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.written in “The Dump”

C.awarded ten Academy Awards 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.show little interest in D.be much taller than

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.Which is the best title for the passage ?

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.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了作家Margaret Mitchell的生平和成就。

1.

推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.（他们取笑那间小公寓，称它为“垃圾堆”。）和最后一段Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. 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.（1926年前后，玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret Mitchell)停止了记者的工作，在一次受伤后在家疗伤。她读了很多书，他给她买了一台打字机，说她是时候自己写书了。我们的导游说《飘》获得了巨大的成功。）可推知，这本书是在被称为“The Dump”的地方写出来的。故选B。

2.

词句猜测题。根据上文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.（名为佩吉(Peggy)的米切尔在一张照片中与一群年轻的大学男生交谈。她的身高只有一米五）可推知，此处表示这些男孩要比她高很多。tower over意为“远高于……”。故选D。

3.

细节理解题。根据文章最后一段Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury.（1926年前后，玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret Mitchell)停止了记者的工作，在一次受伤后在家疗伤。）可知，由于当时受伤，米切尔停止了记者的工作。故选B。

4.

主旨大意题。本文主要是介绍Margaret Mitchell，第一段介绍她著名的书，并且“learn about her life”点题；第二段从她的一张照片入手，介绍她小时候和年轻时候的事；第三段介绍她和丈夫的公寓；最后一段介绍她如何写出了《飘》，以及获得的成就。综上所述，再结合文章最后一段Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success.（我们的导游说《飘》获得了巨大的成功。）可知，D项：A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.（认识玛格丽特·米切尔的旅程）符合题意。故选D。