Question

【題目】

Gabriel Garcia Márquez，who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014．The world paused to remember the cultural giant（巨匠）．

Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia，but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City．As one of the most famous writers，he was widely regarded as“a giant of 20th－century literature”．Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called“magical realism（魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義）”．In such works，people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history．But meanwhile，magical things happen to them．

Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel，One Hundred Years of Solitude（《百年孤獨(dú)》），which has sold about 50 million copies．It tells the tale of the small andIsolatedtown of Macondo which was separated from the outside world—of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years．The story is a metaphor（暗喻）for the development of Colombia since the 19th century．As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said，Garcia Márquez wrote about“the very essence（精髓）of the Latin American being”．

【1】Garcia Márquez was born in the year________．

A. 1914

B. 1928

C. 1967

D. 1982

【2】We can know from Paragragh 2 that Garcia Márquez________．

A. was born in Mexico City

B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia

C. had a writing style called“magical realism”

D. was famous but lived a simple daily life

【3】The underlined word“isolated”means________．

A. 隔絕的

B. 安逸的

C. 喧囂的

D. 繁華的

【4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez？

A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982．

B. His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was a great success．

C. He was widely known as“a giant of 20th－century literature”．

D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City．

【5】The writer quotes（引述）from the President to________．

A. praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement

B. show the deep sadness of the President

C. explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez

D. describe the character of Garcia Márquez

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了百年孤獨(dú)的作者加西亞馬爾克斯去世的消息，短文并簡(jiǎn)要的介紹了他的生平及創(chuàng)作生涯。

【1】B分析計(jì)算題。根據(jù)passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014. 計(jì)算可知他在1928年出生，2014－86=1928，故選B。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism ”描述，可知馬爾克斯的寫作風(fēng)格被稱之為魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義。故選C。

【3】A詞義猜測(cè)題。聯(lián)系下文which was separated from the outside world 描述，可知此處指的是這是一個(gè)與世隔絕的小鎮(zhèn)。故選A。

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them . 描述，可知這些神奇的事情是發(fā)生在他的作品里面的故事，故選項(xiàng)D描述錯(cuò)誤。

【5】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said , Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American beings ” . 描述，可知總統(tǒng)通過(guò)這些話來(lái)贊美馬爾克斯的藝術(shù)成就。故選A。