13．F．Scott Fitzgerald，born on September 24，1896，an American novelist，was once a student of St．Paul Academy，the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while．In 1917he joined the army and was posted in Alabama，where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre．Then he had to make some money to impress her．
His life with her was full of great happiness，as he wrote in his diary"My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary．"
This side of paradise，his first novel，was published in 1920．Encouraged by its success，Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing．Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned （1922），a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age （1922），and a play The Vegetable （1923）．But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby，published in 1925，which quick brought him praise from the literary world．Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的） security（安全，保障）．Then，in 1926，he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men．
However，Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing．During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed．By 1930，his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic．During this period hecompleted novels Tender Is the Night in 1934and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940．While his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）．Sheila Graham，his dear friend，helped him fight his alcoholism．
28．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage？D
a．He became addicted to drinking．
b．He studied at St．Paul Academy．
c．He published his first novel This Side of Paradise
d．The Great Gatsby won high praise．
e．He failed to reorder his life．
f．He joined the army and met Zelda．
A．f-c-e-a-b-d
B．b-e-a-f-c-d
C．f-d-e-c-b-a
D．b-f-c-d-e-a
29．We can infer from he passage that FitzgeraldC．
A．had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B．was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C．would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down
D．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
30．The passage is probably followed by a concluding（总结的） paragraph aboutB．
A．Zelda's personal life
B．Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world
C．Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham
D．Zelda's illness and treatment．
分析 文章是一篇个人的生平事迹的讲述，讲述了美国著名小说家菲茨杰拉德的故事，菲茨杰拉德和妻子的生活非常幸福，因此他在自己的日记中写了他和妻子的幸福生活．1920年，他的第一本小说出版，这次的小说出版让他感到了成功，给了菲茨杰拉德信心，于是他再一次开始了他的写作，他的小说The Great Gatsby在1925年出版了，并获得了世界文学奖．后来，他和他妻子出现了问题，并影响了他的写作，他和他的妻子离婚后，他开始染上酒精，最后，他的朋友Sheila Graham希望他能够戒掉酗酒．
解答 28．D 细节理解题，根据文章发展地时间顺序可以知道，他先在St．Paul学院读书，再加入军队并遇到了他的妻子，接着他出版了第一部小说，然后赢得The Great Gatsby奖，最后他和妻子的关系破裂，他开始酗酒，故选D项．
29．C 推理判断题，文章最后一段写Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing，he got totally addicted to alcohol他和他的妻子关系破裂之后，他的写作受到了影响，并喜欢酗酒．可以推测出，如果他和他的妻子关系没有破裂，他可能会有更多的作品，故选C项．
30．B 写作结构题，本文主要写了F．Scott Fitzgerald在写作上的成就，在叙述他的成就的同时，把他的生活和妻子也联系了起来；最后一段写的是朋友帮助他戒酒，可以推断出后面要写的应该是他对文学的贡献，符合总分总的人物传记写作结构．故选B项．
点评 文章讲述了F．Scott Fitzgerald的故事，主要讲述了他写作的成就，试题考查了细节题，推理题和主旨题，细节题侧重对文章细节的理解，在解题时要注意题干细节和文章内容是否有出入，推理题要在文章中找到推理的依据，不是凭空猜测，常用方法是对文章中已知信息进行合理解释，主旨题侧重对文章内容的理解和概括，在解题时要注意题目答案是否对文章内容进行了准确的概括．
