(D) American writer Toni Morr

(D) American writer Toni Morrison was born in 1931 in Ohio. She was raised in an African American family filled with songs and stories of Southern myths, which later shaped her prose (散文). Her happy family life led to her excellent performance in school, although there was the atmosphere of racial discrimination (种族歧视) in the society. After graduating from college, Morrison started to work as a teacher and got married in 1958. Several years later, her marriage began to fail. For a temporary escape, she joined a small writers’ group, in which each member was required to bring a story or poem for discussion. She wrote a story based on the life of a girl she knew in childhood who had prayed to God for blue eyes. The story was well received by the group, but then she put it away, thinking she was done with it. In 1964, Morrison got divorced and devoted herself to writing. One day, she dusted off the story she had written for the writers’ group and decided to make it into a novel. She drew on her memories from childhood and expanded upon them using her imagination so that the characters developed a life of their own. The Bluest Eye was eventually published in 1970. From 1970 to 1992, Morrison published five more novels. In her novels, Morrison brings in different elements of the African American past, their struggles, problems and cultural memory. In Song of Solomon, for example, Morrison tells the story of an African American man and his search for identity (身份) in his culture. The novels and other works won her several prizes. In 1993, Morrison received the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the eighth woman and the first African American woman to win the honor.. ( ) 58. Why did Morrison join the writers’ group? A. She wanted to publish The Bluest Eye. B. She wanted to fight racial discrimination. C. She wanted to be a professional writer. D. She wanted to get away from her unhappy marriage. ( ) 59. Which of the following statements is true about Toni Morrison? A. She has been writing a lot since she was young. B. She suffered from severe racial discrimination in her family. C. What she wrote in her novels are true stories of African Americans. D. No African American woman ever received a Nobel Prize in Literature before her.

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58、D 59、D
美国作家托妮墨里森1931年出生在俄亥俄州。她是在一个充满了歌声和南方神话故事的非洲裔家庭中长大的，后来形成自己的写作风格。她幸福的家庭生活使她在学校表现出色，尽管存在种族歧视的社会氛围。
大学毕业后，墨里森开始从事教师的工作，并于1958结婚。几年后，她开始失败的婚姻。暂时，她加入了一个小作家群，其中每个成员被要求讨论带来一个故事或一首诗。她写了一篇基于一个女孩的故事，她知道在童年曾祈求上帝的蓝眼睛的生活。故事深受团体的欢迎，但是然后她把它放在一边，认为她是在做了。
1964，墨里森离婚了，并且致力于写作。有一天，她撒了她对作家群的书面决定使它成为一个新的故事。她把她的童年记忆扩大后，他们利用自己的想象力使人物发展出了自己的生命。最蓝的眼睛终于在1970出版。从1970到1992，墨里森出版了五部小说。
在她的小说中，墨里森带来的非洲裔美国人的过去，不同的元素，他们的斗争，记忆问题和文化。例如，在所罗门之歌，墨里森讲述了一个非洲裔美国人，他寻找身份认同的故事。小说和其他作品赢得了若干奖项。1993，墨里森获得诺贝尔文学奖。她是第八个女人和第一位非洲裔美国女人赢得了荣誉。
最终答案：58、D 59、D