题目内容
【题目】F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24，1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while.In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama，where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary, “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could not share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success，Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing.Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)，and a play The Vegetable(1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to record his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic.During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
【1】How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?
A. 5.
B. 6.
C．7.
D．8.
【2】Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a．He became addicted to drinking.
b．He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c．He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d．The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reord his life.
f．He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f，c，e，a，b，d
B. b，e，a，f，c，d
C. f，d，e，c，b，a
D. b，f，c，d，e，a
【3】We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald________．
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
【4】The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about________．
A. Zelda’s personal life
B. Zelda’s illness and treatment
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world
【答案】【1】 A
【2】 D
【3】 C
【4】 D
【解析】【1】细节理解题。从第三段的第一、三、四句话以及第四段的第四句话可知文中一共提到了他写的五部小说，注意题干中问的是novels的数量。
【2】细节理解题。这是对文章细节进行排序的题目，依据文章中事件的发生顺序可以得出答案为D项。
【3】推理判断题。从文章最后一段第一句话可知他妻子的病情影响了他的写作，所以选项C符合题意，即如果他妻子不得病的话他本可以写出更多的作品。
【4】推理判断题。这是一篇介绍一个作家的生平的文章，较多地涉及了他的一些作品，D项是说Fitzgerald对文学界的贡献的，与文章的主题紧密相关，其他选项则与他的作家身份无关，脱离了主题。所以答案为D项。
