2015年职称英语 综合b 阅读理解+完型填空

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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'slifewrittenb

2、yhimselforherself.Oftenitbeginswiththeperson'searliestrecollectionsandendsinthepresent.Autobiographywritersmaynotbeentirelyobjectiveinthewaytheypresentthemselves.However,theyofferthereaderagoodlookatthewaytheyareandwhatmakesthemthatway.PeopleasdiverseasBenjarmi

3、nFranklinandHelenKellerhavewrittenautobiographies.1Otherwriters,suchasJamesJoyce，havewrittenthinlyfictionalizedaccountsoftheirlives.Thesearenotautobiographies，buttheyareveryclosetoit.　　Memoirs,strictlyspeaking,areautobiographicalaccountsthatfocusasmuchontheeven

4、tsofthetimesasonthelifeoftheauthor.2Memoirwriterstypicallyusetheseeventsasbackdropsfortheirlives.Theydescribethemindetailanddiscusstheirimportance.Recently，though，thetermmemoirseemstobebecominginterchangeab1ewithautobiography.Amemoirnowadaysmayormaynotdealwitht

5、heoutsideworld.　　Biographiesarefactualaccountsofsomeoneelse'slife.Inmanysenses，thesemaybethehardestofthethreetypestowrite.Autobiographywritersknowtheeventstheywriteaboutbecausetheylivedthem.Butbiographywritershavetogatherinformationfromasmanydifferentsourcesasp

6、ossible.Thentheyhavetodecidewhichfactstoinclude.Theirgoalistopresentabalancedpictureofaperson，notonethatisoverlypositiveortoocritical.Afairwell-presentedbiographymaytakeyearstoresearchandwrite.　　　　　练习：　　1.Thispassageismostlyabout_______.　　A.thecharacteristicsof

7、autobiographies，memoirs，andbiographies　　B.famousautobiographies　　C.whybiographycanbedifficulttowrite　　D.differencesbetweenautobiographiesandmemoirs　　2.HelenKellerwrote________.　　A.amemoir　　B.anautobiography　　C.aworkoffiction　　D.abiography　　3.Autobiographywriter

8、sarenotalwaysobjectivebecausethey________.　　A.feeltheyhavetomakeupdetailstomaketheirbookssell　　B.constantlycompetewithbiographywriters　　C.wanttopresentthemselvesinagoodlight