features a romance along with its historical plot．Both blacks and whites have harshly criticized Mitchell's sympathetic depiction （描寫） of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan and her racist depiction of blacks．The novel is most valuable if read with an understanding of three historical contexts：our own，Mitchell's，and Scarlett's．
66．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？A
A．Mitchell was well-educated at that time．
B．The novel Gone with the Wind is set in America after the Civil War．
C．Mitchell lived a conventional life in the 1920s．
D．The racial attitude towards Gone with the Wind is outdated．
67．How does Mitchell's novel differ from most Civil War novels？C
A．The main character shares many characteristics with Mitchell herself．
B．Mitchell's theme deals with the Civil War．
C．The South is praised while the North attacked in Mitchell's novel．
D．Mitchell's novel is told from a Northern perspective．
68．The author mentions some characters like Melanie in Paragraph 3 to indicate thatC
A．the severe gender inequality of the time
B．Melanie is the strongest woman in the novel
C．female strength and intelligence are valued in the novel
D．they provide much of Scarlett's strength
69．The underlined word"manipulates"is closest in meaning toB．
A．provides       B．handles       C．a(chǎn)voids       D．trusts
70．The author writes the passage mainly toD．
A．a(chǎn)nalyze the characters in Gone with the Wind
B．inform readers of Mitchell's success and some criticism of her novel Gone with the Wind
C．prove the popularity of Gone with the Wind
D．provide some information about Mitchell and her novel Gone with the Wind．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了Margaret Mitchell的生平故事，同時(shí)也介紹了她的著名小說(shuō)《飄》．文章首先講述了Margaret Mitchell 的家庭背景，受教育情況以及后來(lái)她如何創(chuàng)作了小說(shuō)《飄》；文中還講到了小說(shuō)《飄》與其它內(nèi)戰(zhàn)小說(shuō)的不同之處，它所塑造的女性的性格特點(diǎn)，它所取得的成就以及后來(lái)的一些人對(duì)它的評(píng)價(jià)等．

解答 答案：
66．A    細(xì)節(jié)判斷題      根據(jù)第一段"Mitchell grew up listening to stories about Atlanta during the Civil War，…Mitchell attended Smith College，a women's college in Northampton，Massachusetts"Mitchell從小就聽關(guān)于內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間亞特蘭大的故事…；Mitchell就讀于馬薩諸塞州史密斯大學(xué)的北安女子學(xué)院；由此可知，她接受過(guò)良好的教育；故選A；
67．C    細(xì)節(jié)理解題      根據(jù)第二段"Gone with the Wind differs from most Civil War novels by glorifying the South and uglifying the North．《飄》不同于大多數(shù)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)小說(shuō)，它主要是通過(guò)歌頌?zāi)喜�，丑化北方展開描寫的"可知，"The South is praised while the North attacked in Mitchell's novel"符合文意；故選C；
68．C    內(nèi)容歸納題     通讀第三段可知，本段主要介紹了Mitchell的小說(shuō)《飄》塑造的女性的性格特點(diǎn)即："women in the novel show strength and intelligence that equals or bests the strength and intelligence of men．小說(shuō)中展現(xiàn)的女人的力量和智慧，等于或超過(guò)了男人的力量和智慧"；故選C；
69．B    細(xì)節(jié)推理題     由于第三段主要介紹了Mitchell的小說(shuō)《飄》所塑造的女性具有非凡的力量和智慧，以及根據(jù)"Scarlett is tricky，and manipulates men with ease．"Scarlett很狡猾，可推測(cè)出此處的意思應(yīng)是：她可以輕易地對(duì)付男人；"manipulate"應(yīng)是"對(duì)付"的意思；故選B；
70．D    主旨大意題     通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了小說(shuō)《飄》的作者M(jìn)argaret Mitchell，該小說(shuō)的內(nèi)容，取得的成就以及后來(lái)的一些人對(duì)它的評(píng)價(jià)等；故選D．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文主要介紹了美國(guó)小說(shuō)《飄》以及它的作者M(jìn)argaret Mitchell 的故事．由于本文篇幅比較長(zhǎng)，因此在概括文章大意時(shí)，可以首先找到每一段的中心句或概括出本段的段落大意，以便理解全文；其次結(jié)合后面的問(wèn)題，在文中相應(yīng)位置通過(guò)細(xì)節(jié)閱讀或概括大意，找到答案．