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1、第4部分:閱讀理解(第31-45題,每題3分,共45分)下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道題。請根據短文內容,為每題確定1個最佳選項。第一篇TellingTalesaboutPeopleOneofthemostcommontypesofnonfiction,andonethatmanypeopleenjoyreading,isstoriesaboutpeople'slives.Thesestoriesfallintothreegeneralcategories:autobiographymemoir,andbiography.Anautobiographyisthestoryofa
2、person'slifewrittenbyhimselforherself.Oftenitbeginswiththeperson'searliestrecollectionsandendsinthepresent.Autobiographywritersmaynotbeentirelyobjectiveinthewaytheypresentthemselves.However,theyofferthereaderagoodlookatthewaytheyareandwhatmakesthemthatway.PeopleasdiverseasBenjaminFranklinandH
3、elenKellerhavewrittenautobiographies.1Otherwriters,suchasJamesJoyce,havewrittenthinlyfictionalizedaccountsoftheirlives.Thesearenotautobiographies,buttheyareveryclosetoit.Memoirs.strictlyspeaking,areautobiographicalaccountsthatfocusasmuchontheeventsoftheLimesasonthelifeoftheauthor.2Memoirwrite
4、rstypicallyusetheseeventsasbackdropsfortheirlives.Theydescribethemindetailanddiscusstheirimportance.Recently.though,thetermmemoirseemstobebecominginterchangeablewithautobiography.Amemoirnowadaysmayormaynotdealwiththeoutsideworld.Biographiesarefactualaccountsofsomeoneelse'slife.Inmanysenses,th
5、esemaybethehardestofthethreetypestowrite.Autobiographywritersknowtheeventstheywriteaboutbecausetheylivedthem.ButbiographywritershavetogatherinformationfromasmanydifferentsourcesaspossibleThentheyhavetodecidewhichfactstoinclude.Theirgoalistopresentabalancedpictureofaperson,notonethatisoverlypo
6、sitiveortoocritical.Afair,well-presentedbiographymaytakeyearstoresearchandwrite.練習:1Thispassageismostlyabout__________.A)thecharacteristicsofautobiographies,memoirs,andbiographiesB)famousautobiographiesC)whybiographycanbedifficulttowriteD)differencebetweenautobiographiesandmemoirs2HelenKeller
7、wrote___________.A)amemoirB)anautobiographyC)aworkoffictionD)abiography3Autobiographywritersarenotalwaysobjectivebecausethey__________.A)feeltheyhavetomakeupdetailstomaketheirbookssellB)constantlycompetewithbiographywritersC)wanttopresentthem