题目内容
12．Danielle Steel，America's sweetheart，is one of the hardest working women in the book business．Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time，she can work on up to five．Her research before writing takes at least three years．Once she has fully studied her subjects，ready to dive into the book，she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk．Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education．After graduation，she worked in the public relations and advertising industries．Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for．Her achievements are unbelievable：390 million copies of books in print，nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels，and a series of"Max and Martha"picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death，new babies and new schools．Her 1998 book about the death of her work shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out．Twenty-eight of her books had been made into films．She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381weeks straight．
Not content with a big house，a loving family，and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge．Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail．While she is often compared to the heroines of her own invention，her life is undoubtedly much quieter．But，if she does have anything in common with them，it is her strength of will and her inimitable （独特的）style．There is only one Danielle Steel．
25．Danielle Steel is different from other writers in thatA．
A．she can write several books at the same time
B．she often does some research before writing a book
C．she is one of the most popular American women writers
D．she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break
26．Children who have read"Max and Martha"picture books may knowC．
A．how to deal with affairs at school
B．what to do if Max and Martha die
C．what to do when new babies are born into their families
D．how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes
27．One of Danielle Steel's achievements is thatC．
A．some TV plays were based on her books
B．her picture books attracted a lot of young men
C．one of her books became a best-seller in 1998
D．she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records
28．We can learn from the passage that Danielle SteelB．
A．lives an exciting life
B．values her readers a lot
C．writes about quiet women
D．is pleased with her achievements．
分析 本文所以记叙文阅读，作者在这篇文章中向我们介绍了一位美国最杰出的女作家，她的出类拔萃在于两方面：其一是她出的书多，其二她的意志坚强及她的写作风格都是与众不同的，因而她受到了美国人的爱戴．
解答 25．A 细节理解题．根据第一段Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time，she can work on up to five．她和其他高产作家不同的是她可以同时写几本书，故选A．
26．C 细节理解题．根据第二段and a series of"Max and Martha"picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death，new babies and new schools．可知为孩子们写的"Max and Martha''故事书的目的是帮助他们解决现实生活中有关死，新的生命及新学校问题，说明读了此书就该知道家里一旦有新的生命诞生如何去做，故选C．
27．C 细节理解题．根据第二段Her 1998book about the death of her work shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out．可知她的一本书在1998年成为最畅销的书，故选C．
28．B 推理判断题．根据最后一段Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail．可知Danielle Steel认为她的读者是最重要的资源，她一直和他们通过e-mail保持联系，可见她非常重视她的读者，故选B．
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
