【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n her mother was ready to retire and an opportunity opened for Laqueur to take over the studio, she realized she had no interest in taking on the business side of her art: Owning a studio is a lot of work—financially, logistically. I love the teaching, the choreographing(編舞), the staging, but I didn39。t want to own it. Yet Laqueur39。s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a selfpublished author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Selfpublishing as a way of sharing her first pleted novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose. Starting with her second selfpublished novel, she began investing more time in marketing and building her audience. Her investment paid off. Since 2014, Laqueur, now 49, has selfpublished six novels, which collectively have hundreds of ratings and reviews on Goodreads. Her 2016 novel An Exaltation of Larks stole the show at the 25th Annual Writer39。s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize. You have to write the most truthful story to you, and I think selfpublishing allows that freedom,39。 she says. If you work with traditional publishing, it39。s more about what39。s marketable, There are tradeoffs, which everyone will tell you, but by selfpublishing I have control of the book, I have control of the story, and I39。m cool with that.（1）From Paragraph 2, we can learn that Laqueur _______. A.was a parttime writer when she was youngB.didn39。t like teaching dancing in factC.wanted to own a publishing houseD.was interested in running her mother39。s studio（2）What made Laqueur change her attitude to business? A.Her mother39。s persuasion.B.The desire to make money.C.Selfpublishing her novels.D.Her own passion toward art.（3）Which of the following can best replace the phrase stole the show in Paragraph 4? A.became a failure.B.was shown to people.C.got all the attention.D.was accidentally stolen.（4）What can be inferred from what Laqueur39。s said? A.Selfpublishing will replace traditional publishing.B.She will never use traditional publishing.C.Traditional publishing only focuses on the market.D.She enjoys the way of selfpublishing.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，蘇安妮拉克爾大半生教舞蹈，設(shè)計(jì)舞蹈，在舞臺表演，以舞蹈的形式講述故事。后來，成為一名自主出版的作家，自費(fèi)出版了自己的小說。2016年，她的小說《云雀的狂歡》在第25屆《作家文摘》(Writer 39。s Digest)自出版圖書獎上大出風(fēng)頭。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother39。s dance studio in CrotononHudson,”可知，跳舞始終是Laqueur的中心。她在阿爾弗雷德大學(xué)主修舞蹈和戲劇，并在她母親的舞蹈工作室任教多年?？芍?，Laqueur是一個兼職作家。故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Yet Laqueur39。s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a selfpublished author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Selfpublishing as a way of sharing her first pleted novel with friends and family.”可知，當(dāng)她成為一名自主出版 的作家，想出版自己的小說時，改變了她對商業(yè)的態(tài)度。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Her 2016 novel An Exaltation of Larks stole the show at the 25th Annual Writer39。s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize.”可知“第25屆年度作家文摘出版圖書頒獎上，2300多篇作品獲得了大獎”?？芍?，這是大出風(fēng)頭，吸引了所有人的關(guān)注，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段Laqueur所言“There are tradeoffs, which everyone will tell you, but by selfpublishing I have control of the book, I have control of the story, and I39。m cool with that.”可知，她認(rèn)為自主出版的方式讓她能出版自己的書，自己要寫的故事。她對此很滿意。分析選項(xiàng)可知D項(xiàng)符合題意，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 For years, decades in fact, I39。ve puzzled over the response most people have when I tell them I mostly travel alone. You39。re so brave! Why is it that a woman travelling alone, as I have often done for months at a time, is perceived to be brave, whereas men who travel alone are entirely unremarkable?You are only brave when you are afraid of something but still do it anyway. I have never been afraid of travelling alone. The first time I travelled alone was when I was 19. I was due to travel in Europe with a friend at the end of the summer. She announced by letter two days before our departure that she would be leaving me halfway at Vienna. It was too late by then to rope in another friend, so it was either to go home after Vienna, or keep going by myself. I kept going. I got on trains by myself, checked into hostels by myself and found my way around by myself. It was weird at first, but later I stopped worrying about it. When I got back to Ireland after that trip, I felt proud of myself. I had done something I had assumed would be hard, and it had turned out to be not hard at all. That was three decades ago, and since then I have travelled all over the world, usually on my own. I still do what I did then, which is to keep a diary. The greatest gift of solo travel has been those I39。ve met along the way. I may have set off alone each time but I39。ve encountered many people who became important to me. I met my husband in Kathmandu, Nepal. I met lifelong friends in Australia, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, India, Indonesia and many other places.（1）What makes the author puzzled when she tells people of her experience? A.People39。s disbelief.B.People39。s response.C.People39。s approval.D.People39。s criticism.（2）What does the author say about her first time to travel alone? A.It was a trip by design.B.She had to choose to go by herself.C.It was harder than expect