职称英语阅读理解复习

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1、第4部分：阅读理解（第31-45题，每题3分，共45分）下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。第一篇TellingTalesaboutPeopleOneofthemostcommontypesofnonfiction,andonethatmanypeopleenjoyreading,isstoriesaboutpeople'slives.Thesestoriesfallintothreegeneralcategories:autobiographymemoir,andbiography.Anautobiographyisthestoryofa

2、person'slifewrittenbyhimselforherself.Oftenitbeginswiththeperson'searliestrecollectionsandendsinthepresent.Autobiographywritersmaynotbeentirelyobjectiveinthewaytheypresentthemselves.However,theyofferthereaderagoodlookatthewaytheyareandwhatmakesthemthatway.PeopleasdiverseasBenjaminFranklinandH

3、elenKellerhavewrittenautobiographies.1Otherwriters,suchasJamesJoyce,havewrittenthinlyfictionalizedaccountsoftheirlives.Thesearenotautobiographies,buttheyareveryclosetoit.Memoirs.strictlyspeaking,areautobiographicalaccountsthatfocusasmuchontheeventsoftheLimesasonthelifeoftheauthor.2Memoirwrite

4、rstypicallyusetheseeventsasbackdropsfortheirlives.Theydescribethemindetailanddiscusstheirimportance.Recently.though,thetermmemoirseemstobebecominginterchangeablewithautobiography.Amemoirnowadaysmayormaynotdealwiththeoutsideworld.Biographiesarefactualaccountsofsomeoneelse'slife.Inmanysenses,th

5、esemaybethehardestofthethreetypestowrite.Autobiographywritersknowtheeventstheywriteaboutbecausetheylivedthem.ButbiographywritershavetogatherinformationfromasmanydifferentsourcesaspossibleThentheyhavetodecidewhichfactstoinclude.Theirgoalistopresentabalancedpictureofaperson,notonethatisoverlypo

6、sitiveortoocritical.Afair,well-presentedbiographymaytakeyearstoresearchandwrite.练习:1Thispassageismostlyabout__________.A)thecharacteristicsofautobiographies,memoirs,andbiographiesB)famousautobiographiesC)whybiographycanbedifficulttowriteD)differencebetweenautobiographiesandmemoirs2HelenKeller

7、wrote___________.A)amemoirB)anautobiographyC)aworkoffictionD)abiography3Autobiographywritersarenotalwaysobjectivebecausethey__________.A)feeltheyhavetomakeupdetailstomaketheirbookssellB)constantlycompetewithbiographywritersC)wanttopresentthem