Question

 

Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything － to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes on Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’”.

By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist (感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist (伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor － published in 1978, after she suffered cancer － she argued against the idea that caner was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被压抑的个性), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending … Is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means Sontag __________.

A. was a symbol of American cultural life

B. developed world literature, film and art

C. published many essays about world culture

D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture

2.She first won her name through __________.

A. her story of a Polish actress

B. her book Illness as metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

3.According to the passage, Susan Sontag __________.

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist

B. looked down upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

4.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit, she __________.

A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness

B. re-examined old positions

C. argued for an openness to pop culture

D. preferred morals to beauty

5.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon __________.

A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view

B. her lifelong watchword: seriousness

C. publishing books on morals

D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

【解析】从文中第一段she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art.可推断她能够跟上世界文学的发展步伐。

【考点】推断题

2.SD

【解析】由In “Notes on Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous.可知答案。

【考点】细节题

3.A

【解析】见第三节第一句可知。

【考点】这是一道细节题。

4.B

【解析】答案为第三节最后一句In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

【考点】细节题

5.A

【解析】本题的关键是抓住提干中的 Susan Sontag’s lasting fame来寻找答案线索，在最后一节中不难找到它的踪影“But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame.”

【考点】细节题。

【备考建议】高考阅读理解要注意：1. 名词或代词的指代关系是高考阅读理解常考的一种题型，要求考生能够理解该代词或名词所在的语句，有时也要联系上下文去思考。2. 细节题占的比重大，不能脱离文章去解题，主观臆断，文章是解题之本。解答细节题时要看清题干，常采用排除法。3.推测题往往不会直接告诉读者，而是要求读者根据文章中的某些语句或者段落去进行合理的推测。4.主旨大意题 主旨大意应该具有很强的概括性，它不会是某个细节也不会是某些事实。