2017-2018学年高中英语创新方案外研版必修1：Unit 2 Section 4讲义 Word版含答案.docxVIP

Module 2　课时达标训练(八)Ⅰ.阅读理解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 got 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.”ThisSideofParadise, 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 theBeautifulandDamned(1922), a collection of short stories TalesoftheJazzAge(1922), and a play TheVegetable(1923). But his greatest success was the novel TheGreatGatsby, 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 AlltheSadYoungMen.However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on 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 TenderIstheNight in 1934 and TheLoveoftheLastTycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to (沉迷于) alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.1．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?A．5.　　　　　B．6.C．7. D．8.2．Which of the following is the CORRECT order 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