Gabriel Garcia Márquez ,who was awared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant .
Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City . As one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature ” . Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism ”In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .
Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel ,One Hundred Years of Solitude ,which has sold about 50 million copies . It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world –of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years . The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19century . As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said , Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American beings ” .
小题1:Garcia Márquez was born in the year _________.
A．1914
B．1928
C．1967
D．1982小题2:We can know from Paragragh 2 that Garcia Márquez______.
A．was born in Mexico City
B．spent most of his adult life in Colombia
C．had a writing style called “magical realism ”
D．was famous but lived a simple daily life小题3:The underlined word “isolated”means ________.
A．隔绝的
B．安逸的
C．喧嚣的
D．繁华的小题4:Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez?
A．He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
B．His novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude was a great success.
C．He was widely known as “a girl of 20th-century literature ”.
D．Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.小题5:The writer quotes from the President to ______.
A．praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement
B．show the deep sadness of the President
C．explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez
D．describe the character of Garcia Márquez
Wb/s
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