3.There are works of fiction that are published,enjoyed,but after a few years,more or less disappear.Then there are novels that don't just have literary success,but major cultural impact.One such book is One Hundred Years of Solitude,whose 50th anniversary is this year.It was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014).
It is an epic(史诗) tale of the nation of Colombia,from the country's founding to Marquez's own time.The novel is a major example of a revolution in South American writing that was to have a far-reaching influence on global literature.The method of writing that Marquez and others are credited with inventing,"magic realism",switched normal storytelling into a style where anything could happen.
Marquez treats Colombian history skeptically.He focuses on political corruption(腐败),civil war and the negative influence of American big business.And while this could be a description of a very conventional novel,One Hundred Years of Solitude is anything but conventional.
It took a memory of his grandmother to show him the right way to write the novel.He recalled that when she told him stories in his childhood,she would put on a"brick face".Marquez remembered this trick and began to write the novel differently.He wrote,"If you tell something to someone with an absolutely serious expression on your face,you have a chance of them believing what you say."It seems that mastering this trick of his grandmother's helped Marquez create one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century.
 
24.What do we know about One Hundred Years of Solitude from Paragraph 1?C
A.It was written in 1927.
B.It came out as a failure.
C.It holds an important status.
D.It faded away after publishing.
25.Why did the novel have a deep effect on global literature?A
A.It created the magic realism.
B.It is an epic tale of Colombia.
C.It tells a South American revolution.
D.It used a normal storytelling method.
26.How does the author think of Marquez's writing style?D
A.Skeptical B.Realistic.C.Conventional.D.Untraditional.
27.What does the underlined phrase"brick face"in Paragraph 4 refer to?A
A.Serious look.
B.Funny expression.
C.Beautiful dress.
D.Strong face mask.
20.The summer Museum in Philadelphia houses one exhibit near the entrance that inspires unmatchable awe.Look closely at the display,and you can see marks left by museum goers pressing their foreheads against the glass.
The object that fascinates them is a small wooden box containing 46 microscope slides,each displaying a slice of Albert Einstein's brain.A magnifying glass positioned over one of the slides reveals a piece of tissue about the size of a stamp.Einstein's brain represents potential,the ability of one exceptional mind,one genius,to catapult ahead of everyone else.
Throughout history rare individuals have stood out for their meteoric contributions to a field.Lady Murasaki for her literary creation.Michelangelo for his masterful touch.Marie Curie for her scientific acuity."The genius,"wrote German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer,"lights on his age like a comet into the paths of the planets."Consider Einstein's impact on physics.With no tools available other than the force of his own thoughts,he predicted in his general theory of relativity that massive accelerating objects---like black holes orbiting each other-would create ripples(波纹)in the fabric of space-time.It took one hundred years,enormous computational power,and massively sophisticated technology to definitively prove him right,with the physical detection of such gravitational waves less than two years ago.
Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the very laws of the universe.But our understanding of how a mind like his works remains stubbornly stagnant.What set his brainpower,his thought processes,apart from those of his merely brilliant peers?What makes a genius?
Philosohers have long been puzzling over the origins of genius.Early Greek thinkers believed an overabundance of black bile-one of proposed by Hippocrates-endowed poets,philosophers,and other famous souls with"extraordinary powers,"says historian Darrin McMahon,author of Divine Fury:A History of Genius.Phrenologists(骨相学家)attempted to find genius in bumps on the head; they collected skulls-including philosopher Immanuel Kant's-which they examined,measured,and weighed.
None of them discovered a single source of genius,and such a thing is unlikely to be found.Genius is too abstract,too subjective,too wedded to the verdict of history to be easily identified.And it requires the ultimate expression of too many features to be simplified into the highest point on one human scale.Instead we can try to understand it by cracking the complex and mixed qualities-intelligence,creativity,perseverance,and simple good fortune,to name a few-that combine to create a person capable of changing the world.

58.Why does the author talk about the"marks"in paragraph ONE?C
A.He is unsatisfied with the untidy environment of the museum
B.He is angry about the disrespect to the exhibit
C.He is about a explain the exhibit's popularity
D.He is amazed at the huge population visiting the museum
59.What can be inferred from Paragraph?C
A.It took Einstein years to prove the existence of gravitational waves.
B.Arthur Schopenhauer was widely acknowledged as a genius in history
C.Einstein made incredible prediction despite lack of sources
D.Geniuses have limited influences just as comets do
60.What is the author most likely to talk about after this passage?B
A.Examples of geniuses who possess such qualities
B.Importance of such qualities in becoming a genius
C.Ways to combine qualities with good fortune
D.Means to make a genius.
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