单选题
单选题 How many books has the writer written so far?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Host: And I want... I"m going to start Jodi by saying that "Damn girl". You are so prolific. I mean 19 novels at your 45. I"d like to live in your brain for a few weeks because I think it could be a very exciting place to be, because it must be working overtime. And I hate to be pedestrian by asking you a frequently asked question but you are not interviewed as a number of authors through the course of my career, and I remember, just name drop, Philip Boroff told me that he right standing up in John Grisham writes longhand on legal pads. I"m not sure if he still does but that"s what he used to do. And can you just tell us a little bit about your writing regime? I think I also read that you start a new book. The day after your previous one is... the day after it"s finished or the day after it"s published?
Jodi Picoult: The day after it"s finished.
Host: Oh, my god. What is wrong with you?
Jodi Picoult: I don"t know.
Host: I mean you don"t take a break at all?
Jodi Picoult: Well, that..., not that way because I"m usually overlapping books, you know. I tend to write one book at a time, to be physically writing one book at a time and that"s a bit like I was writing two books at one time for this year. But urn... it starts for me with a what-if question. And it"s something that"s keeping me up at night, something that"s bothering me, something that..., you know it just makes me wonder what would I do in that situation. And if I continue to think about it, I know it"s really a good idea for a novel. And if I keep thinking about it, characters pop up like mush-rooms. And they begin to take the story away from me. And at that point, I stop everything.
Host: To call security?
Jodi Picoult: No. Here"s the thing. It"s funny. I said this many, many times but writing is successful, schizophrenic. I"m paid to hear voices in my head, right? And so you know
Host: Already then.
Jodi Picoult: Right, but really you know it"s great because you listen to them but you also know that you need to stop and learn as much about these characters as you possibly can because you"ve the authority. So I don"t let myself read a word until I"ve done a boatload of research. And I bet you"re gonna get to that later.
Host: Definitely. Because I mean among many things, that is such a fascinating topic, the way that you research books. But before we get to that I mean, you really do grapple with big issues as you said things that keep you up at night. I mean organ donation, gay rights, abortion death, row bowling, murder in an Amish country, teenage suicide, the right to die... I mean, to name just some of them all kinds of ethical dilemmas and I"m just curious how you get interested in these topics? Do you read things in the paper? Do you see things on television? What picture(s) interest and a particular issue at any given time?
Jodi Picoult: It really depends on the topic. Sometimes it can be a story that I read. When I was coming up for the idea which handles with care, which"s about wrongful birth lawsuits, it actually has its genesis here in New York City. I was on a book tour. I had Sunday morning to do nothing and I picked up a copy of the New York Times and I read a magazine article there about a woman who had sued her OBGYN for wrongful birth. And I was fascinated by it. And I couldn"t get it out of my mind so that really started that particular book rolling. Sometimes it could be my mother telling me nobody knows about the omission, if anyone could find out about them, it will be you. And that"ll be the reason that I...
Host: Your mum is here tonight, too.
Jodi Picoult: Yes, she is. Hi, mum. And you know and then sometimes it"s... I think, a much more organic process, something that I"ve come to worry about because I"m a mum mostly. Something like what are the worst things that you can imagine happening to a kid, you know, a child being kidnapped, a child getting sick, a child dying. All of those things which are very natural fears for parents manifest themselves somewhere in my fiction and I think to some extent and this is completely wrong. I"m very superstitious. I think if I write about it, it will never happen to me. Is that weird?
Host: No, I can see that... I can see that... I can see how you feel that way. Meanwhile you know I should mention the research you do really is extraordinary and so fascinating. I know your newest novel is called Lone Wolf and sort of whose life is that, anyway, meets dancing with wolves. Not really but...
Jodi Picoult: It is to Hollywood...
Host: And not really, but can you tell us a little bit about what this book is about and the kind of research you did for because it"s sort of... two very different ideas in one novel?
Jodi Picoult: Right, the book is about a guy named Luke Warren, who is a very unique kind of wolf biologist. Instead of studying wolves from afar, he actually goes and lives with the wild wolf pack of Canada.

[解析] 主持人提到“You are so prolific. I mean 19 novels at your 45. ”,可以看出这是一位多产的作家,45岁时已经写了19本书。因此B选项为正确答案。
单选题 When did the writer start her new book?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 对话中主持人问作家什么时候开始写新书的时候,作家回答到“The day after it"s finished. ”,可以知道是写完一本之后开始新书的写作。故B为正确答案。
单选题 Why does the writer stop everything when characters pop up in her mind?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据对话可以知道作家在脑海中有一些新的角色的时候会停下手头的一切事情是因为“you listen to them but you also know that you need to stop and learn as much about these characters as you possibly can because you"ve the authority. ”来了解更多关于角色的内容。因此C选项为正确答案。
单选题 What kind of topics is covered in the writer"s books?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 关于该作家书中包含的话题,主持人说到“I mean organ donation, gay fights, abortion death, row bowling, murder in an Amish country, teenage suicide, the fight to die...”,可以看出包括“organ donation”(器官捐赠)、“abortion death”(堕胎死亡)等话题。只有A选项符合文意。
单选题 How does the writer get interested in these topics?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 作家被问到是如何对这些话题感兴趣的时候,他回答到“Sometimes it can be a story that I read. ”,“I was on a book tour. I picked up a copy of the New York Times and I read a magazine article there about a woman who had sued her OBGYN for wrongful birth. ”,可以看出作家阅读广泛。故D为正确答案。
单选题 Why does the writer say she is superstitious?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 作家说自己很迷信时说到“I"m very superstitious. I think if I write about it, it will never happen to me. ”,作家认为如果自己把这些事情写出来的话,这些事情就不会发生在自己身上。因此B项为正确答案。
单选题 What is the main character in Lone Wolf?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] “Lone Wolf”中的主角,作家提到“the book is about a guy named Luke Warren, who is a very unique kind of wolf biologist. ”,可以知道主角是一位研究狼族的生物学家。因此A项为正确答案。