英语专四 短文听力 Passage 10-2

 短文

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage.

Harriet Beccher Stowe is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin，a book that details the harshness of plantation¹ life in the south. The book was extremely popular in the United States. Ironically though, for all the attention given to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it’s far from Stowe’s best work. (14) Actually, her best work has nothing to do with the south at all. In fact，Stowe’s best writing is about village life in the New England’s states in the 19th century. (15) She was an important forerunner² to the realistic movement that became popular later in the 19th century. (16) She was one of the first writers to use local dialect for her characters when they spoke³. And she did this for 30 years before Mark Twain popularized the use of local dialect. It makes sense that Stowe would write about New England life，since she was born in Connecticut. As a young woman there，she worked as a teacher. The teaching job to her first published work，a geography book for children. Later when she was married，her writing helped her support her family financially.?

 

题目

Passage 10

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage 9 you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the passage.

14. According to the speaker, what is Stowe’s best writing about?

A. Life of American natives.

B. Plantation life in the south.

C. Village life in New England.

D. Village life in England.

15. According to the passage, Stowe’s works should belong to

A. realism B. romanticism

C. naturalism D. modernism

16. Which description of Stowe is INCORRECT?

A. Stowe was an independent woman.

B. Stowe tended to describe settings in detail.

C. Stowe wrote about New England life.

D. Stowe was the only one who used local dialect in writing.

 

答案解析

14. C本题考査的是短文的内容。根据听力材料，可知美国作家哈里特?比彻?斯托 的最佳作品不是对美国南部或是印第安人生活的描写，而是对19世纪新英格兰乡 村生活的描写。因此，选项C为正确答案。

15. A本题考查的是短文的细节。根据听力原文，可知斯托夫人是现实主义运动的先 驱，该运动在19世界晚期蓬勃发展，由此可见斯托夫人的作品应该属于现实主义这 一流派。因此，选项A为正确答案。

16. D本题考查的是短文的细节。根据听力材料的最后一部分，可知首先，作为现实 主义运动先驱.斯托夫人力求准确的刻画环境细节；她善于使用地方方言，但并非 是唯一一个在作品中使用方言的作家；斯托夫人最善于刻画新英格兰乡村生活；从 其婚前任职教师及婚后继续写作的实例来看，其确实称得上是一位独立的女性。 因此，选项D为正确答案。

 

1 plantation   

n.种植园，大农场

参考例句：

• His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
• The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。

2 forerunner   

n.前身，先驱（者），预兆，祖先

参考例句：

• She is a forerunner of the modern women's movement.她是现代妇女运动的先驱。
• Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.青霉素是现代抗生素的先导。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。