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7．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 1917 he 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 approached 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 Great Gatsby，published in 1925，which quick brought him praise from the literary world．Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security．Then，in 1926，he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men．
  However，Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected 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 he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940．while his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol．Sheila Graham，his dear friend，helped him fight his alcoholism．

36．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage？A
 A.5            B.6            C.7             D.8
37．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the pas sage？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
38．We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald．C
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
39．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about．D
A．Zelda's personal life
B．Zelda's illness and treatment
C．Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham
D．Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：本文主要介绍了一位美国小说家F．Scott Fitzgerald，他曾经是纽曼学校圣保罗学院的学生，并在普林斯顿大学学习过一段时间.1917年，他加入了军队，在那里他遇到了他未来的妻子Zelda Sayre，有了她，他的生活充满了莫大的幸福．1920年，他出版第一部小说"此方的天堂"，但他最大的成功是"了不起的盖茨比"，发表于1925年．然后，在1926年，他又发表短篇小说收集所有的悲伤的青年男子．后来他和妻子之间的问题影响了他的写作和生活．最后他完全沉迷于酒精，他亲爱的朋友Sheila Graham帮助他戒酒．

解答 36．A 细节理解题．据题意，由文章中关键词novel可知，文章中提及到的弗兰西斯•司各特•菲茨杰拉德的小说有：This side of paradise，The Beautiful and Damned，The Great Gatsby，Tender Is the Night and The love of the last Tycoon，共计5篇．故选A项
37．D 细节理解题．根据第一段中"…was once a student of St．Paul Academy…In 1917 he joined the army…"可知弗兰西斯•司各特•菲茨杰拉德先在圣保罗学院学习，然后参加的军队．由此可知答案应为D项
38．C 推理判断题．由第四段第一句"However，Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing"可以判断出C项
39．D 推理判断题．根据人物传记的特点和本段对菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，说明了菲茨杰拉德的作品对学界的意义，因此最后总结的一段是关于菲茨杰拉德对文学界的贡献的．故选D项

点评 人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素．其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强．因此在阅读时要把握好时间、地点、人物和事件这四大要素．