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9．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．

53．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage？A
A.5 
B.6 
C.7 
D.8
54．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage？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
55．We can infer from the passage that FitzgeraldC．
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
56．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph aboutD．
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：這是一篇人物故事類閱讀，主要介紹美國小說家菲茨杰拉德的生活和作品．他很愛他的妻子，因為有她才讓他的生活充滿了巨大的幸福，在這期間他寫了很多著名的作品，后來他因為他的妻子沉迷于酒精，不得不在朋友的幫助下對抗酗酒問題．他的作品對學(xué)界有很大的意義．

解答 53．答案：A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)This side of paradise；the Beautiful and Damned；Thales of the Jazz Age；The Great Gatsby；All the Sad Young Men，可知是五部小說．選A．
54．答案：D．閱讀排序題．根據(jù)第一行was once a student of St．Paul Academy曾經(jīng)是圣保羅學(xué)院的學(xué)生，可知，b排第一．根據(jù)第二行In 1917 he joined the army 1917年他參軍了．可知，f排第二．根據(jù)第三段第一句This side of paradise，his first novel，天堂的這一邊，他的第一部小說，可知，c排第三．根據(jù)第三段第二行But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby但他最大的成功是了不起的蓋茨比，可知，d排第四．根據(jù)最后一段第二句During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed在20世紀(jì)20年代，他試圖重新安排自己的生活，但失敗了．可知e排第五．根據(jù)最后一段第二行最后一句he got totally addicted to alcohol．他完全沉溺于酒精．可知，a排第六．因此先后順序是b-f-c-d-e-a，選D．
55．答案：C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段However，F(xiàn)itzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing然而，菲茨杰拉德與妻子澤爾達(dá)的問題影響了他的寫作．及while his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol．當(dāng)他的妻子在美國住院時，他完全沉溺于酒精．可知，我們可以導(dǎo)出"如果他妻子沒有崩潰的話，他會完成更多的工作．"，選C．
56．答案：D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)人物傳記的特點，前面講的是F．Scott Fitzgerald的生活，和文學(xué)作品對文學(xué)界的意義，說明下面要講的是他的文學(xué)世界的貢獻(xiàn)．選D．

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