Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.[A]His father caught a serious disease.
[B]His mother passed away.
[C]His mother left him to marry a rich businessman.
[D]His father took to drinking.
27.[A]He disliked being disciplined.
[B]He was expelled by the university.
[C]He couldn't pay his gambling debts.
[D]He enjoyed working for a magazine.
28.[A]His poems are heavily influenced by French writers.
[B]His stories are mainly set in the State of Virginia.
[C]His work is difficult to read.
[D]His language is not refined.
29.[A]He grieved to death over the loss of his wife.
[B]He committed suicide for unknown reasons.
[C]He was shot dead at the age of 40.
[D]He died of heavy drinking.
原文:
Passage one
Edgar Poe,an American writer,was born in 1809.His parents were actors.Edgar was a baby when his father left the family.He was two years old when his mother died.【第26題答案位置】He was taken into the home of a wealthy businessman named John Allen.He then received his new name,Edgar Allen Poe.As a young man,Poe attended the University of Virginia.He was a good student,but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money.As an unskilled game player,he often lost money.Since he couldn't pay his gambling losses,he left the university and began working for magazines.【第27題答案位置】He worked hard,yet he was not well paid,or well known.At the age of 27,he got married.For a time it seemed that Poe would find happiness,but his wife was sick for most of their marriage,and died in 1847.Through all his crises,Poe produced many stories and poems which appeared in different publications,yet he didn't become famous until 1845,when his poem,The Raven,was published.There is a question,however,about Poe's importance in American Literature.Some critics say that Poe was one of America's best writers,and even had a great influence on many French writers,but others disagree.They say Poe's work is difficult to understand【第28題答案位置】and most of his writing describes many unpleasant situations and events.Edgar Allen Poe died in 1849 when he was 40 years old.It is said that he was found dead after days of heavy drinking.【第29題答案位置】
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.What happened to Edgar Allen Poe's family when he was only two years old?
27.Why did Edgar Allen Poe leave the University of Virginia?
28.What do some critics say about Edgar Allen Poe?
29.How did Edgar Allen Poe's life come to an end?
譯文:
美國(guó)作家埃德加·坡生于1809年,他的父母都是演員。埃德加還是嬰兒時(shí),他的父親就離開了。他兩歲時(shí)母親去世了。埃德加被帶到了一個(gè)富商約翰·愛(ài)倫的家里撫養(yǎng),然后有了一個(gè)新名字——埃德加·愛(ài)倫·坡。年輕時(shí)坡在弗吉尼亞大學(xué)念書。他是個(gè)好學(xué)生,但是他喜歡喝酒和打牌賭博。作為一個(gè)笨拙的游戲玩家,他經(jīng)常輸錢。由于他無(wú)法還清賭債,他離開了大學(xué),開始為雜志撰稿。他工作很努力,但是收入并不高,也不為人所知。27歲時(shí),坡結(jié)婚了。在一段時(shí)期內(nèi)坡似乎找到了幸福,但是在他們的婚姻中他的妻子大部分時(shí)間都在生病,并于1847年去世。在他的各種危機(jī)中,他創(chuàng)作了很多小說(shuō)和詩(shī)歌,發(fā)表在不同的出版物中,但是直到1845年他的詩(shī)作《烏鴉》發(fā)表后他才開始出名。然而,關(guān)于埃德加·愛(ài)倫·坡在美國(guó)文學(xué)史上的重要性一直都有爭(zhēng)論。一些評(píng)論家稱他是美國(guó)最優(yōu)秀的作家之一,甚至對(duì)很多法國(guó)作家都產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響,但是其他人并不同意。他們說(shuō)坡的作品難以理解,并且他的絕大多數(shù)作品都描述了很多令人不愉快的情形和事件。埃德加·愛(ài)倫·坡死于1849年,享年40歲。據(jù)說(shuō)他被人發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)已因多日酗酒逝世。
解析:
人物生平類記敘文。
26.B事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。首句群出題。原文提到He was two years old when his mother died.由此可知答案為B,其中pass away為原文中die的同義替換。
27.C事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。因果關(guān)系出題。原文提到Since he couldn't pay his gambling losses,he left the university...所以答案是C,原文中的gambling losses和選項(xiàng)中的gambling debts為同義替換。
28.C事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系出題。原文提到...but others disagree.They say Poe's work is difficult to understand...所以答案是選項(xiàng)C,其中difficult to understand被difficult to read同義替換。
29.D事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。尾句群出題。原文提到Edgar Allen Poe died in 1849 when he was 40 years old.It is said that he was found dead after days of heavy drinking.視聽基本一致,答案是D。
