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【題目】The career of Henrik Ibsen was directly influenced by his childhood.In later years, the great playwright remembered only a cruel, angry father, forced by business defeats to move the family to an old farm outside Skien, Norway, Ibsen’s mother, no longer welcomed in the homes of her wealthy friends, started to suffer from depression.At sixteen, the young Ibsen left home, working as an apprentice (學(xué)徒) in Grimstad.

Failure, for Ibsen, became a way of life.Catalina, his first literary attempt, was impossible to sell.The privately printed book was eventually sold as packing paper to a grocer.Ibsen sought admission to the university in Oslo but failed the entrance examinations.He tried a career as a journalist, without success.As a stage manager, first in Bergen, then in Oslo, he did better, but lost the latter job when the theater closed down.The experience was not altogether wasted.At Bergen, Ibsen’s agreement required him to provide one new play each year, and although none of the five he produced was well received, the requirement forced him to learn the techniques of his trade.

In 1864, Ibsen took his wife and baby son to Rome, Italy, where they spent five years living in poor conditions.On the edge of starvation, he wrote Brand, dealing with the subject he knew best: failure.Six months after he sent Brand to Danish publishers, his fortunes had changed completely.The play was brought out in March, 1866, becoming an immediate success.With Brand and Peer Gynt, written in the same period, Ibsen won recognition at last.Awarded an annual fixed payment and the title of national poet by Norway, he dropped his shabby clothes and became a welldressed, neatly barbered, distinguished writer.

【1】Which of the following best describes Ibsen’s childhood?

A. Lonely. B. Peaceful.

C. Unhappy. D. Surprising.

【2】Ibsen’s first successful work was written in ________.

A. Grimstad B. Bergen

C. Oslo D. Rome

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. One is never too old to learn.

B. Experience is the best teacher.

C. Failure is the mother of success.

D. Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

【4】Which of the following CAN describe Henrik Ibsen according to the passage?

A. Devoted. B. Easygoing.

C. Determined. D. Kindhearted.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

本文介紹了挪威現(xiàn)代戲劇大師亨利克.易卜生的成功之路。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段可知，童年時期的易卜生家道中落，父親脾氣不好，母親患有抑郁癥，因此他的童年并不快樂。分析選項可知C項符合題意。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段首句及中間的“The play was brought out in March, 1866, becoming an immediate success.”可知，《布朗德》是易卜生第一部成功的劇作，創(chuàng)作于羅馬，一經(jīng)上映大獲成功。分析選項可知D項符合題意。

【3】推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，經(jīng)歷過很多失敗之后，易卜生終于取得了成功，即“失敗是成功之母”。分析選項可知C項符合題意。

【4】推理判斷題。本文介紹了易卜生是如何從失敗走向成功的。當(dāng)他在Bergen當(dāng)舞臺經(jīng)理時，行業(yè)要求他一年出一部新劇，雖然都無果而終，但他沒有消沉，而是努力去學(xué)習(xí)他的行業(yè)技術(shù)直至后來的成功。因此他是一個有毅力的人。分析選項（A. Devoted忠誠的；B. Easy going. 容易相處的；C. Determined. 有毅力的，有決心的； D. Kindhearted. 心地善良的）可知C項符合題意。故選C項。

根據(jù)事實細節(jié)，推斷合理信息。推理題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，作出一定判斷和推論，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中某一句話，也可是某幾句話，但做題的指導(dǎo)思想都是以文字信息為依據(jù)，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根據(jù)的推理，也不能根據(jù)表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是說，要做到判斷有據(jù), 推論有理, 忠實原文。切忌用自己的觀點代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面結(jié)論。如第4小題，根據(jù)文中的多次信息推斷出正確的答案。