Question

    Alice Munro was bom in Wingham,Ontario on July 10 ,1931. She is famous for her 1 stories. In 2013 she became the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Munro began to write stories when she was only a 2 At the age of 19 ,her first story The Dimensions of a Shadow 3 . After she met her first husband,James Munro,she opened a 4 in Victoria in 1963. Her bookstore,Munro^ Books soon became popular.      Today the bookstore is still 5 There are a lot of books for children.

In fact,Alice Munro was not 6 in her early years. She lived in Clinton,a small town for many years 7 many people didn't know who she was. uFd like to go to parties and make friends,but I have to 8 . Sometimes I sit and look out of the window for a week. I can't write a story,just 9 things stay in my head ,” she says. 10 when her first collection came out,a newspaper wrote ,“ A housewife finds time to write short stories. ”

1. A. long   B. short

   C. children's   D. women's

2. A. teacher   B. worker

   C. teenager   D. farmer

3. A. came out   B. came up

   C. went up   D. stayed up

4. A. school   B. restaurant

   C. bookstore   D. library

5. A. busy   B. free

   C. small   D. big

6. A. poor   B. rich

   C. cheap   D. famous

7. A. and   B. so

   C. because   D. but

8. A. rest   B. learn

   C. write   D. exercise

9. A. help   B. see

   C. let   D. hear

10. A. Even   B. Just

   C. Still   D. Until

Answer 1

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. A

  导读爱丽丝.门罗是加拿大短篇小说家，2013年10月10 日，获得2013年诺贝尔文学奖。本文讲述了她的早年的生 活经历，从中可以看出，她早年并不出名，甚至还只是一名家 庭主妇。

详析

1. B由文章的最后一句可知，爱丽丝•门罗以写短篇小说而出名。

2. C 由 began to write 和 At the age of 19 可知，爱丽丝•门罗在青少年时就开始写作了。

3. A由first story可以推测出，在爱丽丝门罗十九岁时，她的处女作问世了。

B项表示“走上前来”；C项表示“上 升”；D项表示“熬夜”。

4. C由下文中的bookstore可知，爱丽丝•门罗在遇见第一任丈夫之后开了一家书店。

5. A由上一句的popular和本句中的still可知，这个书店仍然很繁忙。

6. D由下一句中的“许多人不知道我是谁”可知，爱丽丝门罗在早期并不出名。

7. D 由 for many years 和 many people didn't know 可知，此处表示转折关系，故答案为 D.

8. C由下一句中的can't write可知，作者还得待在家中写作。

9. C由于有时写不出东西来，所以，她只能让想法停留在大脑中。

10. A由“当她的第一个短篇小说集出版时”和“一个家庭主妇抽时间写了这些短篇小说”可以推测出，此处应当 表示递进关系，故填入“甚至”最恰当。

 Nobel Prize for Literature 诺贝尔文学奖 teenager n.青少年

障碍句分析

Even when her first collection came out,a newspaper wrote: “A housewife finds time to write short stories. ”

甚至在 她的第一部小说集问世之时，一家报纸还写道:“一位家庭妇 女抽时间写了这些短篇小说。”

这是含有时间状语从句的复合句。

Even when. .. out是 一个时间状语从句，a newspaper wrote是主句，其中的A housewife. .. stories 是一个宾语从句。