Question

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 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’d 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.

1.The book Gone with the Wind was _________.

A. first published on a newspaper            B. awarded ten Academy Awards

C. written in “The Dump”                  D. adapted from a movie

2.The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. be very pleased with                 B. show great respect for

C. be much taller than                  D. show little interest in

3.Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?

A. Because she was rich enough.

B. Because she was injured then.

C. Because her husband didn’t like it.

D. Because she wanted to write books.

4.We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that _________.

A. her height made her marriage unhappy

B. her interest in writing continued as an adult

C. writing stopped her working as a reporter

D. her life was full of hardship and sadness

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.

B. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.

C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.

D. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇游记性质的短文，导游介绍了Gone with the wind 的作者Margaret Mitchell的生平事迹，讲述了Margaret Mitchell的乐观自信以及对阅读的一贯的热爱，而且带领作者等人参观了她创作小说的地方。

1.C细节理解题。从文章第一段中的Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story和第三段可知Gone with the wind 是在她和她丈夫称之为“The Dump”的房子里写成的。

2.C推理判断题。由后句but she seems very happy and sure of herself.可知前面句子应该和此句构成转折关系，应该是令人不开心的事情，再从上句She was only about one and a half meters tall.可知她很矮，所以C选项正确。

3.B细节理解题。由最后一段Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury.可知她因养伤而终止了记者生涯。

4.B推理判断题。由文章末段She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book.可知她一直都在读书，所以B选项正确。

5.A主旨大意题。从文中Our first stop …;  The tour guide… ; Our guide 等词判断这是一篇参观作家故居的文章，所以A选项正确。

考点：考查人物类短文阅读。