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40．What can we learn about Proust from this reading？B
A．He became poor and sick because of writing．
B．He got a lot of pleasure from writing in his later life．
C．He often wrote about how people get stronger in hard times．
D．He started writing ? la Recherche du Temps Perdu when he was fifteen．
41．Which is said about the rich people in Proust's book？B
A．They try to forget their past．
B．They try to get what they do not have．
C．They are sick and stay in bed most of the time．
D．They are rich enough to have their stories written．
42．What does In contrast to mean？D
A．Ahead of．
B．Worse than．
C．Important to．
D．Different from．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：本文是一篇人物故事．主要介绍了法国著名作家Marcel Proust及其著作的有关内容．虽然在晚年的生活比较艰辛，但他还是从写作中找到了快乐．

解答 40．答案B 考查细节理解题．根据"But in his sickroom he found most joy in writing"可知他在晚年的写作中找到了快乐．故选B．
41．答案B 考查细节理解题．根据"When they learn that they are not as popular as they think，they feel sad and try hard to be important"可知这些富人并没有想象的那么受欢迎，所以就尽力去得到他们没有的东西．故选B．
42．答案D 考查短语理解题．根据第二段中，富人是不快乐的，而他"can still find joy in hard times"所以他的生活与富人的生活是不一样的．故选D．

点评 首先要仔细阅读文章，掌握大意，然后根据给出的题目，再去文中找寻相关的信息，最终做出正确选择．