Question

Anais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till she died. Nin’s works had her relationships with authors，artists，and other figures as the main subject. Some of her writings were made into films. Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Women's Movement with her strong writings.

Anais Nin was born in France in 1903. Her father was a Spanish artist and a composer living in Cuba（古巴）where he met her mother, a French singer working in Cuba. As a child Nin was brought up in Spain. When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to New York with their mother. At the age of 16 Nin decided to give up studying and started to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on her mother so that her brothers could go on with their studies.

In 1923 Nin got married to her husband，Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924 Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing. Nin wrote her first book in print, D. H. Lawrence：An Unprofessional Study in 16 days. In 1939 Nin left Paris as it was a French government's request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war. Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to Frances Steloff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping.

In 1931 Nin wrote her book Henry and June from the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin. In 1936 Nin published House of Incest which was a 72-page fiction novel.

Nin also appeared and was a part of various films. In 1973 Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate（榮譽博士學位）by the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1974 Nin was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters.

In 1977 Nin died in her Los Angeles home after battling with cancer for three years.

1.What information can we get from Paragraph one?

A．Anais Nin was a native American.

B．Anais Nin started Women's Movement.

C．Anais Nin gave lectures in several colleges.

D．Anais Nin wrote mainly about her family life.

2.Why did Nin and her husband move back to New York in 1939?

A．Because they expected to enter the film industry.

B．Because the couple wanted to stay away from the coming war.

C．Because they intended to have her books published.

D．Because they both meant to promote the sales of new books.

3.We can infer from the passage that＿．

A．Nin got married in 1923 and started writing a year later

B．Nin wrote her book Henry and June from the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin after she moved to America

C．Nin directed and played in various films

D．Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Philadelphia College of Science

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文為人物傳記類文章，主要講述了Anais Nin 的一生以及她一生的成就。

1.推理判斷題。根據第一段“Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges（Nin 是很多大學的客座講師）”，可以看出正確答案為C。

2.細節理解題。根據第三段第四句“In 1939 Nin left Paris as it was a French government's request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war”可知B正確。

3.推理判斷題。根據第三段第一、二句“In 1923 Nin got married to her husband，Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924 Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing”可知A正確。

考點：考查人物傳記類短文

點評：文章內容難度適中，結構清楚，學生容易理解，以細節題推理題的考查為主，解此類題除了注意細節，也需要結合上下文提供的語境和信息進行的概括和判斷。