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1、第四部分阅读理解第一篇　TellingTalesaboutPeople　　Oneofthemostcommontypesofnonfiction,andonethatmanypeopleenjoyreading,isstoriesaboutpeople'slives.Thesestoriesfallintothreegeneralcategories:autobiography,memoir,andbiography.　　Anautobiographyisthestoryofaperson'slifewrittenbyhimselforherself.Oftenitbeginswit

2、htheperson'searliestrecollectionsandendsinthepresent.Autobiographywritersmaynotbeentirelyobjectiveinthewaytheypresentthemselves.However,theyofferthereaderagoodlookatthewaytheyareandwhatmakesthemthatway.PeopleasdiverseasBenjarminFranklinandHelenKellerhavewrittenautobiographies.1Otherwriters,such

3、asJamesJoyce，havewrittenthinlyfictionalizedaccountsoftheirlives.Thesearenotautobiographies，buttheyareveryclosetoit.　　Memoirs,strictlyspeaking,areautobiographicalaccountsthatfocusasmuchontheeventsofthetimesasonthelifeoftheauthor.2Memoirwriterstypicallyusetheseeventsasbackdropsfortheirlives.Theyd

4、escribethemindetailanddiscusstheirimportance.Recently，though，thetermmemoirseemstobebecominginterchangeab1ewithautobiography.Amemoirnowadaysmayormaynotdealwiththeoutsideworld.　　Biographiesarefactualaccountsofsomeoneelse'slife.Inmanysenses，thesemaybethehardestofthethreetypestowrite.Autobiographyw

5、ritersknowtheeventstheywriteaboutbecausetheylivedthem.Butbiographywritershavetogatherinformationfromasmanydifferentsourcesaspossible.Thentheyhavetodecidewhichfactstoinclude.Theirgoalistopresentabalancedpictureofaperson，notonethatisoverlypositiveortoocritical.Afairwell-presentedbiographymaytakey

6、earstoresearchandwrite.　　　　　练习：　　1.Thispassageismostlyabout_______.　　A.thecharacteristicsofautobiographies，memoirs，andbiographies　　B.famousautobiographies　　C.whybiographycanbedifficulttowrite　　D.differencesbetweenautobiographiesandmemoirs　　2.HelenKellerwrote________.　　A.amemoir　　B.anautobiograp

7、hy　　C.aworkoffiction　　D.abiography　　3.Autobiographywritersarenotalwaysobjectivebecausethey________.　　A.feeltheyhavetomakeupdetailstomaketheirbookssell　　B.constantlycompetewithbiographywriters　　C.wanttopresentthemselvesinagoodlight