Passage 2
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. In the nearly sixty two years of his life that followed, he built a literary fame unsurpassed (无法超越) in the twentieth century.
As a boy he was taught by his father to hunt and fish along the shores and in the forests around Lake Michigan. The Hemingways had a summer house in northern Michigan, and the family would spend the summer months there trying to stay cool. Hemingway would either fish the different streams that ran into the lake, or would take the small boat out to do some fishing there. He would also go squirrel hunting in the woods, discovering early in life the peace to be found while alone in the forest or going through a stream. It was something he could always go back to throughout his life, and though he often found himself living in major cities like Chicago, Toronto and Paris early in his life, once he became successful he chose somewhat isolated places to live in.
When he wasn't hunting or fishing his mother taught him the good points of music. She was a skilled singer who once had wished a life on stage, but at last settled down with her husband and spent her time by giving voice and music lessons to local children, including her own. Hemingway was never talented for music and suffered through singing practices and music lessons, however, the musical knowledge he got from his mother helped him share in his first wife Hadley's interest in the piano.
Ernest Hemingway died in ______.
题干的意思是:海明威死于______。文中第一段给出了海明威的出生年月和在世时间,所以可以推断出其死亡时间为(1899+62=1961)。所以选D。
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
题干的意思是:根据文章下列哪种说法不正确?此类型题应从文中找出其细节对应的句子,用排除法找出正确答案。第二段第一句话证明A项正确;第二段第二句话The Henmingways代表一家人,所以B项正确;第二段第四句话证明D项正确。所以,选C。另外,由第三段第二句话也可知C项错误。
After he became successful, Ernest Hemingway ______.
题干的意思是:在海明威成名之后,他______。首先找出本题的切入点“在他成名之后”,很快在原文中找到第二段最后一句与之相对应,所以不难确定答案为B。
Being talented in music, Hemingway's mother once wanted to ______.
题干的意思是:由于在音乐上的天赋,海明威的妈妈曾经想______。原文中第三段谈到海明威的妈妈,根据第三段第二句话可以确定本题答案为C项。
The passage is most probably from ______.
题干的意思是:这篇文章的出处最可能是______。根据文章的写作风格,(对海明威的出生年月、生活经历、家庭的介绍)不难判断这是节选于传记。所以,选A。