题目内容
November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated(期待) eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men:Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992. But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award.
Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy() of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, Love is the third volume of a literary master’s trilogy(三部曲)investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved(1988), which deals with a black mother’s love under slavery and in freedom. Jazzy(1993), the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and 50s.
The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey’s Hotel and Resort in Silk,
The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as “Morrison’s most accessible work since Song of Solomon.” This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was an effective selling point.
61. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Toni Morrison’s latest novels
B. Toni Morrison and her trilogy
C. Toni Morrison and her novel Love
D. Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner
62. What can we learn about John Steinbeck?
A. He was a black writer.
B. He was born in
C. He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison
D. He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel
63. The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both _____.
A. belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved
B. concern families of more than one generation
C. deal with life of blacks under slavery
D. investigate life in 1920s Harlem
64. The novel Love mainly describes ______.
A. the best-known vacation spot for blacks
B. the life of an outstanding black family under slavery
C. the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem
D. the memories of five women about Bill Cosey
这是一篇说明文，主要介绍女作家Toni Morrison和她的文学代表作三部曲。
61．C．
解析：主旨大意题。第一节简要介绍了Toni Morrison，第二节介绍了她的三部曲，最后两节介绍了三部曲中的最后一部：Love.由此可见须选C。
62．B.
解析：推理题。依据第一节中：But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner…received the award.能推断得出她是出生在美国的作家而且先于Toni Morrison获得了诺贝尔奖。
63. B.
解析： 词义推测。根据构词法以及后文中的…legacy of an outstanding black family.
64.D．
解析：主旨大意题。依据第三节中的The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey和We got to know…,and a homeless young girl.
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Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a（n） 1 thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll
be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is coming to a theater near you this month.
Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And 2 is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in common.
Winter lost her 3 when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to 4__ crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a 5 life. 6 , when she was 2 a tumor（肿瘤）on her foot 7 her leg.
Now, both Winter and Isabel 8 artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.
In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to 9 Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium（水族馆）where Winter has lived since she was 10 from that trap.
According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also 11 artificial limbs for people.
He and Isabel 12 met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the 13 where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the 14 that had troubled her for years. 15__ Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian （兽医）, he decided to set up the meeting.
She 16 people who’ve lost limbs by 17 them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball, 18 karate competition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.
And she no longer feels so 19 . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only 20 one. There are thousands more.”
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