2022年1月托福閱讀全真試題1

2022年年1月托福閱讀全真試題1JoyceCarolOatespublishedherfirstcollectionofshortstories.ByTheGate，in1963，twoyearsaftershehadreceivedhermaster”sdegreefromtheUniversityofWisconsinandbecomeaninstructorofEnglishattheUniversityofDetroit.Herproductivitysincethenhasbeenprodigious，accumulatinginlessthantwodecadestonearlythirtytitles，includingnovels，collectionsofshortstoriesandverse，plays，andliterarycriticism.Inthemeantime，shehascontinuedtoteach，movingin1967fromtheUniversityofDetroittotheUniversityofWindsor，inOntario，and，in1978，toPrincetonUniversity.Reviewershaveadmiredherenormousenergy，butfindaproductivityofsuchmagnitudedifficulttoassess.

InaperiodcharacterizedbytheabandonmentofsomuchoftherealistictraditionbyauthorssuchasJohnBarth，DonaldBarthelme，andThomasPynchon，JoyceCarolOateshasseemedattimesdeterminedlyold-fashionedinherinsistenceontheessentiallymimeticqualityofherfiction.Hersisaworldofviolence，insanity，fracturedlove，andhopelessloneliness.Althoughsomeofitappearstocomefromherowndirectobservations，herdreams，andherfears，muchmoreisclearlyfromtheexperiencesofothers.Herfirstnovel，WithShudderingFall（1964），dealtwithstockcarracing，thoughshehadneverseenarace.INThem（1969）shefocusedonDetroitfromtheDepressionthroughthenotesof1967，drawingmuchofhermaterialfromthedeepimpressionmadeonherbytheproblemsofoneofherstudents.Whateverthesourceandhowevershockingtheeventsorthemotivations，however，herfictiveworldremainsstrikinglyakintothatrealonereflectedinthedailynewspapers，thetelevisionnewsandtalkshows，andthepopularmagazinesofourday.

1.Whatisthemainpurposeofthepassage？

（A）ToreviewOates”sBytheNorthGate

（B）Tocomparesomemodernwriters

（C）TodescribeOates”schildhood

（D）TooutlineOates”scareer

2.WhichofthefollowingdoesthepassageindicateaboutJoyceCarolQate”sfirstpublication？

（A）Itwaspartofhermaster”sthesis.

（B）Itwasavolumeofshortfiction.

（C）Itwasnotsuccessful.

（D）ItwasaboutanEnglishinstructorinDetroit.

3.WhichofthefollowingdoesthepassagesuggestaboutJoyceCarolOatesintermsofherwritingcareer？

（A）Shehasexperiencedlongnonproductiveperiodsinherwriting.

（B）Herstyleisimitativeofothercontemporaryauthors

（C）Shehasproducedasurprisingamountoffictionsinarelativeshorttime.

（D）Mostofherworkisbasedonpersonalexperience.

4.Theword“characterized“inline10canbestreplacedbywhichofthefollowing？

（A）Shocked

（B）Impressed

（C）Distinguished

（D）Helped

5.WhatwasthesubjectofJoyceCarolOates”sfirstnovel？

（A）Loneliness

（B）Inanity

（C）Teaching

（D）Racing

6.WhydoestheauthormentionOates”sbookThem？

（A）Itisatypicalnovelofthe1960”s

（B）Itisherbestpieceofnonfiction.

（C）Itisafictionalworkbasedontheexperiencesofanotherperson.

（D）Itisanautobiography.

7.WhichofthefollowingwouldJoyceCarolOatesbemostlikely