Question

Without Her Name

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice by English novelist Jane Austen is one of the most popular tales ever written. But behind the global admiration she enjoys today lies a sad fact.1.

In Pride and Prejudice, she was simply the author of Sense and Sensibility, which had carried the title “By a Lady.” The anonymity(匿名) worked so well that even friends of the Austen family had no idea that dear, sweet Jane was a novelist. A friend of Jane' s brother Henry actually told him that Pride and Prejudice was “much too clever to be the work of a woman.”

2.Tom Paine, a Founding Father of the United States, kept his identity hidden for a short time after the publication of his famous Common Sense.

For a woman, however, there was the added burden of societal expectations. Any sort of publishing or public display of talent was considered improper behavior for a woman.

It wasn't only fear about “bad manners” that discouraged women from writing under their own names.3. Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, once sent her poetry to Robert Southey, a famous poet. Southey simply responded: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life.” Bronte used her pen name, Currer Bell, to publish Jane Eyre in 1847.Her sister Emily published Wuthering

Heights as Ellies Bell in the same year.

4.Mary Shelley' s Frankenstein(《科学人》) had come out without her name in 1818.Mary Anne Evans wrote Middlemarch and her other novels under the pen name George Eliot.

The 20th century saw great progress towards gender equality. In theory, it should be unnecessary for women writers to follow Austen' s path any longer, unless driven by personal reasons.5. Joanne Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, was advised to become J. K. Rowling. That's because boys might dislike the feeling of picking up a book by a woman. Connie Ann Kirk explained in her biography of Rowling.

A.Jane Austen has attracted a great deal of critical attention in recent years.

B.Women 's writing was seldom taken seriously.

C.Politicians, for reasons of safety, also frequently chose to be invisible.

D.In practice, however, certain prejudices just won't go away.

E.in a 2016 interview, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante claimed her use of a pen name let her concentrate on writing.

F.in her own time, Austen 's name never appeared on her books.

G.They joined a long list of women authors who felt they had to hide.

Answer

1.F

2.C

3.B

4.G

5.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要以Austen为例，说明了虽然Austen今天享有的全球赞赏的背后，存在着一个可悲的事实——在她那个时代，Austen的名字从未出现在她的书中。由此说明了历史中女性作家因为不受重视和社会偏见在文学创作中不得不使用笔名的社会现象，这种偏见即使在20世纪也仍在现实中存在。

1.根据上文But behind the global admiration she enjoys today lies a sad fact.可知但在她今天享有的全球赞赏的背后，存在着一个可悲的事实。由此可知，本句承接上文说明这个关于Austen可悲的事实是什么。故F选项“在她那个时代，Austen的名字从未出现在她的书中”符合上下文语境，故选F。

2.根据后文Tom Paine, a Founding Father of the United States, kept his identity hidden for a short time after the publication of his famous Common Sense.可知美国开国元勋Tom Paine在他著名的《常识》出版后，短暂地隐瞒了自己的身份。由此可知，本段是在说明政客们隐藏身份的事情。故C选项“出于安全考虑，政客们也经常选择隐藏身份”符合上下文语境，故选C。

3.根据后文Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, once sent her poetry to Robert Southey, a famous poet. Southey simply responded: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life.”可知《简·爱》的作者Charlotte Bronte曾将她的诗歌寄给著名诗人Robert Southey。Southey只是简单地回答说:“文学不能成为女人的生活。”由此可知，当时女性作家并不受人重视。故B选项“女性的写作很少受到重视”符合上下文语境，故选B。

4.根据后文Mary Shelley's Frankenstein had come out without her name in 1818.Mary Anne Evans wrote Middlemarch and her other novels under the pen name George Eliot.可知Mary Shelley的《弗兰肯斯坦》在1818年问世时没有署名。Mary Anne Evans以George Eliot的笔名创作了《米德尔马契》和其他小说。由此可知，此处是在说明Charlotte Bronte和许多其他女性作家一样选择隐藏自己身份，用笔名来署名自己的小说。故G选项“她们加入了一长串觉得自己必须隐藏的女性作家的行列”符合上下文语境，故选G。

5.根据后文Joanne Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, was advised to become J.K.Rowling. That's because boys might dislike the feeling of picking up a book by a woman.可知《哈利·波特》系列小说的作者Joanne Rowling曾被建议成为J. K. Rowling。这是因为男孩可能不喜欢拿起女人写的书的感觉。由此可知，即使20世纪，性别平等取得了巨大进步，但是某些偏见在现实中还是存在的。故D选项“然而，实际上，某些偏见是无法消除的”符合上下文语境，故选D。