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    F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
    His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
    This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
    However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
    小题1:How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?
    A．5B．6 C．7D．8
    小题2:Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
    a. He became addicted to drinking.
    b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
    c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
    d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
    e. He failed to reorder his life.
    f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
    A．f-c-e-a-b-dB．b-e-a-f-c-dC．f-d-e-c-b-aD．b-f-c-d-e-a
    小题3:We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald            .
    A．had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
    B．was well educated and well off before he served in the army
    C．would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
    D．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
    小题4:The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about _______.
    A．Zelda’s personal life
    B．Zelda’s illness and treatment
    C．Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
    D．Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

    小题1:A
    小题2:D
    小题3:C
    小题4:D

    小题1:A细节理解题。据题意，由文章中关键词novel可知，文章中提及到的弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德的小说有：This side of paradise，The Beautiful and Damned，The Great Gatsby，Tender Is the Night and The love of the last Tycoon，共计5篇。故选A项
    小题2:D细节理解题。根据第一段中“……was once a student of St. Paul Academy……In 1917 he joined the army……”可知弗兰西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德先在圣保罗学院学习，然后参加的军队。由此可知答案应为D项
    小题3:C推理判断题。由第四段第一句“However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing”可以判断出C项
    小题4:D。推理判断题。根据人物传记的特点和本段对菲茨杰拉德生活、作品的描述，说明了菲茨杰拉德的作品对学界的意义，因此最后总结的一段是关于菲茨杰拉德对文学界的贡献的。故选D项
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    D．False friends are worse than open enemies.

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