Question

The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.

Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as “would you really marry a woman who works?” And today it’d be “would you marry one who doesn’t?”

The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.

Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he brought her typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

1.The book Gone with the Wind was_______.

A. written in “ The Dump”

B. awarded ten Academy Awards

C. first published on a newspaper

D. adapted from a movie

2.The underlined phrase “tower over” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________?

A. be very pleased with

B. be much taller than

C. show great respect for

D. show little interest in

3.Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?

A. Because she was rich enough.

B. Because she was injured then.

C. Because her husband didn’t like it.

D. Because she wanted to write books.

4.We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that________.

A. her height made her marriage unhappy

B. writing stopped her working as a reporter

C. her interest in writing continued as an adult

D. her life was full of hardship and sadness

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House

B. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.

C. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.

D. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文以解说词的形式主要讲述了近距离了解Margaret Mitchel相关情况。

1.小题1】A 细节理解题。由最后一段the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.以及最后一段可知她是因为受伤了而在这个小房子里疗伤并创作了这部巨作。故选A

2.小题2】A 细节理解题。由第二段She was only about one and a half meters tall及but she seems very happy..可知Peggy并不因为她自己矮而自卑，因为这群学生都听到很快乐，所以她也感到快乐与自信。故选A

3.小题3】B 细节理解题。由最后一段..had stopped working as a reporter …as at home healing after an injury.可知她受伤了而停止了工作。故选B

4.小题4】B 推理题。由最后一段可知她受伤之后开始了写作并创出了许多好作品，成为了一个作家，并没有返回记者岗位。故选B

5.小题5】C 细节理解题。由第一段的visitors…learn more about her life.及第二段可知这是一篇导游词，是参观Margaret Mitchell故居并了解其生平的旅游，故选C

考点：考查旅游解说词