Question

B

    Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity. But?it is often the be?lief of others that gives us the courage to try.

   J. K. Rowling, the- author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at the age of 6. In her biography, she remembered with great fondness when her good friend, Sean, whom she met in secondary school, became the first person to encourage her and help her build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer.

"He was the first person with whom I really dis?cussed my serious ambition to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was bound to be a success at it, which meant much more to me than I ever told him at the time."

Despite many setbacks Rowling persevered in her writing, particularly fantasy stories. But it wasn't until 1990 that she first conceived the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls,"It was on a long train journey from Lon?don to Manchester that the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. To my immense frustration (沮喪)，I didn't have a functioning pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four hours( delayed train) , and all the details bubbled up in my brain,and this scrawny?black-haired, be?spectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me."

That same year, her mother passed away after a ten-year battle with multiple sclerosis, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter,but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.

During this time, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression. Unemployed, she completed her first novel in cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. Af?ter being rejected by 12 publishing houses,the first Harry Potter novel was .sold to a small British publishing house.

 Now with seven books that have sold nearly 400 mil?lion copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with her com?mitment to writing that was fostered by the confidence of a friend ！

20.  Who believed J. K. Rowling was to be a good writer? 

A. Her friend Sean.      B. Her mother.

C. Her daughter.      D. Her husband.

  21.  She felt frustrated on the train because .

  A.  her train was delayed for four hours

B.  she didn't have a pen with her

C.  her mind .suddenly went blank

D.  no one would offer her help

22.  It can be concluded from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that Rowling is .

A. open-minded         B. warm-hearted

C.  good-natured         D. strong-willed

  23.  The text mainly tells us .

  A.  hardship makes a good novelist

B.  the courage to try is a special ability

  C.  you can have a wonderful idea everywhere

D.  encouragement contributes to one's success

Answer 1

B

[文章大窻]本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。第一段提出論點(diǎn)，接下來(lái)以J. K.羅琳是怎樣成功地寫(xiě)出《哈利•波特》為例，闡述了她的成功是由于朋友的鼓勵(lì)。

20. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的內(nèi)容可知，她的朋友Sean鼓勵(lì)她， 幫助她增強(qiáng)自信，使她認(rèn)為總有一天她會(huì)成為一名好的作家。故選A。

21. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第四段中的"To my immense frustration (沮喪)，I didn't have a functioning pen with me —"可知，J. K. 羅琳沒(méi)有筆來(lái)寫(xiě)下自己的想法，因此感到很沮喪。故選B。

22. D推理判斷題。第五段中提到了她的母親去世，影響了她的寫(xiě)作，結(jié)婚后有了一個(gè)女兒，但不久與丈夫離婚；第六段提到她得了憂(yōu)郁癥，而且12家出版社拒絕她的作品，第一部《哈利•波特》賣(mài)給了英國(guó)一家很小的出版社。從這些經(jīng)歷我們可推斷出J.K.羅琳是意志堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的。故選D。

23. D主旨大意題。文章主要寫(xiě)了《哈利•波特》的作者J. K. 羅琳由于朋友的鼓勵(lì)成了非常有名的作家，也就是說(shuō)鼓勵(lì)有助于成功。故選D。