itsfou
di
gi
1925，themagazi
ehadstruggledtofi
dits_
iche，a
dElwy
BrooksWhitesworkhelpedputTheNewYorkero
themapHisessayswerefu
ya
dsophisticated；theyspokeequallytosocialites社会名流a
dcabdrivers，professorsa
drepairme
Throughhisessays，whichhewrotefor
early50years，Elwy
BrooksWhitehelpedgiveTheNewYorkeritsvoicea
dide
tity
7
fI
1945，alreadyaleadi
gliteraryfigure，Elwy
BrooksWhiteswitchedtohisseco
doccupatio
o
writi
gchildre
sbooksHemovedfromNewYorktoafarmi
Mai
e，whereheraisedchicke
sa
dgeeseSeeki
gawaytoamusehis
iecesa
d
ephews，Elwy
BrooksWhitestartedtowritestoriesforthem“Childre
werealwaysaftermetotellthemastorya
dIfou
dIcould
tdoit，”hesaid“SoIhadtogetitdow
o
paper”
BythetimehediedfromAlzheimersdiseasei
1985，Elwy
BrooksWhitesessayshadappearedi
moreliterarycollectio
si
collegestha
thoseofa
yotherwriterMa
ysaidhisessaysmatchedhisperso
alitysophisticatedwithoutbei
gsimple，criticalwithoutbei
gmea
【语篇导读】本文介绍了Elwy
BrooksWhite的生平。
1．Whatca
welear
fromParagraph2A．Elwy
BrooksWhitetookthetriptorealizehislifelo
gdreamB．Thetriphadalasti
geffecto
Elwy
BrooksWhitesperso
alityC．Thetravelli
gcompa
io
fou
dElwy
BrooksWhitesmusictale
tD．Elwy
BrooksWhitehadma
yexperie
cestotalkaboutafterthetrip解析细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句话“ThetripgaveElwy
BrooksWhite
alifetimeofa
ecdotes”可知D项正确。答案D
2．Theu
derli
edpart“its
iche”i
Paragraph3mea
ssomethi
gthat______A．suitsitsspo
sorstastesB．protectsitssocialide
tityC．helpsbuilditsow
styleD．voicesitsauthorsco
cer
解析词义猜测题。根据画线部分后面的“Elwy
BrooksWhitesworkhelped
putTheNewYorkero
themap”以及该段最后一句话中的“Elwy
BrooksWhitehelpedgiveTheNewYorkeritsvoicea
dide
tity”可知C项正确。答案C
3．Whatdowek
owaboutElwy
BrooksWhitesworksA．Theyorigi
allycamefromthestoriestoldbyhis
ieces
8
fB．Theywerei
te
dedforpeopleofdiffere
tsocialstatusC．TheyhelpedTheNewYorkerfi
ditspositio
o
themapD．Theywerechose
bycollegetextbookswhe
theycameout解析细节理解题。由第三段的倒数第二句话“Hisessayswerefu
ya
d
sophisticated；theyspokeequallytosocialites社会名流a
dcabdrivers，professorsa
drepairme
”可知，他的作品适合不同社会地位的人。答案BPassage4
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