单选题 She once said," When people ask me whether writing has been a hard or easy road I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing; the road is all. That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never faced the type-writer with the thought that one more task had to be done."
Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her. but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, simple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from childhood to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plains with its wild flowers, wheat fields and rivers.
"It's a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later. "It takes hold of you, or it leaves you perfectly cold. 'A great many people find it very dull: they like a church tower, an old factory, a waterfall, the country all made to look like a German Christmas card... But when I come to the open plains, something happens. I'm home. I breathe differently./

单选题 61 Willa Cather wrote because she found writing ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“薇拉•凯瑟为什么写作?”文章第二段第一句话说Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her, but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing.即凯瑟是为了有趣和快乐而去写作的。所以本题的正确答案选D。
单选题 What did Cather mean by "The end is nothing; the road is all"?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 推断题。题干意为“凯瑟说The end is nothing, the road is all.意思是什么?”文章第一段倒数第二句说That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure.即凯瑟的意思就是写作本身是件快乐的事。所以本题的正确答案为B。
单选题 What was the place like where Cather grew up?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“凯瑟成长的地方是什么样子的?”文章第二段最后一句话说...where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plains with its wild flowers. wheat fields and rivers.即凯瑟成长的地方实际上是布满了野花、麦田和河流的大平原。所以本题的正确答案为B。
单选题 When she said "It takes hold of yon. or it leaves you perfectly cold" Wills Cather meant ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 推断题。题干意为“当薇拉·凯瑟说It takes hold of you, or it leaves you perfectly cold.是什么意思?”文章最后一段说作者认为有的人喜欢这个地方,而有的人觉得这个地方乏味。作者对这个地方是爱。所以本题的正确答案为A。
单选题 What happens when Cather comes to the open plains.'?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 推断题。题干意为“当凯瑟来到这个地方的时候她感觉怎样?”文章最后一段说I am home. I breathe differently. 即作者一回到这个宽阔的地方就感觉到家了,连呼吸都变得不一样了。所以本题的正确答案为C。