题目内容
8．Harper Lee，whose 1961novel To Kill a Mockingbird on the racial troubles of the American deep south，has died at the age of 89．Until last year，Lee had been something of a one-book literary legend．To Kill a Mockingbird sold more than 40million copies around the world and earned her a Pulitzer prize，remaining a towering presence in American literature．Another novel，Go Set a Watchman，was controversially published in July 2015as a"sequel"to Mockingbird，though it was later confirmed to be Mockingbird's first draft．
But from the moment Mockingbird was published to almost instant success，the author consistently avoided public attention．Lee had lived for several years in a nursing home near the house in which she had grown up in Monroeville，Alabama-the setting for Maycomb of her famous book．Her neighbor for 40years，Sue Sellers，said，"She was such a private person．All she wanted was privacy，but she didn't get much．There was always somebody following her around．"
James Naughtie，BBC Books Editor，commented on the novels of Harper Lee："I think she stands，particularly among American readers，as someone who shone a light into a very dark place．She was writing at a time when people were beginning to lift the lid on everything in the South which they'd chosen not to understand．That all changed in the 1960s．So I think her status for writing that book in its extraordinarily direct way will remain．"
24．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2probably mean？C
A．Lee became successful with stories on American south．
B．People owe Lee's success to luck to some degree．
C．Mockingbird makes Lee a wonder in American literature．
D．Mockingbird was a bestseller by selling 40m copies．
25．What does"Maycomb"in Paragraph 3probably refer to？C
A．A nursing home．
B．Lee's hometown．
C．A fictional place．
D．A main character．
26．Which best describes Americans'attitude towards racial troubles before the 1960s？B
A．Tolerant．
B．Unconcerned．
C．Sympathetic．
D．Dissatisfied．
27．What can we learn from the text？C
A．Lee based all her stories on her life．
B．Lee had to avoid being followed by her fans．
C．Lee wrote Go Set A Watchman before Mockingbird．
D．Lee lived in the house where she grew up for the whole life．
分析 《杀死一只知更鸟》在全世界范围内共卖了四千万册，并且获得了普利策奖，成为了美国文学史上的灯塔，该书让 Lee 成为了美国文坛上的一个传奇．
解答 CCBC
24．C 推断题．由文章第二段第二句"To Kill a Mockingbird sold more than 40 million copies around the world and earned her a Pulitzer prize，remaining a towering presence in American literature"可知，《杀死一只知更鸟》在全世界范围内共卖了四千万册，并且获得了普利策奖，成为了美国文学史上的灯塔．由此可推知，该书让 Lee 成为了美国文坛上的一个传奇．故正确答案为C．
25．C 推断题．A项，意为"一家疗养院"；B项，意为"Lee 的家乡"；C项，意为"一个虚构的地方"；D项，意为"一个主要的角色"．结合文章第三段第二句"she had grown up in Monroeville，Alabama-the setting for Maycomb of her famous book"可知，Lee 在 Monroeville 长大，这个城市也是在她的著作中的 Maycomb 的原形．故可以推测，Maycomb 是 Lee 著作中的一个虚构的城市．故C项正确．
故正确答案为C．
26．B 推断题．由文章最后一段第二句"She was writing at a time when people were beginning to lift the lid on everything in the South which they'd chosen not to understand"可知，当 Lee 在写《杀死一只知更鸟》的时候，正是人们开始关注在南方发生一切事情的时候，以前他们选择不去理解．由此可以推断，之前人们对于南方的种族问题选择性的忽视，体现出了人们对于南方种族问题的漠不关心．tolerant 意为"容忍的"，sympathetic 意为"表示同情的"，dissatisfied 意为"不满意的"，均不符合文意．故正确答案为B．
27．C 细节题．A项，意为"Lee 所有的作品都是基于她的生活"，文章未提及，故A项错误；B项，意为"Lee 不得不避免被她的粉丝跟踪"，文章未提及，故B项错误；
C项，意为"《设立守望者》是在《杀死一只知更鸟》之前写完的"，由文章第二段最后一句话"it was later confirmed to be Mockingbird first draft"可知，之后，《设立守望者》被证实是《杀死一只知更鸟》的初稿．故C项正确；D项，意为"Lee 一辈子都生活在她长大的房子里"，由文章第三段第二句"Lee had lived for several years in a nursing home near the house in which she had grown up"可知，首先她没有住在她长大的房子里，而是那所房子附近的一家疗养院里，而且她只在那个地方住了几年，并不是一生．故D项错误．故正确答案为C．
点评 做阅读时经常犯错的主要原因是，仅凭读过文章后残留在脑海中的一丝印象来勾选答案，这样便很容易掉入出题人故意设布下的题目陷阱．所谓阅读理解，对于题目的理解一定要忠实于原文，因此，每一道题都应该与原文作全面的对比与核查，再得出答案．也就是说，阅读理解的每一道题目，在原文都应该有明确的出处，我们把这一出处叫做原文相关句，（1）排除与原文相关句主题不一致的选项（2）排除与原文相关句态度相反的选项 （3）排除用于过于极端或负面的选项（4）注意结合文章主旨和主题去排除．
