Ruth Mckenney was born in 1911 in Mishawak, Indiana. She grew up in Cleveand, Ohio, and at the age of fourteen she got her first job working nights in a printer’s shop. She also worked as a waitress, but after dropping two fruits salads on the floor, she was fired.

While Miss Mckenney was studying in a Ohio State University, she found an outside job as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch. In fact, she left college before she got her degree in order to devote all her time to newspaper work. She later worked on papers in Akron, Ohio, and New York City.

In New York, Miss Mckenney began to write stories about the amusing experiences she shared with her sisiter. These were published in the New York magazine, and later in a book called “My Sister Eileen”. This book was an immediate bestseller, and soon became a hit play. Miss Mckenney has also written a guide to England and a number of serious books on American labor.

Miss Mckenney married Richard Bransten in 1937. They had one daughter, and it came as no surprise when the author named her Eileen.

Ruch Mckenney died in 1972.

 

69. Ruth Mckenney started her newspaper work      .

  A. after she left college

  B. when she was a university student

  C. before she got her degree

  D. when she worked in New York City

70. The book My Sister Eileen consists of stories about      .

  A. Miss Mckenney only

  B. Miss Mckenney’s sister only

  C. both Miss Mckenney and her sister

  D. Miss Mckenney’s family and her fellow reporters

71. Why do you suppose it came as no surprise when the author name her daughter “Eileen”?

  A. Because the best-selling book made her famous and its heroine’s（女主人公的）name was “Eileen”.

  B. Because this name could help her to remember her sister forever.

  C. Because she had only one daughter and she loved her so much.

  D. Because she wished her daughter would be as successful as she had been.

69. B

解析：從文中第二段內(nèi)容可推出答案。

70. C

解析：答案可從第三段第一句推出。

71. A

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