Katherine Mansfield

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题目与答案

1. 1 The name Katherine Mansfield, that appears on the writer's book, was exactly the same as her origin name.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：She became one of New Zealand's best-known writers, using the pen name of Katherine Mansfield

2. ·1908: returned to London

   ·1911-1919:

   - Met John Middleton Murry in 1911

   - 10_____ perverted Mansfield and Murry from staying together in Paris

   答案：bankruptcy

   原文定位：Their attempt to set up as writers in Paris was cut short by Murry's bankruptcy, which resulted from the failure of this and other journals

   同义替换：「perverted」↔「cut short by」，「staying together」↔「set up」

3. - spent time with distinguished 11_____

   答案：writers

   原文定位：She and Murry developed close contact with other well-known writers of the time such as DH Lawrence, Bertrand Russell and Aldous Huxley

   同义替换：「distinguished」↔「well-known」

4. - from 1916, tuberculosis restricted the time she spent in London

   ·1920

   her 12_____ was consolidated when Bliss and Other Stories was published

   答案：reputation

   原文定位：It was the publication of Bliss and Other Stories in 1920 that was to solidify Mansfield's reputation as a writer

   同义替换：「consolidated」↔「solidify」

5. wrote several stories at "Villa Isola Bella

   ·1923-1924

   Mansfield's 13_____ published more of her works after her death

   答案：husband

   原文定位：After her death, her husband, Murry, took on the task of editing and publishing her works

6. 2 Mansfield won a prize for a story she wrote for the High School Reporter.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：Her first published stories appeared in the High School Reporter and the Wellington Girls`s High School magazine in 1898 and 1899

7. 3 How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped portrayed Maori people in a favorable way.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：her interest in the Maori people ( New Zealand's native people), who were often portrayed in a sympathetic light in her later stories, such as How Pearl Button was Kidnapped.

   同义替换：「favorable」↔「sympathetic」

8. 4 When Mansfield was at Queen's college, she planned to be a professional writer.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Manfield recommenced playing the cello, an occupation that she believed, during her time at Queen's, she would take up professionally

   同义替换：「planned to be」↔「take up」

9. 5 Mansfield was unpopular with the other students at Queen's college.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：She was appreciated amongst fellow students at Queen's for her lively and charismatic approach to life and work

   同义替换：「unpopular」↔「appreciated」，「the other」↔「fellow」

10. 6 In London, Mansfield showed little interest in politics.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Mansfield did not actively support the suffragette movement in the UK

    同义替换：「politics」↔「suffragette movement」，「showed little interest in」↔「did not actively support」，「London」↔「UK」

11. Katherine Mansfield's adult years

    ·7_____

    答案：1906

    原文定位：After finishing her schooling in England, she returned to her New Zealand home in 1906

    同义替换：「back」↔「returned」

12. - moved from England back to New Zealand

    - first paid writing work was in a publication based in 8_____

    答案：Australia

    原文定位：She had several works published in Australia in a magazine called Native Comparison, which was her first paid writing work

    同义替换：「publication」↔「magazine」

13. - her 9_____ and the New Zealand way of life made her feel dissatisfied

    答案：family

    原文定位：Mansfield rapidly grew discontented with the provincial New Zealand lifestyle, and with her family

    同义替换：「feel dissatisfied」↔「grew discontented with」，「way of life」↔「lifestyle」