Passage 2
　　Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
　　He was a qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover. " Russian writer Anton Pav-lovich Chekhov was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story.
　　(77) When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he start-ed to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper.
　　As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhov’s medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference (冷漠)many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories.
　　Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair.
　　It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov’s stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters. (78) Chekhov’s work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感)of an artist.
　　Some of Chekhov’s works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell (《装在套子里的人》), about a school teacher’s ex-traordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students.
　　6. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov______.
　　A had a lawful lover
　　B was an illegal writer
　　C used to be a lawyer
　　D was a competent doctor
　　答案:D
　　事实细节题。根据文章中A qualified doctor who rarely practiced可知，契诃夫是个合格的医生。
　　7. In 1880, Chekhov______.
　　A became a full-time writer
　　B studied medicine in Moscow University
　　C practiced medicine in his hometown
　　D published his most memorable stories
　　答案:B
　　推理判断题。根据When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879可知契诃夫1879年进入莫斯科大学学医，可以断定契诃夫1880年正在大学学医。
　　8. Which of the following adjectives can’t be used to describe Chekhov?
　　A Sensitive.
　　B Cool.
　　C Quick-minded.
　　D Warm-hearte
　　答案:D
　　事实细节题。文中讲到了他的品质有：cool，sensitive(calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity of an artist)，quick-minded(extremely fast，often producing a short story in an hour or less)，但没有涉及warm-hearted这方面的品质。
　　9. Which of the following is the right order of the events?
　　A became a doctor
　　B became a full time writer
　　C started to publish comic short stories
　　D wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper
　　E entered the Moscow University Medical SchoolA. e→c→a→d→bB. d→a→b→c→eC. e→c→b→a→dD. a→e→c→b→d
　　答案:A
　　事实细节题。题目要求排列事件顺序。可用首尾定位法。个事件是entered the Moscow University Medical School，后一个事件是became a full time writer，故答案为A。
　　10. When did Chekhov begin to publish stories?
　　A After he graduated.
　　B When he became a university student.
　　C In the 1940s.
　　D In 1892.
　　答案:B
　　定位到文章第二段，根据When Chekhov entered the Moscow Uni-versity Medical School in 1879，he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family．即可得到正确答案。

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