【題目】Moby Dick,or The Whale,of which only 5 copies were sold in the year of its first publication,has been recognized as one of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century novels across the world.Yet its author,Herman Melville,was not blessed enough to change his fate as the great work did.

Herman was born into an upper class New York family in 1819,but he had to drop out of school at the age of 15due to bankruptcy （破產(chǎn)）of the family.He struggled for living by working as a clerk at a bank,a farmer and a primary school teacher,but did not manage to hold on quite long to any of the jobs.And in 1841,he turned himself a whaling sailor on a big whaler.

In the next three years,his sailor’s life was torn apart by betrayal,injury,living with anthropophagi（食人族）， love,killing,imprisonment,prison break,which did not bear the expected fruit of fortune or being a captain.

At the age of 25 ,Herman returned to America,starting his writing career.During the following five years,he published five novels,among which was Moby Dick,but none of the works brought him any fame or sense of success.

He had to live up with his poor life,supported by regular financial help from his father in-law.Not much changed even after his father-in-law assisted him onto a post at the customhouse(海關(guān)).His self-doubt whether he should fight to write as an author disturbed Herman for the rest of his life till his death in 1899,which is suggested in his wife’s diary.And his wife described his several struggles where he fought bitterly back to his desk to pick up his pen.

【1】Which of the following statements is TRUE about Moby Dick according to the passage?

A. It came out as a published novel in the twentieth century.

B. It was not recognized as a great work until the twentieth century.

C. It was not for sale until the twentieth century.

D. It was adampted from the passage?

【2】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Herman chose his life on purpose to make himself a great writer.

B. Herman’s parents had scheduled those failures in his life to make him a man.

C. Herman did not offer the best of himself to foresee and avoid those series of misfortune.

D. Herman’s insufficient capability to fight problems he was faced with might result.

【3】What is the first working element that built Herman up be a most outstanding writer?

A. His rich life experience and perseverance. B. His sharp sense to observe and think.

C. Help from his wife and father-in-law. D. His brilliant language talent and skill.

【4】What can we learn from Herman’ life story?

A. There is no much point struggling and working too hard in one’s like.

B. Never invest too much of yourself into what others have the power to judge.

C. Never trust decisions that have been made by others.

D. Never doubt yourself but stick to what you are committed to.

【答案】D選項(xiàng)Herman’s insufficient capability to fight problems he was faced with might result. 赫爾曼沒(méi)有足夠能力解決自己所面臨的問(wèn)題。故選D。

【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。講述《白鯨記》的作者赫爾曼·麥爾維爾的生平事跡。盡管出生在紐約市一個(gè)有名望的家庭，但是因?yàn)榧易迤飘a(chǎn)赫爾曼不得不輟學(xué)工作養(yǎng)家，先后當(dāng)過(guò)銀行小職員、農(nóng)場(chǎng)工人、農(nóng)村教師等，還曾經(jīng)在一艘捕鯨船上工作過(guò)。赫爾曼一生貧困，他出版的小說(shuō)沒(méi)有一部作品給他帶來(lái)榮譽(yù)和成功。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段句子Moby Dick,or The Whale…h(huán)as been recognized as one of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century novels across the world.和第四段句子…among which was Moby Dick,but none of the works brought him any fame or sense of success.可推斷，《白鯨記》直到二十世紀(jì)才被視為一部偉大的作品。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第二句His self-doubt whether he should fight to write as an author disturbed Herman for the rest of his life till his death in 1899,which is suggested in his wife’s diary.并結(jié)合上文可知，赫爾曼的生活一致貧困，依靠父親接濟(jì)，他非常不自信，一直懷疑自己是否應(yīng)該為寫(xiě)作而奮斗，這種困擾一直持續(xù)到他在1899年去世。因此推斷赫爾曼沒(méi)有足夠能力解決自己所面臨的問(wèn)題。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)二、三兩段可知，赫爾曼為了謀生從事過(guò)許多工作，先后當(dāng)過(guò)銀行小職員、農(nóng)場(chǎng)工人、農(nóng)村教師等，還曾經(jīng)在一艘捕鯨船上工作過(guò)。三年的海員生活，他經(jīng)歷過(guò)背叛、受傷，遇到過(guò)食人族，愛(ài)情，殺戮，囚禁和越獄，因此推斷赫爾曼豐富的生活經(jīng)歷和毅力是他能夠成為一個(gè)非常杰出的作家的第一個(gè)關(guān)鍵要素。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。通讀全文特別是最后一段可知，赫爾曼盡管經(jīng)歷過(guò)許多不幸的遭遇但是仍舊積極寫(xiě)作，可是他的不自信讓他一直生活在糾結(jié)和貧困中，因此推斷通過(guò)他的故事我們可以得出：不要懷疑自己，要堅(jiān)持自己想做的。故選D。

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