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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(jù)短文內(nèi)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(xí):1Thispassageismostlyabout__________.A)thecharacteristicsofautobiographies,memoirs,andbiographiesB)famousautobiographiesC)whybiographycanbedifficulttowriteD)differencebetweenautobiographiesandmemoirs2HelenKeller
7、wrote___________.A)amemoirB)anautobiographyC)aworkoffictionD)abiography3Autobiographywritersarenotalwaysobjectivebecausethey__________.A)feeltheyhavetomakeupdetailstomaketheirbookssellB)constantlycompetewithbiographywritersC)wanttopresentthem
