20.It's hard to find Alice Munro in the media.Even after she won the 2013Nobel Prize in Literature,the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight.On Dec 29th,she still didn't seek the spotlight when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times.
In Munro's eyes,ordinary lives always hide larger dramas.So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people.She often focuses on life in her hometown,a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with.She writes about the ordinary things in the village-trees in the Ontario wilderness,poor country schools and long last illnesses.Above all,she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune.
She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary.These are ordinary people,ordinary stories,but she has the magic.Her precise language,depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.
Runaway,one of Munro's representative works,is a good example of her writing style.One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla,who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark.The story slowly forms a picture of Carla,trapped in a bad marriage,her unhappiness building into desperation until she decides to flee.The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love.It is about lost children and lost chances that we can all find in life.There is pain beneath the surface,like a needle in the heart.
Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968,Munro has won many awards,with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor.On Oct 10th,2013,the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the"master of the contemporary short story".
51.We learn from Paragraph 1that Alice MunroD.
A.didn't get on well with the media
B.was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize
C.didn't value the title of Women of the Year
D.remained modest though very successful
52.Many of Alice Munro's worksC.
A.center on the happy life of country women
B.a(chǎn)re about betrayals of love and violence
C.focus on everyday life of ordinary people
D.a(chǎn)re romantic stories setting in her hometown
53.What makes Alice Munro's stories fascinating according to the text?D
A.The complicated plots.
B.Her rich imagination.
C.The humorous language.
D.Her writing techniques.
54.In her representative work Runaway,CarlaA.
A.tries to run away from her husband
B.is a faithful wife to her husband
C.leads a happy life with Clark
D.loses all hopes for a better life
55.What is the text mainly about?B
A.Alice Munro and her hometown.
B.Alice Munro and her writing style.
C.Alice Munro's representative works.
D.The awards Alice Munro won.
分析 短文主要介紹了作家Alice Munro,主要寫了關(guān)于她的寫作能力等.
解答 51.D,推理判斷題,根據(jù)句子Even after she won the 2013Nobel Prize in Literature,the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight可知即使Alice Munro成功了也仍然很謙遜,故答案為D.
52.C,細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people可知她的作品主要寫普通人們的日常生活,故答案為C.
53.D,細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子Her precise language,depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.可知是Alice Munro的寫作技巧讓她的作品有吸引力,故答案為D.
54.A,推理判斷題,根據(jù)句子she decides to flee可知作品中女主人公想要逃離她的丈夫,故答案為A.
55.B,主旨大意題,短文主要介紹了作家Alice Munro,以及她能讓寫出極具吸引力的作品,故答案為B.
點(diǎn)評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題,首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽,掌握全文的主旨大意.因?yàn)殚喿x理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題,所以,速讀全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速讀的過程中,應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料.其次,細(xì)讀題材,各個(gè)擊破.掌握全文的大意之后,細(xì)細(xì)閱讀每篇材料后的問題,弄清每題要求后,帶著問題,再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息.最后,要善于抓住每段的主題句,閱讀時(shí),要有較強(qiáng)的針對性.對于捕獲到的信息,要做認(rèn)真分析,仔細(xì)推敲,理解透徹,只有這樣,針對題目要求,才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn).