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人物传记类passage 1 (2012安徽c)when frida kahlos paintings were on show in london, a poet described her paintings as “ a ribbon (丝带)around a bomb”. such comments seem to suggest kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.born in 1907 in a village near mexico city, kahlo suffered from polio(小儿麻痹症)at the age of seven. her spine (脊柱)became bent as she grew older. then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. however, the accident had an unexpected side effect. while lying in her bed recovering, kahlo taught herself to paint.in 1929, she got married to diego rivera, another famous mexican artist. riveras strong influence on kahlos style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s, even in her home country. her first one-woman show in mexico was not held until 1953.for more than a decade after her death in 1954, kahlos works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last. 【文章大意】本文是一篇有关墨西哥画家frida kahlo的人物介绍,文章叙述了这位女艺术家的生活和艺术之路,以及闻名于世的曲折历程,让我们从多个侧面了解了她的情况。64. what does the phrase“a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most nearly mean?a.a far better artistb.a far more gifted artistc.a much stronger persond.a much more famous person【解析】选d。词义猜测题。由第一段一位诗人对其作品的评价和文章后面的叙述可知,kahlo在身患残疾和遭遇车祸的情况下坚持创作,但其作品生前没有引起关注,直到20世纪70年代才获得世界声誉,a much bigger name是强调她的famous而非better,gifted和stronger,选择d项。65.the terrible pain kahlo suffered was caused by .a.polio b.her bent spinec.back injuriesd.the operations she had【解析】选c。细节理解题。根据第二段then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back.可知,尽管kahlo做过多次手术,但是她极大的痛苦主要来自背痛,因此选择c项。66.kahlos style had become increasingly independent since the .a.1930sb.1940sc.1950sd.1970s【解析】选b。细节理解题。由文章第三段her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband可知,20世纪40年代是kahlo创作的分界线,她之后的作品很少受其丈夫的影响,因此选择b项。67.what is the authors attitude toward kahlo?a.devotion.b.sympathy.c.worry. d.encouragement.【解析】选b。观点态度题。文章叙述了kahlo虽身患残疾又遭遇车祸,但她创作的作品在其生前及其离世后很久没有引起世界关注,直到20世纪70年代才获得世界声誉,特别是末段的unfortunately一词,足见作者对其抱有同情的态度,因此选择b项。【长难句分析】riveras strong influence on kahlos style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.分析：本句是一个由but连接的并列句,known today as her best works为过去分词短语,作非限制性定语修饰works。译文：在kahlo的早期作品中,可以看到rivera对其创作风格的强烈影响,但是如今看来她的最好的作品,即20世纪40年代之后的作品受其丈夫的影响较少。passage 2 (2012四川c)i left university with a good degree in english literature, but no sense of what i wanted to do. over the next six years, i was treading water, just trying to earn an income. i tried journalism, but i didnt think i was any good, then finance, which i hated. finally, i got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. i loved working with books, although the job that i did was dull.i had enough savings to take a year off work, and i decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel.attending a novel writing ma course gave me the structure i needed to write my first 55,000 words.it takes confidence to make a new starttheres a dark period inbetween where youre neither one thing nor the other.youre out for dinner and people ask what you do,and youre too ashamed to say, “well, im writing a novel, but im not quite sure if im going to get there.”my confidence dived. believing my novel could not be published, i put it aside.then i met an agent(代理商)who said i should send my novel out to agents. so, i did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. i felt a little hope that i might actually become a published writer and,after signing with an agent, i finished the second half of the novel.the next problem was finding a publisher. after two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book dealthat publisher turned out to be the one i once worked for.it feels like an unbelievable stroke of luckof fate, really. when you set out to do something different, theres no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where i now have my own name on a contract(合同) of the publisherto be a published writeris unbelievably rewarding(有回报的).【文章大意】作者一心梦想成为一名小说家,开始并不顺利,但作者并没有放弃。在不断的坚持之下,命运终于眷顾了作者,使作者一举成名。49.what does the underlined part in paragraph 1 mean?a.i was waiting for good fortune.b.i was trying to find an admirable job.c.i was being aimless about a suitable job.d.i was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.【解析】选c。推理判断题。根据画线句子后面的内容可知,事业之初作者从事了各种职业来维持生计,对到底什么职业适合自己感到很迷茫,看不清方向。50.the author decided to write a novel.a.to finish the writing courseb.to realize her own dreamc.to satisfy readers wishd.to earn more money【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句话可知,作者写小说是为了实现自己心底里的(deep-down)一个梦想。51.how did the writer feel halfway with the novel?a.disturbed. b.ashamed.c.confident. d.uncertain.【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据第三段的“.but im not quite sure if im going to get there.”可知,作者的小说写到一半的时候,作者对前景还是“不确定的”。52.what does the author mainly want to tell readers