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Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876, in America.His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make a living when he was twelve. He worked very hard.

Later Jack returned to school. He was strict with himself and worked hard at every subject, especially (尤其) literature(文學) .

In 1897, he went to Alaska to look for gold(黃金). Instead of getting gold, he found material for his books and stories. He returned home and started to write. His writings were so successful that he became rich and famous in his twenties.

But Jack London was not a happy man. He took his own life in 1916 when he was only 40 years old.

1.Jack London was from ________.

A．Alaska

B．London

C．the USA

D．France

2. He was a famous ________.

A．worker

B．story-teller

C．teacher

D．writer

3. In Alaska, he________.

A．found gold	B．found books and stories
C．became rich	D．learned a lot

4. He became famous for________ .

A．his writings

B．his gold

C．rich life

D．both A and B

5. He began to work in________ and died in ________.

A．1888;1916

B．1876;1916

C．1900;1956

D．1876;1900

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.A

【解析】

1.短文第一句話已經明確指出，杰克·倫敦是一個美國作家。

2.同樣在第一句話中，答案已經體現出來。

3.他本來是去找黃金，但實際上，他找到了寫作的素材，學到了很多的東西。

4.杰克·倫敦出名是因為他的書。

5.他1876年出生,在12歲時開始離開學校去謀生，即在1888年開始了他的工作生涯。文中最后一句明確得知，杰克·倫敦1916年去世。