2014届高考英语二轮专题突破精选：阅读理解3.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题突破精选：阅读理解 1.Anais Nin was a famous writer．Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till she died．Nins works had her relationships with authors, artists, and other figures as the main subject．Some of her writings were made into films．Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Womens Movement with her strong writings． Anais Nin was born in France in 1903．Her father was a Spanish artist and a composer living in Cuba （ 古巴） where he met her mother, a French singer working in Cuba．As a child Nin was brought up in Spain．When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to New York with their mother．At the age of 16 Nin decided to give up studying and started to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on her mother so that her brothers could go on with their studies． In 1923 Nin got married to her husband, Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba．In 1924 Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing． Nin wrote her first book in print．D．H．Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study in 16 days．In 1939 Nin left Paris as it was a French governments request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war．Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to Frances Steloff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping． In 1931 Nin wrote her book Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin．In 1936 Nin published House of Incest which was a 72fiction novel．Nin also appeared and was a part of various films．In 1973 Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate （荣誉博士学位） by the Philadelphia College of Art．In 1974 Nin was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters． In 1977 Nin died in her Los Angeles home after battling with cancer- for three years． 64．What can we know about Anais Nin from the first paragraph? A．She was a native American． B．She started Womens Movement． C．She gave le