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 bought her a 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. first published on a newspaper    B. awarded ten Academy Awards

C. written in “The Dump”    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. show great respect for

C. be much taller than    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.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.

B. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.

C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.

D. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】这是一篇介绍说明类文章。本文通过作者对《乱世佳人》作者Margaret Mitchell故居的参观，讲述了Margaret Mitchell生前的相关事迹。

1.细节理解题。由第一段中的“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”和倒数第二段中的“They made fun of the small apartment by calling it ‘The Dump’”可知， Margaret Mitchell是在其故居中写的Gone with wind，而Margaret Mitchell将其戏称为The Dump，故可推知C选项切题。

2.词义猜测题。由第二段中的“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”可知，Margaret Mitchell只有大约1.5米高，（照片上）的年轻人比她高，但是她看上去非常快乐，非常自信。故该画线部分的意思为“比……高”，故B选项正确。

3.细节理解题。由第二段中的“She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child”和最后一段中的“Around 1926...was at home healing after an injury...She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success”可知，Margaret Mitchell小时候就开始写故事。她26岁受伤后在家休养期间，阅读了很多书之后，然后写了Gone with wind。故结合选项可知，Margaret Mitchell成年后还对写作有很大的兴趣。故B选项正确。

4.标题归纳题。本文通过作者对《乱世佳人》作者Margaret Mitchell故居的参观，讲述了Margaret Mitchell生前的相关事迹。故D选项最适合做该文标题。

【名师点拨】细节理解题主要针对文章中的某个细节进行考查。比较简单的细节理解题直接就可以在原文找到答案，有的甚至是原文原话。较难的细节理解题往往会对题干或者选项中的词汇做一些同义，反义，近义词，句式等的转换。这对学生的理解能力提出了较高的要求。同学们在此类题中，一定要抓住事件发生的时间，地点，发展过程或者结局等环节，所选答案一定要符合原文，切不可望文生义。例如，第1小题中，A选项：文中没有被提到；B选项：由这本书改变的电影赢得了奥斯卡金像奖，并非这本书赢得该奖项；C选项：Margaret Mitchell故居就是她居住的地方，也就是她当初写作的地方。她把他们居住的房子戏称为“The Dump”.故此项正确；D选项：电影改编自这本书，而非书本改编自电影。