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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed(展现)herself as she did nowhere else.

After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate(巨头)Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing.After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it.Perhaps she hoped to find there some idea about how to live her own life.She became not less but more interested in reading.For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求)a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined.During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books.Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyer’s and Jose Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth.The book went on to become an international best-seller.She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传), Moonwalk.

Jacqueline may have been hired for name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth.Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself.In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.Her books are the autobiography she never wrote.Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor.However, few knew that she had achieved so much.

1.We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline _________

A.became fond of reading after working as an editor

B.was in charge of publishing 100 books

C.promoted her books through social relations

D.gained a lot from her career as an editor

2.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_________

A.Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady

B.Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor

C.Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather as First Lady

D.Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Jacqueline’s two marriages lasted more than 20 years

B.Jacqueline’s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited

C.Jacqueline’s own publishing firm was set up eventually

D.Jacqueline’s achievements were widely known.

4.The passage is mainly______________

A.a brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years

B.a brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences

C.an introduction of Jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor

D.an analysis of Jacqueline’s social relations in publishing

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇人物故事类的记叙文。文章主要介绍了Jacqueline在她的第二任丈夫去世后,听从了朋友的建议,开始从事编辑这一职业。Jacqueline独到的观点看法使她在出版行业取得了巨大的成功。

1.D。推理判断题。根据文章中的第三段:During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books.由此可推断,Jacqueline作为一个编辑,获得了很多。故选D

2.A。句意猜测题。根据文章内容的理解,Jacqueline作为一名编辑,取得了巨大的成功,她成功的负责过100多本图书的编辑出版工作,所以她作为第一夫人的光辉被她作为一名编辑的光环所遮挡。故选A

3.B。推理判断题。根据文章中的最后一段:Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself. 由此可推断,Jacqueline的观点和看法都反映在她编辑的图书里了。故选B

4.主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了Jacqueline从事的编辑这一职业。Jacqueline独到的观点看法使她在出版行业取得了巨大的成功,她成功的负责过100多本图书的编辑出版工作。故选A

考点:考查人物传记类阅读

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1.What can be the best title for this text?

A. How Hard Life Is for Box Boys B. Getting along with Customers

C. Why I Gave up My Job D. The Art of Taking Tips

2.From the second paragraph, we can infer that ________.

A. the writer didn't like the impersonal part of his job

B. with a name plate, people can easily start talking

C. Mr Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D. Irving was the writer's real name

3.The box boy refused to accept tips because ________.

A. customers only gave small tips

B. some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C. the store didn't allow the box boys to take tips

D. he didn't want to fight with the customers

4.The underlined phrase "put down" in the third paragraph probably means_______.

A. misunderstood B. defeated

C. hateful D. hurt

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1.The underlined part “sets great store by ” in paragraph 3 means___

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