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【題目】 Liz Moore was born early in the morning on May 25, 1983. She is an American writer of fiction novels. She is the author of four novels: The Words of Every Song, Heft, The Unseen World, and Long Bright River. A lot of people like to read her novels. Her short novels have appeared in places such as Tin House and New York Times.

Her first novel, The Words of Every Song, centers on a fictional record company in New York City. It draws partly on Liz's own unhappy experiences as a musician. It was chosen for Border's Original Voice program. Roddy Doyle wrote of it. “This is an excellent novel and beautifully constructed (構(gòu)想). I loved the book.” After the publication (出版) of her first novel, Liz got her Master of Fine Arts in novel from Hunter College. In 2009, she moved to Philadelphia.

Her second novel, Heft, was published by W.W. Norton in January 2012. Of Heft, The New Yorker wrote, "Moore's characters are lovingly drawn...a truly unusual voice." The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Few novelists of recent memory have put our unwelcoming loneliness into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel". and editor Sara Nelson wrote, " Beautiful...sad and hopeful." The novel was published in five countries and it was included on several “Best of 2012” lists, including the Apple iBookstore.

Her third novel, The Unseen World, was published by W.W. Norton in July of 2016. It is about a moving story of a daughter's search to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past. Louisa Hall called it "petty intelligent" in her review in The New York Times; The Unseen World was included on "Best of 2016" lists by The New Yorker, the BBC, Google Play, and Audible.com.

Her fourth novel, Long Bright River, was published by Riverhead Books in January 2020. Over the past few years, she has spent a lot of time in Kensington, the Philadelphia neighborhood in which Long Bright River is set.

Now she lives with her family in Philadelphia and is a talented member of the Master of Fine Arts program Creative Writing at Temple University. Although she is famous around the world, she will never stop writing novels.

【1】According to the passage, Liz Moore ______.

A.had happy experiences as a musician in The Words of Every Song

B.expressed some sad and lonely feelings in Heft

C.told her own moving story in The Unseen World

D.Long Bright River came out in January 2016

【2】The writer develops Paragraph 3 by ______.

A.asking questionsB.listing numbers

C.showing opinionsD.telling stories

【3】If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

(①=Para.(自然段)1 ②Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5 ⑥=Para.6)

A.①;②③;④⑤⑥B.①②③;④⑤;⑥

C.①②③;④⑤;⑥D.①;②③④⑤;⑥

【4】The best title of the passage may be “______”.

A.Liz Moore's Plan as a Famous WriterB.Liz Moore's Three Important Prizes

C.Liz Moore and Her Published NovelsD.Liz Moore's Four Favorite Novels

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文，文章主要介紹Liz Moore以及她出版發(fā)行的四部小說(shuō)。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“It draws partly on Liz's own unhappy experiences as a musician”可知A選項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第三段“Her second novel, Heft … Few novelists of recent memory have put our unwelcoming loneliness into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel...sad ” 舊金山紀(jì)事報(bào)評(píng)價(jià)道，很少有作家能像Liz Moore一樣把不令人歡迎的孤獨(dú)寫(xiě)的那么清晰，可知B選項(xiàng)表述正確；根據(jù)第四段“It is about a moving story of a daughter's search to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past”可知C選項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第五段“Long Bright River, was published by Riverhead Books in January 2020” 可知D選項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤。故選B。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“The New Yorker wrote”，“The San Francisco Chronicle wrote”以及“and editor Sara Nelson wrote”可知引用了一些人的觀點(diǎn)和看法。借助這些觀點(diǎn)展開(kāi)第三段，故選C。

【3】

文章結(jié)構(gòu)題。文章第一段總體介紹人物，第二段到第五段介紹她的作品（第一本小說(shuō)到第四本小說(shuō)），第六段介紹她現(xiàn)在的生活及社會(huì)地位。故第一段可以獨(dú)立成第一大段，二三四五段為第二大段，第六段為第三大段，故選D。

【4】

標(biāo)題概括題。文章主要介紹Liz Moore以及她出版發(fā)行的四部小說(shuō)，標(biāo)題可概括為Liz Moore and Her Published Novels。故選C。