Question

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.

Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.

In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.

In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen.” “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.

Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha.” “Maud Martha” received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.

In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, “Corners on the Curing Sky”.

By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brooks’s poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.

1.What does the text mainly talk about?

A. The life of Gwendolyn Brooks.

B. The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.

C. The understanding about black culture.

D. The struggles of black women.

2.What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph?

A. She was good at using the language of poetry.

B. She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women..

C. Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.

D. Her poems were mainly about the African experience.

3.The author develops the passage mainly by ______.

A. comparing opinions    B. using statistics

C. providing examples    D. describing her experiences

4.In the next three paragraphs, the author would most probably talk about _______.

A. the difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks would meet

B. the poems related to political issues

C. the awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained

D. the racial inequality the black had to face

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了格温德林·布鲁克斯，她是第一位获得普利策文学奖的非洲裔美国人。

1.推理判断题，根据第一段Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.可知本文主要介绍了格温德林·布鲁克斯的诗歌，故选B。

2.细节理解题，根据第二段She was an expert at the language of poetry. 可知她是一个诗歌语言专家，由此可知她善于运用诗歌语言，故选A。

3.细节理解题，通读全文可知作者在文中多次举例，因此是通过例子来展开文章的叙述，故选 C。

4.推理判断题，根据最后一段She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.可知本段介绍了她所写的关于政治方面的诗歌，由此推知下文可能继续介绍关于政治的诗歌，故选B。

【名师点睛】

推理判断型

推理判断题属于高层次阅读理解题。这种题型包括判断题和推理题。这两类题常常相互依存，推理是为了得出正确的判断，正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。做好该题型要从整体上把握语篇内容，在语篇的表面意义与隐含意义、已知信息与未知信息间架起桥梁，透过字里行间，去体会作者的“弦外之音”。推理判断题常常可以分为如下几类：(1)细节推断。如时间、地点、人物关系等；(2)逻辑推断。根据已知的结果推断导致结果产生的可能原因；(3)目的、意图、态度推断。根据文章的论述，推断作者的写作目的以及作者的情感态度；(4)预测想象推断。文章没有明确说明，要求根据语篇对文章可能涉及的内容进行预测判断。例如：本题中的第4小题：

【解题剖析】此题属于推理判断型中的（4）预测想象推断。文章没有明确说明，要求根据语篇对文章可能涉及的内容进行预测判断。

【答案定位】根据最后一段，She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.可知她写了一个更广泛的世界，并处理重要的政治问题，故推知作者在后面几段会写关于她所写的政治诗歌。