题目内容
American novelist Margaret Mitchell was the author of one of the most famous novels ever written,Gone with the Wind (19S6) ，for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. An Ameri?can film adaptation, in 1939 received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.
Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8 ， 1900 in Atlanta，Georgia.
Her father was president of the local historical society and her mother was president of one of the South's suffragette(鼓吹妇女参政) groups. She was also a strict woman who did not want to spoil(溺爱) her daughter. Apparently? Mitchell grew up listening to stories about the battles the Confederate Army had fought there during the American Civil War. At the same time the awareness of women's rights formed in her mind at a young age. Later, she used these tales as inspiration for her famous novel.
At the age of 22 ，Mitchell began a career as a journalist, but an ankle injury forced her to rest at home. By that time she had married and started to work on her novel, which took ten years to complete. When a traveling book editor visited Atlanta in search of new material, she unwillingly let him have a look at her manuscript(手稿) .Gone with the Wind was published when Mitchell was 36.
Gone with the Wind is a clearly drawn tale of the American Southern life during and after the Civil War，which is told through the lives of two families，their relatives，friends and slaves. It centers on Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. It has been praised as the first novel to tell the story of the Civil War from a Southern woman's point of view. The effect Gone with the Wind had and still has on the world is immeasurable. With Gone With the Wind Margaret brought a promising message to all people "Tomorrow is another day".
( ) 1. We learn from the first paragraph that Gone with the Wind .
A.wasn't much of a success until the film adaptation was released
B.was a great success both as a novel and a film
C.was widely read only after 1939
D.wasn't an immediate success as a film
( ) 2. What do we know about Margaret Mitchell's mother?
A.She held a position in the government office.
B.She had a good knowledge of history.
C.She was very strict with Margaret Mitchell.
D.She had no interest in politics.
( ) 3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Margaret Mitchell .
A.was positively influenced by her family background
B.didn't have a happy childhood
C.had the idea of writing a great novel at a young age
D.was taught at home by her parents
( ) 4. What can we infer from the passage?
A.Gone with the Wind didn't attract the traveling book editor.
B.Mitchell had always wanted her novel to be published.
C.Mitchell began to write novels before she got married.
D.Gone with the Wind was published thanks to the traveling book editor.
1—4 BCAD
A文章介绍美国名著《飘》的作者以及作品的影响力。
1.B细节理解题。文章第一段说明，《飘》的小说为作者赢得了普利策奖，而电影改编剧本又获得多项奥斯卡奖。
2.C细节理解题。从文章第二段可知，Malg-aret Mitchell的母亲不想惯坏女儿，所以对她要求非常严格。
3.A推理判断题。通读第二段可知，Margaret Mitchell的父亲和母亲给予她不同的影响，家庭的熏陶为她以后的写作提供了灵感。
4.D推理判断题。文章第三段说明，当一位图书编辑来访时，Margaret Mitchell不情愿地拿给他看自己的作品，才使其得以发表。故推知，这位图书编辑在作品的发表中起了很大作用。
B—位德国神话式的"森林男孩"在德国首都以南的森林中度过了 5年。在父亲死亡后，男孩埋葬了父亲。之后，他向北行走14天来到了德国的首都。
