12．Danielle Steel，America's sweetheart，is one of the hardest working women in the book business．Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time，she can work on up to five．Her research before writing takes at least three years．Once she has fully studied her subjects，ready to dive into the book，she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk．
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education．After graduation，she worked in the public relations and advertising industries．Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for．Her achievements are unbelievable：390 million copies of books in print，nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels，and a series of"Max and Martha"picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death，new babies and new schools．Her 1998 book about the death of her work shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out．Twenty-eight of her books had been made into films．She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381weeks straight．
Not content with a big house，a loving family，and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge．Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail．While she is often compared to the heroines of her own invention，her life is undoubtedly much quieter．But，if she does have anything in common with them，it is her strength of will and her inimitable （獨特的）style．There is only one Danielle Steel．
25．Danielle Steel is different from other writers in thatA．
A．she can write several books at the same time
B．she often does some research before writing a book
C．she is one of the most popular American women writers
D．she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break
26．Children who have read"Max and Martha"picture books may knowC．
A．how to deal with affairs at school
B．what to do if Max and Martha die
C．what to do when new babies are born into their families
D．how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes
27．One of Danielle Steel's achievements is thatC．
A．some TV plays were based on her books
B．her picture books attracted a lot of young men
C．one of her books became a best-seller in 1998
D．she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records
28．We can learn from the passage that Danielle SteelB．
A．lives an exciting life
B．values her readers a lot
C．writes about quiet women
D．is pleased with her achievements．
分析 本文所以記敘文閱讀，作者在這篇文章中向我們介紹了一位美國最杰出的女作家，她的出類拔萃在于兩方面：其一是她出的書多，其二她的意志堅強及她的寫作風格都是與眾不同的，因而她受到了美國人的愛戴．
解答 25．A 細節理解題．根據第一段Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time，she can work on up to five．她和其他高產作家不同的是她可以同時寫幾本書，故選A．
26．C 細節理解題．根據第二段and a series of"Max and Martha"picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death，new babies and new schools．可知為孩子們寫的"Max and Martha''故事書的目的是幫助他們解決現實生活中有關死，新的生命及新學校問題，說明讀了此書就該知道家里一旦有新的生命誕生如何去做，故選C．
27．C 細節理解題．根據第二段Her 1998book about the death of her work shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out．可知她的一本書在1998年成為最暢銷的書，故選C．
28．B 推理判斷題．根據最后一段Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail．可知Danielle Steel認為她的讀者是最重要的資源，她一直和他們通過e-mail保持聯系，可見她非常重視她的讀者，故選B．
點評 本文是一個人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
