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11．Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta，Georgia，in 1900．Her father was a lawyer and the president of the Atlanta Historical Society，and her mother was a suffragette （a woman in support of extending the right to vote，especially to women） and an advocate of women's rights in general．Mitchell grew up listening to stories about Atlanta during the Civil War，stories often told by people who had lived through the war．Mitchell attended Smith College，a women's college in Northampton，Massachusetts．In 1919，she returned to Atlanta and began to live a lifestyle considered wild by the standards of the 1920s．After a disastrous first marriage，Mitchell began a career as a journalist and married an advertising executive named John Robert Marsh．In 1926，encouraged by her husband，Mitchell began to write the novel that would become Gone with the Wind．She went through nine complete drafts of the thousand-page work，setting an epic romance against the Civil War background she knew so well．In the first eight drafts，the protagonist （主角） was called Prissy Hamilton，not Scarlett O'Hara （as the character was renamed in the final draft）．
Gone with the Wind differs from most Civil War novels by glorifying the South and uglifying the North．Other popular novels about the Civil War，such as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage，are told from a Northern perspective and tend to exalt （颂扬） the North's values．Mitchell's novel is unique also for its portrayal of a strong-willed，independent woman，Scarlett O'Hara，who shares many characteristics with Mitchell herself．Mitchell frequently rejected convention，divorcing her first husband and pursuing a career in journalism despite the disapproval of society．
Female Intelligence and Capability are highlighted by Mitchell in the novel Gone with the Wind．Despite the severe gender inequality of their time，women in the novel show strength and intelligence that equals or bests the strength and intelligence of men．Scarlett is tricky，and manipulates men with ease．She runs Tara when her father falls ill，and eventually realizes that she has a better head for business than most men．She becomes a very successful mill owner，running every aspect of the business and putting her weak，incompetent husband to shame．Melanie，although she is a subdued （闷闷不乐的） figure，exhibits increasing strength as the novel progresses，and she eventually emerges as the novel's strongest female character．She provides much of Scarlett's strength，although Scarlett realizes this only at the end of the novel．Melanie also protects Ashley from the world he cannot face．Despite her humble means，she single-handedly facilitates （促进） the restoration of Atlanta society．Old Miss Fontaine and Ellen also demonstrate strength and intelligence．Both women act as head of the family，and the narrator describes Ellen as the true mind and strength behind Tara．
Gone with the Wind was published in 1936，ten years after Mitchell began writing it．A smash success upon publication，Gone with the Wind became-and remains even now-one of the best-selling novels of all time．It received the 1937 Pulitzer Prize．In the late 1930s a film version of the novel was planned，and David O．Selznick's nationwide search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara captivated the nation's attention．The resulting film starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable as Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler，and it quickly became one of the most popular motion pictures of all time．
 Mitchell was less than thrilled by the sweeping popularity of her work．She found the spotlight uncomfortable and grew exhausted and ill．Gone with the Wind is her only novel，though she continued to write nonfiction．Mitchell volunteered extensively during World War II and seemed to regain her strength．In 1949 a car struck and killed Mitchell while she was crossing Peachtree Street in Atlanta．
Many critics question the literary merit and outdated racial attitude towards Gone with the Wind．Some consider the novel unattractive，partly because women of Mitchell's time rarely received credit for serious literary fiction and partly because the novel features a romance along with its historical plot．Both blacks and whites have harshly criticized Mitchell's sympathetic depiction （描写） of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan and her racist depiction of blacks．The novel is most valuable if read with an understanding of three historical contexts：our own，Mitchell's，and Scarlett's．
66．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？A
A．Mitchell was well-educated at that time．
B．The novel Gone with the Wind is set in America after the Civil War．
C．Mitchell lived a conventional life in the 1920s．
D．The racial attitude towards Gone with the Wind is outdated．
67．How does Mitchell's novel differ from most Civil War novels？C
A．The main character shares many characteristics with Mitchell herself．
B．Mitchell's theme deals with the Civil War．
C．The South is praised while the North attacked in Mitchell's novel．
D．Mitchell's novel is told from a Northern perspective．
68．The author mentions some characters like Melanie in Paragraph 3 to indicate thatC
A．the severe gender inequality of the time
B．Melanie is the strongest woman in the novel
C．female strength and intelligence are valued in the novel
D．they provide much of Scarlett's strength
69．The underlined word"manipulates"is closest in meaning toB．
A．provides       B．handles       C．avoids       D．trusts
70．The author writes the passage mainly toD．
A．analyze the characters in Gone with the Wind
B．inform readers of Mitchell's success and some criticism of her novel Gone with the Wind
C．prove the popularity of Gone with the Wind
D．provide some information about Mitchell and her novel Gone with the Wind．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述了Margaret Mitchell的生平故事，同时也介绍了她的著名小说《飘》．文章首先讲述了Margaret Mitchell 的家庭背景，受教育情况以及后来她如何创作了小说《飘》；文中还讲到了小说《飘》与其它内战小说的不同之处，它所塑造的女性的性格特点，它所取得的成就以及后来的一些人对它的评价等．

解答 答案：
66．A    细节判断题      根据第一段"Mitchell grew up listening to stories about Atlanta during the Civil War，…Mitchell attended Smith College，a women's college in Northampton，Massachusetts"Mitchell从小就听关于内战期间亚特兰大的故事…；Mitchell就读于马萨诸塞州史密斯大学的北安女子学院；由此可知，她接受过良好的教育；故选A；
67．C    细节理解题      根据第二段"Gone with the Wind differs from most Civil War novels by glorifying the South and uglifying the North．《飘》不同于大多数内战小说，它主要是通过歌颂南部，丑化北方展开描写的"可知，"The South is praised while the North attacked in Mitchell's novel"符合文意；故选C；
68．C    内容归纳题     通读第三段可知，本段主要介绍了Mitchell的小说《飘》塑造的女性的性格特点即："women in the novel show strength and intelligence that equals or bests the strength and intelligence of men．小说中展现的女人的力量和智慧，等于或超过了男人的力量和智慧"；故选C；
69．B    细节推理题     由于第三段主要介绍了Mitchell的小说《飘》所塑造的女性具有非凡的力量和智慧，以及根据"Scarlett is tricky，and manipulates men with ease．"Scarlett很狡猾，可推测出此处的意思应是：她可以轻易地对付男人；"manipulate"应是"对付"的意思；故选B；
70．D    主旨大意题     通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了小说《飘》的作者Margaret Mitchell，该小说的内容，取得的成就以及后来的一些人对它的评价等；故选D．

点评 本文主要介绍了美国小说《飘》以及它的作者Margaret Mitchell 的故事．由于本文篇幅比较长，因此在概括文章大意时，可以首先找到每一段的中心句或概括出本段的段落大意，以便理解全文；其次结合后面的问题，在文中相应位置通过细节阅读或概括大意，找到答案．