Question

Alice Munro was born in Wingham, Ontario. Her father, Robert Eric Laidlaw, was a fox and mink (貂) farmer, and her mother, Anne Clarke Laidlaw, was a school teacher. Munro began writing as a teenager. Her first story, The Dimensions of a Shadow, came out in 1950 while she was studying at the University of Western Ontario. During this period she worked as a waitress, a tobacco picker, and a library clerk (职员).

Munro’s first collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968), won the Governor General’s Award, Canada’s highest literary (文学的) prize. That success was followed by Lives of Girls and Women (1971), a collection of interlinked (相互关联的) stories sometimes incorrectly described as a novel. In 1978, Munro’s collection of interlinked stories Who Do You Think You Are? was published. This book earned Munro a second Governor General’s Literary Award. From 1979 to 1982, she toured Australia, China and Scandinavia. In 1980, Munro held the position of writer in residence (住校) at both the University of British Columbia and the University of Queensland. Through the 1980s and 1990s, she published a short-story collection about once every four years.

On 10 October, 2013, Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is known as a “master of the contemporary (当代的) short story”. She is the first Canadian and the 13^th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1. Where does Alice Munro come from?

A. the USA.    B. Canada.

C. Australia.D. England.

2.Which of the following shows the correct order of the events?

① Munro wrote the collection—Lives of Girls and Women.

② Munro won the Governor General’s Award for the first time.

③ Munro did part-time jobs as a waitress, a tobacco picker and a library clerk.

④ Munro came to China for a trip.

A. ③①②④B. ②①③④

C. ④②③①D. ③②①④

3. The best title of the passage should be “_________”.

A. The first woman Nobel Prize winner—Alice Munro

B. Alice Munro—Master of the contemporary short story

C. Munro’s collection of interlinked stories

D. How can one receive the Nobel Prize in Literature

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了Alice Munro—现代短篇故事大师。出生在加拿大温厄姆,安大略省，十几岁开始写作，出版了许多受人们喜欢的小说和书籍，2013年10月10日,Munro被授予诺贝尔文学奖，成为加拿大第一个获得诺贝尔文学奖的女人。

1.Alice Munro was born in Wingham, Ontario.，或第二段Munro’s first collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968), won the Governor General’s Award, Canada’s highest literary (文学的) prize.可知她来自加拿大。

2.归纳理解题。根据短文描述事件的时间，故选D

3.标题归纳题。根据短文的主旨大意主要介绍了Alice Munro—现代短篇故事大师，故选B。

考点：人物介绍类短文阅读。