Question

7．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，F(xiàn)itzgerald 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，F(xiàn)itzgerald'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．

36．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage？A
 A.5            B.6            C.7             D.8
37．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the pas sage？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
38．We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald．C
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
39．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about．D
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：本文主要介紹了一位美國小說家F．Scott Fitzgerald，他曾經(jīng)是紐曼學(xué)校圣保羅學(xué)院的學(xué)生，并在普林斯頓大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)過一段時間.1917年，他加入了軍隊，在那里他遇到了他未來的妻子Zelda Sayre，有了她，他的生活充滿了莫大的幸福．1920年，他出版第一部小說"此方的天堂"，但他最大的成功是"了不起的蓋茨比"，發(fā)表于1925年．然后，在1926年，他又發(fā)表短篇小說收集所有的悲傷的青年男子．后來他和妻子之間的問題影響了他的寫作和生活．最后他完全沉迷于酒精，他親愛的朋友Sheila Graham幫助他戒酒．

解答 36．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．據(jù)題意，由文章中關(guān)鍵詞novel可知，文章中提及到的弗蘭西斯•司各特•菲茨杰拉德的小說有：This side of paradise，The Beautiful and Damned，The Great Gatsby，Tender Is the Night and The love of the last Tycoon，共計5篇．故選A項
37．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中"…was once a student of St．Paul Academy…In 1917 he joined the army…"可知弗蘭西斯•司各特•菲茨杰拉德先在圣保羅學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)，然后參加的軍隊．由此可知答案應(yīng)為D項
38．C 推理判斷題．由第四段第一句"However，F(xiàn)itzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing"可以判斷出C項
39．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)人物傳記的特點和本段對菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，說明了菲茨杰拉德的作品對學(xué)界的意義，因此最后總結(jié)的一段是關(guān)于菲茨杰拉德對文學(xué)界的貢獻的．故選D項

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