2014年湖南学业水平考阅读理解C求分析
Pearl S. Buck was a very popular American writer of her day. She was famous for her books about China. Pearl was born in 1892 in West Virginia, America, but she spent almost half of her 81 -year-long life in China.
Pearl spent her youth in Jiangsu Province, China. She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English. Her mother had travelled widely in her youth and liked literature very much. After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher, Pearl S. Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen. She continued her education in the United States at a Woman’s College to study psychology. After graduation in 1914，she returned to China. In the 1920s, her family moved to Nanjing, where she taught English and American literature at a university.
As a writer, Pearl S. Buck’s book, The Good Earth, appeared in 1.931 and sold quite well in its first year. It has been translated into over thirty languages. In 1938，she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the time of her death in March, 1973，Pearl had published more than seventy books.
49. Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, America in_______.
A. 1892 B. 1901 C. 1906 D. 1913
50. Which of the following is NOT true about Pearl S. Buck?
A. She lived in Jiangsu Province in her youth.
B. She was able to speak English before she spoke Chinese.
C. Her mother and a Chinese teacher had educated her.
D. She studied at a Woman’s College in the United States.
51. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature because of her_______.
A. education in China
B. experiences in America
C. The Good Earth
D. psychology books
52. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Pearl S. Buck’s Family
B. Pearl S. Buck’s Life Story
C. Pearl S. Buck’s Books
D. Pearl S. Buck’s Job as a Teacher
49.细节理解题。依据文章第一段中“Pearl was born in 1892 in West Virginia”可知他出生于1892年，故正确答案为A。
50. 细节理解题。依据“Pearl spent her youth in Jiangsu Province, China.”可知A选项正确。依据“She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English.”可知B选项错误。依据“After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher”可知C选项正确。依据“She continued her education in the United States at a Woman’s College to study psychology”可知D选项正确。故该题应选择B。
51.细节理解题。依据文章最后一段可知Pearl S. Buck凭着著作“The Good Earth”取得了诺贝尔文学奖。故正确答案为C。
52. 主旨大意题。文章开头主要介绍了著名作家Pearl S. Buck的概况。中间部分着重描述了她所历程的所有，从中国到美国，从美国又回到中国。最后主要介绍他的著作和获得了诺贝尔文学奖。整篇文章都在讲述著名作家Pearl S. Buck生平的故事，故该题正确答案为B。
