题目内容
18.Arthur Miller (1915-2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary,drawn like so many others by the"Great American Dream".However,he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Miller's most famous play,Death of a Salesman,is a powerful attack on the American system,with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth.In Willy Loman,the hero of the play,we see a man who has got into trouble with this system.Willy is"burnt out"and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment:if he can't do the work,then he is no good to his employer,the Wagner Company,and he must go.Willy is painfully aware of this,and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949,the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews,and it won the Tony Award for Best Play,the New York Drama Critics'Circle Award,and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury,Connecticut,on the evening of February 10,2005,the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
21.Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?C
A.He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B.He hoped to make his son a dramatist
C..He was attracted by the"Great American Dream."
D.His family business failed
22.The play Death of a SalesmanB.
A.discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
B.exposes the cruelty of the American business world
C.talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D.focuses on the skills in doing business
23.After it was first staged,Death of a SalesmanB.
A.won the first Tony Award
B.achieved huge success
C.was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D.was severely attacked by dramatists.
分析 文章介绍了剧作家Arthur Miller和他最有名的作品Death of a Salesman《推销员之死》.
解答 21.C 细节理解题.根据文章第一段的Miller′s father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary.Drawn like so many other by the"Great American Dream"可以得出答案 C.
22.B 推理判断题.Willy Loman是作品Death of a Saleman的主人公,由文章第二段的内容:we see a man who has got into trouble with this system.Willy is"burnt out"and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment:if he can't do the work,then he is no good to his employer,the Wagner Company,and he must go.Willy is painfully aware of this,and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.得知,Willy Loman是美国社会制度的受害者,故选B.
23.B 根据文章第三段 When it was first staged in 1949,the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews,and it won the Tony Award for Best Play,可知当Death of a Saleman第一次放映的时候就取得了巨大的成功,故选B.
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读理解,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.
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