Telling Tales about People
(讲述关于人们的故事)
【题目】
1.This passage is mostly about ______.
“这篇文章主要是关于什么的”——主旨题。
2.Helen Keller wrote ____.
“海伦凯勒写了什么”——细节题。
3.Autobiography writers are not always objective because they _____.
“自传作者通常不太客观，原因在于他们什么” ——推理题。
4.The writer introduces each category in the passage by _____.
“作者是通过什么方式介绍每种分类的非小说体文学作品”——推理题。
5.Diverse means _____.
“diverse的意思是什么”——词义题。
1.One of the most common types of nonfiction, and one that many people enjoy reading, is stories about people's lives.These stories fall into three general categories：autobiography, memoir ['memwɑː], and biography.
普遍的非小说类文学作品类型之一就是一些描述人们生活的故事，并且很多人喜欢阅读这类作品。这些故事大致分为三类：自传、回忆录和传记。
2.An autobiography is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself. Often it begins with the person’s earliest recollections and ends in the present. Autobiography writers may not be entirely objective in the way they present themselves. However, they offer the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way.
People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies. Other writers, such as James Joyce, have written thinly fictionalized accounts of their lives. These are not autobiographies, but they are very close to it.
自传是作者记录自己故事的文章。通常自传会以作者早期的回忆开始并以对现在情况的总结作为结束。自传的作者也许不会完全客观地介绍自己。然而，他们给读者提供了一个途径来了解自己比较好的行事风格和为何成就这样的自己。就像本杰明•富兰克林和海伦•凯勒一样，各种各样的人们已经写了自传。其他的作者就像詹姆斯•乔伊斯一样仅仅写了关于自己生活的虚构小说。这些不是自传，但是它们和自传非常相近。
3.Memoirs，strictly speaking，are autobiographical accounts that focus as much on the events of the times as on the life of the author. Memoir writers typically use these events as backdrops for their lives. They describe them in detail and discuss their importance. Recently, though, the term memoir seems to be becoming interchangeable with autobiography. A memoir nowadays may or may not deal with the outside world.
严格意义上来讲，回忆录是既注重作者本身的生活经历，也注重其所处的时代所发生的事件的自传性的描述。回忆录作者通常把这些事件作为他们生活的背景。他们详细地描述这些事件并论述这些事件的重要性。虽然近些年，回忆录这个词似乎开始变得可以和自传互换，但是目前回忆录也许还没有因外界评论而有所改变。
4.Biographies are factual accounts of someone else's life. In many senses, these may be the hardest of the three types to write. Autobiography writers know the events they write about because they lived them. But biography writers have to gather information from as many different sources as possible. Then they have to decide which facts to include.
Their goal is to present a balanced picture of a person, not one that is overly positive or too critical. A fair, well-presented biography may take years to research and write.
传记事实上是记录(作者以外)其他人的生活。在很多方面，传记也许是这三种非小说类文 学作品中难写的了。自传作者知悉他们所写的事件因为他们就生活在其中。但是传记作者不得不尽量从很多不同的渠道来收集信息。然后他们不得不决定包含哪种事实。他们的目标是用比较全面的图片来介绍一个人物，并不是过于积极也不是过于批判。一个公正并详尽的传记也许要花费许多年来研究并进行书写。
【练习】
1.This passage is mostly about _____.
A.the characteristics of autobiographies, memoirs, and biographies
B.famous autobiographies
C.why biography can be difficult to write
D.differences between autobiographies and memoirs
【出处】文章第一句
P1 One of the most common types of nonfiction, and one that many people enjoy reading, is stories about people's lives. These stories fall into three general categories ： autobiography, memoir, and biography.
划线部分意思是：这些故事大致分为三类：自传、回忆录和传记。
P2 An autobiography is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself.
P3 Memoirs，strictly speaking，are autobiographical accounts that focus as much on the events of the times as on the life of the author.
P4 Biographies are factual accounts of someone else's life.
【答案】A
2.Helen Keller wrote ______.
A.a memoir
B.an autobiography
C.a work of fiction
D.a biography
【解析】要求考生找出具体细节。阅读题的顺序一般和行文顺序是一致的。只要从头往后找即可，关键词是Helen Keller。
【出处】第二段
People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies. Other writers, such as James Joyce, have written thinly fictionalized accounts of their lives.
划线部分的意思是：就像海伦•凯勒一样人们已经写了自传。
【答案】B
3.Autobiography writers are not always objective because they ______.
A.feel they have to make up details to make their books sell
B.constantly compete with biography writers
C.want to present themselves in a good light
D.have trouble remembering the good times
【解析】推理题。文章第二段具体讲的是自传，那么就要求考生围绕第二段的意思，推断出原因。
【出处】第二段
Autobiography writers may not be entirely objective in the way they present themselves. However, they offer the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way.
划线部分的意思是：他们给读者提供了一个途径来了解自己比较好的行事风格和为何成就这样的自己。
【答案】C
4.The writer introduces each category in the passage by _____.
A.defining it
B.giving an example
C.explaining why it is hard to write
D.telling when people first began writing it
【解析】推理题，那么就要求考生围绕结合文章后三段，做出结论。
【出处】第二、三、四段
P2 An autobiography is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself.
划线部分的意思是：自传是作者记录自己故事的文章。
P3 Memoirs，strictly speaking，are autobiographical accounts that focus as much on the events of the times as on the life of the author.
划线部分的意思是：严格意义上来讲，回忆录是既注重作者本身的生活经历，也注重其所处的时代所发生的事件的自传性的描述。
P4 Biographies are factual accounts of someone else's life.
划线部分的意思是：传记事实上是记录(作者以外)其他人的生活。
【答案】A
5.Diverse means ______.
A.able to swim in deep water
B.similar or alike
C.varied or different
D.enjoying poetry
【解析】词义题，要求考生结合上下文，给出这个词的准确意思。
【出处】第二段
People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies.
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