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【题目】It’s hard to find Alice Munro in the media. Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight. On Dec 29, she still didn't seek the spotlight（聚光灯）when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times.

In Munro's eyes, ordinary lives always hide larger dramas. So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people. She often focuses on life in her hometown, a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with. She writes about the ordinary things in the village－fox forming, trees filled in the Ontario wilderness, poor country alcohol and long last illnesses. Above all, she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune. She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. These are ordinary people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic. Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.

Runaway, one of Munro’s representative works, is a good example of her writing style. One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark. The story slowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decided to flee. The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love. It is about lost children and lots of chances that we can all find in life. There is pain beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart.

Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor. On Oct. 10, 2013, the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the “master of the contemporary short story”.

【1】We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro_________.

A. didn't get on well with the media

B. remained modest though very successful

C. didn’t value the title of Women of the Year

D. was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize

【2】What makes Alice Munro’s stories fascinating according to the text?

A. Her writing techniques. B. The complicated plots.

C. The humorous language. D. Her rich imagination.

【3】What is the text mainly about?

A. Alice Munro and her hometown. B. The awards Alice Munro won.

C. Alice Munro and her writing style. D. Alice Munro’s literary life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】文章主要介绍了作家Alice Munro，她获得了2013年诺贝尔文学奖，却很少在媒体上露面。在写作方面，她从居住的小城镇中寻找素材，善于在平凡生活中发现不平凡的人和事。

【1】推理判断题。由第一段可知，Alice Munro这个作者，在得了诺贝尔奖后依然很少出现在聚光灯下， 甚至在登上时代杂志评选榜后没有在媒体上露面。由此可以判断出选项B，Alice Munro虽然很有名气，但仍很谦虚。

【2】推理判断题。A. Her writing techniques. 写作技巧 B. The complicated plots. 复杂的情节 C. The humorous language. 幽默的语言 D. Her rich imagination. 丰富的想象 题目是：Alice Munro的书因为什么而出类拔萃？第二段最后一句Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.意为“她精准的语言、对细节的挖掘和她叙事的逻辑让她的故事受欢迎。”这句话指向的是A，写作技巧。

【3】主旨大意题。文章主体部分，第2、3段，介绍了Alice Munro的写作取材、写作风格和手法，接着以Alice Munro的代表作为例，介绍了Alice Munro作品的主要内涵和特点。我们可以看出，文章用较大篇幅介绍Alice Munro的写作风格，因此应选C。