Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. The short story writer is the first-ever Canadian, and the 13th woman, to win the prize. She has been called “the master of the modern short story”.
Alice Munro was born on July 10, 1931, just outside Wingham, Ontario, which has appeared in her stories many times.
Munro said that she began to escape into books when she was only ten years old. After her mother was diagnosed(診斷)with a serious disease, she started to throw herself into the world of books to make herself feel better.
Munro was a late bloomer(大器晚成) as a writer. She produced her first collection when she was 37 and didn’t get known outside Canada until the 1970s.
In fact, Munro works with an easy-to-read writing style, which is often described to be “practically perfect”. Her story, The Bear Came Over the Mountain, was made into a movie called Away From Her.
The 83-year-old author is often compared to Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the greatest short story writers in history.
Munro lived for many years in the small town of Clinton, Opt, but she was so shy that many people in the town didn’t know who she was. Munro said she was trying to be more social and accept invitations and go out to see people.
【小題1】Who is Alice Munro?
【小題2】How old is Alice Munro?
【小題3】Why did she escape into books?
【小題4】Can readers find any information about Wingham in Munro’s stories?
【小題5】What is the film Away From Her based on?
【小題6】What kind of person do you think Alice Munro is? Tell us your impression of her in TWO to THREE sentences.


【小題1】The master of the modern short story
【小題2】83 years old
【小題3】To make herself feel better.
【小題4】Yes,they can.
【小題5】The Bear Came Over the Mountain.
【小題6】She is an excellent and shy woman.She is a greatest short story writer.

解析試題解析：本文大意：Alice Munro獲得了2013年諾貝爾文獎，她是迄今為止獲得短篇小說獎的第一位加拿大人，第13位女性。她已經(jīng)被稱為“現(xiàn)代短篇小說專家”，經(jīng)常被比作是契訶夫。她的故事“熊從那邊來”，被改編成一部電影“柳暗花明”。她太害羞了，在她居住的小鎮(zhèn)上許多人不知道她是誰。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)She has been called “the master of the modern short story”她已經(jīng)被稱為“現(xiàn)代短篇小說專家”，可知答案為The master of the modern short story
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The 83-year-old author is often compared to Chekhov，83歲的作家經(jīng)常被比作是契訶夫，可知答案為 83 years old
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) After her mother was diagnosed(診斷)with a serious disease, she started to throw herself into the world of books to make herself feel better在她的媽媽被診斷為一種嚴重的疾病后，她開始全身心投入到書籍的世界來使自己感覺好些，可知答案為To make herself feel better.
【小題4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)which has appeared in her stories many times許多次出現(xiàn)在她的故事里，可知答案為Yes,they can.
【小題5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Her story, The Bear Came Over the Mountain, was made into a movie called Away From Her她的故事“熊從那邊來”，被改編成一部電影“柳暗花明”，可知答案為 The Bear Came Over the Mountain.
【小題5】歸納概括題。根據(jù)The short story writer is the first-ever Canadian, and the 13th woman, to win the prize.獲獎的短篇小說作者是迄今為止第一位加拿大人，第13位女性。 She has been called “the master of the modern short story”她已經(jīng)被稱為“現(xiàn)代短篇小說專家”，but she was so shy that many people in the town didn’t know who she was. 但她太害羞了，許多城里的人不知道她是誰，可知答案為 She is an excellent and shy woman.She is a greatest short story writer.
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