Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez passes away at 87.
Nobel Prize winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez passed away on April 17 in his home in Mexico City at the age of 87, local media reported.

Colombian Ambassador(大使)to Mexico Jose Gabriel Ortiz confirmed(確認) the news.
The author of the famous novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude(孤獨),” an outstanding work of literature(文學(xué)) that introduced the world to magic realism(魔幻現(xiàn)實主義), had been checked into a hospital on April 3 to be treated for the serious disease.
Garcia Marquez, who worked as a reporter for many years before dedicating himself to writing fictions, had been living in Mexico City since the 1960s.
A master(大師) of magic realism, along with Latin American writers Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa, Garcia Marquez, wrote many well-known novels, such as “No One Writes to the Colonel” and “Autumn of the Patriarch.”
“One Hundred Years of Solitude,” his masterpiece(杰作) published in 1967, has been translated into 35 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. (Xinhua, April 18, 2014)
小題1:Where can we possibly read the passage?
A．In a movie poster.B．In a sports magazine.
C．In a newspaper.D．In a comic book.
小題2:What happened to Gabriel Garcia Marquez on April 17?
A．He won the Nobel Prize.
B．He died in Mexico City.
C．He celebrated his 87th birthday.
D．He met the Colombian Ambassador.
小題3:What was Garcia Marquez before he started writing fictions?
A．A Nobel Prize winner.
B．A master of magic realism.
C．A reporter.
D．An ambassador.
小題4:What’s the meaning of the underlined words “dedicating himself to”?
A．奉獻給B．全神貫注于
C．堅持D．竭盡全力于
小題5:Which of the following is the most famous novel written by Garcia Marquez?
A．Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out.
B．No One Writes to the Colonel.
C．Autumn of the Patriarch.
D．One Hundred Years of Solitude.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了百年孤獨的作者加西亞馬爾克斯去世的消息,短文并簡要的介紹了他的生平及創(chuàng)作生涯。
小題1:推理判斷題.根據(jù)短文第二三段local media reported及confirmed(確認) the news.及本文描述,可知這篇短文主要介紹了百年孤獨的作者加西亞馬爾克斯去世的消息,短文并簡要的介紹了他的生平及創(chuàng)作生涯.故選C,一份報紙。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段關(guān)鍵詞pass away及下文描述，可知加西亞馬爾克斯在四月十七日去世了。故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Garcia Marquez, who worked as a reporter for many years before dedicating himself to writing fictions, 描述，可知他在開始寫小說之前是個記者。故選C。
小題4:詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系上下文，可知此處指的是，投身于寫作事業(yè)。故選A。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段描述，可知馬爾克斯的著名作品是百年孤獨。故選D。
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