Passage12(2014福建福州，B) 

   GabrielGarciaMarquezwhowasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1982passedawayattheageof86onApril172014.Theworldpausedtoremembertheculturalgiant(巨匠).

   GarciaMarquezwasborninColombiabuthespentmostofhisadultlifeinMexicoCity.Asoneofthemostfamouswritershewaswidelyre-gardedas4<agiantof20thcenturyliterature.GarciaMarquezwroteinastylecalled“magicalrealism(魔幻现实主义)”.Insuchworkspeopleliveadailylifeinacertainperiodoftimeinhistory.Butmeanwhilemagicalthingshappentothem.

   GarciaMarquezisbestknownforhis1967novelOneHundredYearaofSolitude(《百年孤独》)，whichhassoldabout50millioncopies.lttellsthetaleofthesmallandisolatedtownofMacondowhichwasseparatedfromtheoutsideworld—ofitsfoundinganditstroubledhistoryoverahundredyears.Thestoryisametaphor(暗喻)forthedevelopmentofColombiasincethe19thcentury.AsColombianPresidentJuanManuelSantossaidGarciaMarquezwroteabout“theveryessence(精髓)oftheLatinAmericanbeing”.

1.GarciaMarquezwasbomintheyea      r.

   A.1914   B.1928   C.1967   D.1982

2.WecanknowfromParagraph2thatGarciaMarquez      .

   A.wasborninMexicoCity

   B.spentmostofhisadultlifeinColombia

   C.hadawritingstylecalled“magicalrealism”

   D.wasfamousbutlivedasimpledailylife

3.Theunderlinedword“isolated”means   .

   A.隔绝的   B.安逸的   C.喧嚣的   D.繁华的

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaboutGarciaMarquez?

   A.HewasthewinneroftheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1982.

   B.HisnovelOneHundredYearsofSolitudewasagreatsuccess.

   C.Hewaswidelyknownas“agiantof20thcenturyliterature”.

   D.MagicalthingshappenedtohimduringhisstayinMexicoCity.

5.Thewriterquotes(引述)fromthePresidentto      .

   A.praiseGarciaMarquezforhisachievement

   B.showthedeepsadnessofthePresident

   C.explainthewritingstyleofGarciaMarquez

   D.describethecharacterofGarciaMarquez