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    Toni Morrison was an American write who received the Nobel Prize in Literature.Her novels Beloved，Song of Solomon and others explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and identity in a country obsessed （受困擾的） with skin color.Morrison was nearly 40 when she published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970.The Nobel Prize committee described her writing as language itself，a language she wants to liberate from race.Her novels discussed America's past，focusing on black history and the effects of slavery and racism.She called her characters "the unfree at the heart of the democratic （民主的） experiment".
   In 1988，she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved，the story of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit her to be born into slavery.It became a best-seller and was later made into a film with Oprah Winfrey.Many Americans admired her as the country's greatest living writer，including former President Barack Obama.
   She was born in 1931.She attended Howard University，an all-black university in Washington，D．C．At Howard，she read African，British and American literature，including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf.After a short marriage，she became a single mother of two sons and worked as a book editor in New York.
   Several publishers rejected her first book The Bluest Eye but it impressed The New York Times' book critic John Leonard，who believed Morrison was an important new voice.He said her writing was "so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry".
   Morrison enjoyed her literary fame and was proud of her Nobel Prize won in 1993.

（1）What can we learn about Toni Morrison from the text？
B
B

A．She often communicated with William Faulkner.
B．Morrison's novels concentrated on black history and racism.
C．Morrison was about 40 when she received the Nobel Prize.
D．She attended a university which accepted both white and black people.
（2）Why does the mother in the novel Beloved kill her baby？
C
C

A．It is born to be a disabled baby.
B．She has some mental problems.
C．She doesn't want it to become a slave.
D．The family is too poor to raise the baby.
（3）How did Barack Obama like Morrison？
A
A

A．He couldn't think highly of her enough.
B．He considered her as a common writer.
C．He felt that her novels were not so fascinating.
D．He believed her novels had some room for improvement.
（4）Which book was rejected by several publishers but left a deep impression on John Leonard？
D
D

A．Song of Solomon.
B．Beloved.
C．The New York Times.
D．The Bluest Eye.

【考點(diǎn)】說明文；文學(xué)與藝術(shù)．

【答案】B；C；A；D

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