Question

Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. The short story writer is the first-ever Canadian, and the 13th woman, to win the prize. She has been called “the master of the modern short story”.

Alice Munro was born on July 10, 1931, just outside Wingham, Ontario, which has appeared in her stories many times.

Munro said that she began to escape into books when she was only ten years old. After her mother was diagnosed(诊断)with a serious disease, she started to throw herself into the world of books to make herself feel better.

Munro was a late bloomer(大器晚成) as a writer. She produced her first collection when she was 37 and didn’t get known outside Canada until the 1970s.

In fact, Munro works with an easy-to-read writing style, which is often described to be “practically perfect”. Her story, The Bear Came Over the Mountain, was made into a movie called Away From Her.

The 83-year-old author is often compared to Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the greatest short story writers in history.

Munro lived for many years in the small town of Clinton, Opt, but she was so shy that many people in the town didn’t know who she was. Munro said she was trying to be more social and accept invitations and go out to see people.

1.Who is Alice Munro?

2.How old is Alice Munro?

3.Why did she escape into books?

4.Can readers find any information about Wingham in Munro’s stories?

5.What is the film Away From Her based on?

6.What kind of person do you think Alice Munro is? Tell us your impression of her in TWO to THREE sentences.

 

Answer 1

1.The master of the modern short story

2.83 years old

3.To make herself feel better.

4.Yes,they can.

5.The Bear Came Over the Mountain.

6.She is an excellent and shy woman.She is a greatest short story writer.

【解析】

试题解析：本文大意：Alice Munro获得了2013年诺贝尔文奖，她是迄今为止获得短篇小说奖的第一位加拿大人，第13位女性。她已经被称为“现代短篇小说专家”，经常被比作是契诃夫。她的故事“熊从那边来”，被改编成一部电影“柳暗花明”。她太害羞了，在她居住的小镇上许多人不知道她是谁。

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3.a serious disease, she started to throw herself into the world of books to make herself feel better在她的妈妈被诊断为一种严重的疾病后，她开始全身心投入到书籍的世界来使自己感觉好些，可知答案为To make herself feel better.

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5.a movie called Away From Her她的故事“熊从那边来”，被改编成一部电影“柳暗花明”，可知答案为 The Bear Came Over the Mountain.

6.a greatest short story writer.

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