18．Jane Austen（1775-1817），an English novelist，started writing young and completed six novels in her life．Today Austen's books are more popular than ever．In the last 10years，five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films，while her books continue to be best-sellers．
Richard Jenkyns，a professor of English at Oxford University，says that her novels are about marriage，friendships and the family，which are still with us today．"The stories are timeless，"Jenkyns said．
Pride and Prejudice（偏見）（1813）is Austen's most famous work．It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr．Darcy．At first，these two dislike each other．Elizabeth is pretty，smart and lively．She is proud because Darcy doesn't know about her family．Mr．Darcy is handsome，rich and has a better family background．So，he is proud as well．At the same time，Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family．He has no understanding of why the family，especially its mother and daughters should try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands．He thinks they are vulgar．Anyway，Elizabeth and Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple but their families don't want them to．
In Pride and Prejudice，some of the main things that Jane Austen wants to teach people are as follows．Opposites can attract each other．Lovers should not ony make each other feel relaxed or comfortable，but also educate and improve each other．
Austen os often called the greatest romanti writer，so it is surprising she remained unmarried．‘Maybe she was too romantic，waiting for the perfect man，"Jenkyns says．
34．From Paragraph 1and Paragraph 2，we can knowB．
A．Jane Austen passed away in her fifties
B．Austen's works remain popular today
C．all of Austen's works have been made into Hollywood films．
D．Austen's works are mostly about war and the family．
35．Which of the following sentences is True？D
A．Elizabeth and Darcy fall in love at first sight．
B．Elizabeth has a better family background than Darcy．
C．Darcy has a first good impression of Elizabeth's family．
D．Elizabeth and Darcy become a romantic couple in the end．
36．What does the underlined word"vulgar"in Paragraph 3 mean？A
A．粗俗的
B．魯莽的
C．吝嗇的
D．偽善的
37．From what Jenkyns says，we can learnC．
A．opposites can attract each other
B．lovers should improve each other．
C．Austen's works go beyond her times
D．Austen married a perfect man at last．
分析 本文是一篇人物故事類短文．主要介紹了簡•奧斯汀英國著名小說家，主要完成了六部小說，其中五部已經被好萊塢拍成了電影．她的作品主要關于婚姻、友誼和家庭，其最著名的作品是《傲慢與偏見》主要敘述了伊麗莎白•本內特和達西之間的愛情故事，歷經重重困難終于成為愛人．
解答 34．B．細節理解題．根據"which are still with us today．"這部小說仍然和我們在一起，可知這部小說現在仍然很受歡迎．故選B．
35．D．細節理解題．根據"Anyway，Elizabeth and Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple"可知伊麗莎白和達西有情人終成眷屬，成了一對浪漫的戀人．故選D．
36．A．詞義理解題．根據"He has no understanding of why the family，especially its mother and daughters should try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands．"達西不理解他的家庭，尤其是媽媽和女兒應該努力去找有錢的，有勢的丈夫．可知他認為他們是粗俗的．故選A．
37．C．推理判斷題．根據"Maybe she was too romantic，waiting for the perfect man，"或許她太浪漫了，在等待那個完美的男人．結合她的作品的內容，可以推知奧斯丁的作品已經超過了她的那個年代了．故選C．
點評 首先要仔細閱讀短文，掌握大意，然后結合具體的題目，再讀短文，找出相關信息，就可以確定正確答案．
