Question

9．F．Scott Fitzgerald，born on September 24，1896，an American novelist，was once a student of St．Paul Academy，the Newman School and attended Princeton．University for a short while．In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama，where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre．Then he had to make some 
money to impress her．
     His life with her was full of great happiness，as he wrote in his diary："My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary．"
     This side of paradise，his first novel，was published in 1920．Encouraged by its success，Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing．Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned（1922），a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age （1922），and a play The Vegetable （1923）．But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby，published in 1925，which quick brought him praise from the literary world．Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security．Then，in 1926，he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men．
     However，Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing．During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed．By 1930，his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic．During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940．while his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol．Sheila Graham，his dear friend，helped him fight his alcoholism．

53．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage？A
A.5 
B.6 
C.7 
D.8
54．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage？D
a．He became addicted to drinking．
b．He studied at St．Paul Academy．
c．He published his first novel This Side of Paradise．
d．The Great Gatsby won high praise．
e．He failed to reorder his life．
f．He joined the army and met Zelda．
A．f-c-e-a-b-d
B．b-e-a-f-c-d 
C．f-d-e-c-b-a 
D．b-f-c-d-e-a
55．We can infer from the passage that FitzgeraldC．
A．had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B．was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C．would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down 
D．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
56．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph aboutD．
A．Zelda's personal life
B．Zelda's illness and treatment 
C．Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham 
D．Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：这是一篇人物故事类阅读，主要介绍美国小说家菲茨杰拉德的生活和作品．他很爱他的妻子，因为有她才让他的生活充满了巨大的幸福，在这期间他写了很多著名的作品，后来他因为他的妻子沉迷于酒精，不得不在朋友的帮助下对抗酗酒问题．他的作品对学界有很大的意义．

解答 53．答案：A．细节理解题．根据This side of paradise；the Beautiful and Damned；Thales of the Jazz Age；The Great Gatsby；All the Sad Young Men，可知是五部小说．选A．
54．答案：D．阅读排序题．根据第一行was once a student of St．Paul Academy曾经是圣保罗学院的学生，可知，b排第一．根据第二行In 1917 he joined the army 1917年他参军了．可知，f排第二．根据第三段第一句This side of paradise，his first novel，天堂的这一边，他的第一部小说，可知，c排第三．根据第三段第二行But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby但他最大的成功是了不起的盖茨比，可知，d排第四．根据最后一段第二句During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed在20世纪20年代，他试图重新安排自己的生活，但失败了．可知e排第五．根据最后一段第二行最后一句he got totally addicted to alcohol．他完全沉溺于酒精．可知，a排第六．因此先后顺序是b-f-c-d-e-a，选D．
55．答案：C．细节理解题．根据最后一段However，Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing然而，菲茨杰拉德与妻子泽尔达的问题影响了他的写作．及while his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol．当他的妻子在美国住院时，他完全沉溺于酒精．可知，我们可以导出"如果他妻子没有崩溃的话，他会完成更多的工作．"，选C．
56．答案：D．推理判断题．根据人物传记的特点，前面讲的是F．Scott Fitzgerald的生活，和文学作品对文学界的意义，说明下面要讲的是他的文学世界的贡献．选D．

点评 阅读题型，要注重句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间逻辑关系以及对篇章的整体理解．根据所给问题选择正确选项完成试题．