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, Fitzgerald 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 quickly 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, Fitzgerald’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.
【小題1】How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

A．5 B．6 C．7 D．8
【小題2】Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
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
【小題3】We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald            .
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
【小題4】The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about _______.
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


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】D

解析【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。據(jù)題意，由文章中關(guān)鍵詞novel可知，文章中提及到的弗蘭西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的小說有：This side of paradise，The Beautiful and Damned，The Great Gatsby，Tender Is the Night and The love of the last Tycoon，共計(jì)5篇。故選A項(xiàng)
【小題2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“……was once a student of St. Paul Academy……In 1917 he joined the army……”可知弗蘭西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德先在圣保羅學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)，然后參加的軍隊(duì)。由此可知答案應(yīng)為D項(xiàng)
【小題3】C推理判斷題。由第四段第一句“However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing”可以判斷出C項(xiàng)
【小題4】D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)人物傳記的特點(diǎn)和本段對(duì)菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，說明了菲茨杰拉德的作品對(duì)學(xué)界的意義，因此最后總結(jié)的一段是關(guān)于菲茨杰拉德對(duì)文學(xué)界的貢獻(xiàn)的。故選D項(xiàng)
考點(diǎn)：考查人物傳記類短文閱讀。

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