Question

    Alice Munro is the first Canadian citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Munro was born into a farming family in Ontario in 1931. The family was very poor.

Munro did a lot of physical work as a young girl. She started writing stories in her teens and studied journalism and English at the University of Western Ontario. She published in many magazines starting in the 1950s. in 1968, she published Dance of the Happy Shades, a collection of short stories. In 1971, she published a collection of stories Lives of Girls and Women, and in many of the stories she talks about her poor relationship with her mother.

Since her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, including the 2009 Man Booker International Prize, with the 2013 Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn’t see herself as a talented writer.

“I have many notebooks that include this terrible clumsy(笨拙的) writing. I often wonder, when I look at these first drafts(草稿), if it was meaningful to do this at all. I’m the opposite of a writer with quick gift.”

“Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings as much depth, wisdom and precision(精确) to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels.” The Man Booker judging committee said.

Munro became world-famous for writing about everyday people. “Here we have a world prize being won by someone who writes about housewives in Vancouver(温哥华), booksellers in Victoria, bean farmers in Huron Country and accountants and teachers and librarians— common Canadian people, and she turns it into magic,” said Doug Gibson, Munro’s publisher.

“After many years, many collections and many wonderful stories, readers may feel they know everything about Alice Munro, especially as so many of her characters live lives similar to her own. In fact, we know very little about her. This is one of the reasons readers are crazy about Munro. This other reason is that she is so good.” said Anne Enright from Guardian.

1.As a Nobel Prize winner, Alice Munro is most famous for        ?

A.The mystery of her personal life B.her hard childhood

C.writing short stories D.her quick gift for writing

2.What do we know about Munro’s writing?

A.It is full of depth and wisdom. B.It usually tells lifetime stories.

C.It only cares about the life of women. D.It is about wealthy and famous people.

3.Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened in Munro’s life?

a. She published Lives of Girls and Women

b. She won the Man Booker International Prize.

c. She studied at the University of Western Ontario.

d. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

e. She published Dance of the Happy Shade.

A.c-a-b-d-e B.a-b-c-d-e C.a-c-b-e-d D.c-e-a-b-d

4.What does Paragraph 6 mainly talk about?

A.Magic created by Alice Munro. B.Characters in Munro’s stories.

C.Life of common Canadian people. D.Alice Munro’s special writing style.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

文章大意：文章讲的是获得了诺贝尔写作奖的加拿大作家Alice Munro的写作生涯。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第五段第一行“Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings as much depth”可知艾丽丝·蒙罗是一位著名的短篇小说作家，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第五段第一、二行“Alice Munro ……bring to a lifetime of novels”“爱丽丝·蒙罗是一位著名的短篇小说作家，但她给每一个故事带来的深度、智慧和精准，与大多数小说家给一生的小说带来的一样多”可知，Munro的写作充满了深度和智慧，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第二段第四行“In 1971, she published a collection of stories Lives of Girls and Women”可知，a在1971年；根据文章第三段第一、二行“Since her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, including the 2009 Man Booker International Prize”可知，b在2009年；根据文章第二段第一、二行“She started writing stories in her teens and studied journalism and English at the University of Western Ontario”和第一段第二行“Munro was born into a farming family in Ontario in 1931”可知，c在1931+18=1949左右；根据文章第三段第二行“with the 2013 Nobel Prize as her biggest honor”可知，d在2013年；根据文章第二段第三行“in 1968, she published Dance of the Happy Shades”可知，e在1968年，可知，顺序是c-e-a-b-d，故选D。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章第六段第一、二、三行“Here we ……teachers and librarians”“在这里，我们有一个世界奖获得者，她写了温哥华的家庭主妇、维多利亚的书商、休伦湖区的菜农、会计、教师和图书管理员”可知，第六段主要谈论的是Munro故事中的人物，故选B。