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19.The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind,first published in 1936.Her book and the movie based on it,tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War.Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta,Georgia,can go where she lived when she started composing (创作) the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer's life.She was born in Atlanta in 1900.She started writing stories when she was a child.She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922.One photograph of Ms.Mitchell,called Peggy,shows her talking to a group of young college boys.She was only about one and a half meters tall.The young men tower over her,but she seems very happy and sure of herself.The tour guide explains:"Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech,asking them such questions as"Would you really marry a woman who works?"And today it would be"Would you marry one who doesn't?"
The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments.Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms.Mitchell lived with her husband,John Marsh.They made fun of the small apartment by calling it"The Dump".
Around 1926,Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury.Her husband brought her books to read from the library.She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book.Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success.Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book.In 1939 the film version was released.It won ten Academy Awards,including Best Picture.
24.The book Gone with the Wind wasC.
A.first published on a newspaper B.adapted from a movie
C.about love and survival in the war D.written in 1936
25.The underlined phrase"tower over"in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning toB.
A.be very pleased with B.be much taller than
C.show great respect for D.show little interest in
26.We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage thatC.
A.her height made her marriage unhappy
B.writing stopped her working as a reporter
C.her interest in writing continued as an adult
D.her life was full of hardship and sadness
27.Which is the best title for the passage?D
A.Gone with the Wind:A Huge Success.
B.Margaret Mitchell:A Great Female Writer.
C.An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.
D.A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.
分析 本文通过作者对《飘》作者Margaret Mitchell故居的参观,讲述Margaret Mitchell生前的相关事迹.
解答 24.C 细节理解题.根据句子tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War.讲述美国内战期间的爱情与生存故事.所以答案选C.
25.B 词义猜测题.根据第二段She was only about one and a half meters tall.The young men tower over her,可知,她比较矮,这些男孩都超过她的身高.故答案为
26.C推理判断题.根据最后一段可知,她在读了很多书后,开始了写作.所以B项正确.
27.D 主旨大意题.本文主要讲述了作者对Margaret Mitchell故居的参观过程中的所见所闻所想.
点评 故事类文章在阅读过程中,我们一直在某个线索的引导下,随着作者的思路去了解一个故事或一件事情的始末,因此会感到比较轻松.命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件之间的关系、作者的意图和态度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手,考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力. 阅读故事类文章时,应注意把握主旨大意,弄清主要情节,立足文章的内容揣摩作者的态度和意图,根据文章的情节展开合理的想象,从而达到解题的目的.
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