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【题目】 Garcia Marquez(加西亚马尔克斯) was born in Colombia in 1928. As one of the most famous writers, Garcia Marquez has been ______ regarded as “a giant of 20th century literature”.

Soon after he was born, Garcia Marquez was sent to ______ with his grandparents. He had always wanted to write a novel based on his grandparents' house where he ______. However, he couldn't find a proper tone(语气) and had to put off the ______. But one day an answer came into his mind while he was ______ his family to Acapulco. Then he turned the car around at once and his family ______ home. He started writing immediately. He even asked his wife to sell his car ______ his family would have money to live on while he wrote. But writing the novel was far more ______ than he had expected, and he wrote every day for eighteen months. His wife had to ask for ______ on credit(赊购)．

Luckily, when the book was finally published in 1967, it became his most commercially(商业地) successful novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude(《百年孤独》). Then it was _____ in English in 1970 and won many prizes in different countries. In fact, the novel is so ______ that over 50 million copies have been sold so far. It tells the story of the small and ______ town of Macondo which is separated from the outside world and its troubled history over a ______. William Kennedy called the novel “the first piece of literature that should be read ______ the entire human race(全人类)”．

Garcia Marquez won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. In April, 2014, he _____ at the age of 86. The whole world paused to remember the cultural giant.

【1】A.badlyB.terriblyC.hardlyD.widely

【2】A.liveB.studyC.discussD.communicate

【3】A.put upB.took upC.grew upD.got up

【4】A.questionB.ideaC.journeyD.career

【5】A.sendingB.invitingC.followingD.driving

【6】A.leftB.cleanedC.decoratedD.returned

【7】A.unlessB.so thatC.thoughD.until

【8】A.interestingB.expensiveC.difficultD.boring

【9】A.foodB.adviceC.troubleD.permission

【10】A.publishedB.spokenC.coveredD.shared

【11】A.rareB.shockingC.popularD.unusual/span>

【12】A.noisyB.pleasantC.crowdedD.lonely

【13】A.monthB.yearC.weekD.century

【14】A.amongB.forC.byD.to

【15】A.gave awayB.got throughC.took overD.passed away

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】D

【7】B

【8】C

【9】A

【10】A

【11】C

【12】D

【13】D

【14】C

【15】D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了20世纪文学巨匠、诺贝尔文学奖获得者、小说《百年孤独》的作者加西亚·马尔克斯的生平。

【1】句意：作为最著名的作家之一，加西亚·马尔克斯被广泛认为是20世纪文坛的巨人。

考查副词。badly副词，糟糕地；terribly副词，可怕地；hardly副词，几乎不；widely副词，广泛地。根据“As one of the most famous writers…”作为最著名的作家之一……，可知最著名的作家，是被大家广泛地认为是文坛巨人。widely符合题意，故选D。

【2】句意：加西亚·马尔克斯出生后不久，就被送去和他的祖父母住在一起。

考查动词。live动词，生活；study动词，学习；discuss动词，讨论；communicate动词，交流。根据“He had always wanted to write a novel based on his grandparents' house where he __3__”他一直想写一部以他祖父母的房子为基础的小说，他在那里……”可知他和祖父母生活在一起。 live符合题意。故选A。

【3】句意：他一直想写一部基于他祖父母家的小说，他在那里长大。

考查动词短语。put up提供，建造；took up拿起；grew up长大；got up起床。根据“Soon after he was born, Garcia Marquez was sent to __2__ with his grandparents.”加西亚·马尔克斯出生后不久，就被送去和他的祖父母住在一起。可知，他和祖父母住在一起，并在那里长大。故选C。

【4】句意：但是，他找不到一个合适的语气，不得不推迟这个想法。

考查名词。question名词，问题；idea名词，想法；journey名词，旅行；career名词，职业。根据“He had always wanted to write a novel based on his grandparents' house…”他总是想要写一部关于他的祖父母的房子的小说。可知，这是作者的一个想法，idea符合题意，故选B。

【5】句意：但是有一天，当他开车带着家人去阿卡普尔科的时候，一个答案出现在他的脑海里。

考查动词。sending动词，发送；inviting动词，邀请；following动词，跟随；driving动词，开车。根据“Then he turned the car around at once …”然后他立刻把车掉头……，可知他此刻正在开车。driving符合题意，故选D。

【6】句意：然后他立刻把车掉头，他的家人回家了。

考查动词。left动词，离开；cleaned动词，清扫；decorated动词，装饰；returned动词，返回。根据本句句意可知他调转车头，家人返回家里。returned符合题意，故选D。

【7】句意：他甚至要求他的妻子卖掉他的车，这样他写作的时候家里就有钱生活。

考查连词。unless连词，如果不，引导条件状语从句；so that以便，引导目的状语从句。though尽管，引导让步状语从句；until直到，引导时间状语从句。根据句意可知，他卖掉自己的车的目的就是为了让家人在自己写作的时候有钱生活。故此处表示目的，是目的状语从句。故选B。

【8】句意：但是，写这本小说比他预想的要困难得多，他坚持了18个月，每天都写作。

考查形容词。interesting形容词，有趣的；expensive形容词，昂贵的；difficult形容词，困难的；boring形容词，无聊的。根据“and he wrote every day for eighteen months.”可知，他写小说时间很长，而且每天都写，所以很困难。故选C。

【9】句意：他的妻子不得不赊账去买食物。

考查名词。food食物；advice建议；trouble麻烦；permission许可。根据“He even asked his wife to sell his car __7__ his family would have money to live on while he wrote.”可知，他让妻子卖了车，所以他没有其他的钱买食物，妻子赊账买食物。food符合题意，故选A。

【10】句意：1970年，该书以英文出版，并在不同的国家赢得了许多奖项。

考查动词。published被出版；spoken被说；covered 被覆盖；shared被分享。根据“when the book was finally published in 1967,”可知这本书在1967年被出版，故在1970年再次出版。published符合题意，故选A。

【11】句意：事实上，这本小说非常受欢迎，到目前为止已经卖出了5000多万册。

考查形容词。 rare形容词，稀有的；shocking形容词，令人震惊的；popular形容词，流行的；unusual形容词，不寻常的。根据“over 50 million copies have been sold so far”可知，这本小说是非常流行的。故选C。

【12】句意：它讲述了一个与世隔绝的小镇马孔多的故事……

考查形容词。noisy形容词，吵闹的；pleasant形容词，令人愉快的；crowded形容词，拥挤的；lonely形容词，偏僻的。根据“…which is separated from the outside world”可知这个小镇是与世隔绝的，因此它是偏僻的。故选D。

【13】句意：它讲述了一个与世隔绝的小镇马孔多的故事以及它一个多世纪的动荡历史。

考查名词。month名词，月份；year名词，年；week名词，星期；century名词，世纪。根据“One Hundred Years of Solitude”提示可知，此处指小镇的百年历史，故century符合题意，故选D。

【14】句意：威廉·肯尼迪称这部小说是应该被全人类阅读的第一部文学作品。

考查介词。among在三者或三者以上之间；for为了；by 被；to朝，向。根据本句句意，威廉·肯尼迪认为这本书应该为全人类阅读，本句中包含定语从句，且从句主语和动词read的关系为被动关系，需要填写介词by，表示“被”的含义。故选C。

【15】句意：2014年4月，他去世，享年86岁。

考查动词短语。gave away放弃；got through结束，通过；took over接管；passed away去世。根据“The whole world paused to remember the cultural giant.”全世界都停下来纪念这位文化巨人。可知由于作家去世了，所以全世界的人们都纪念他。故选D。