B
What do literary greats Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns have in common? They both lived and wrote in Edinburgh, along with many other big names in the field of literature. This fact helped UNESCO(聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織)award the city the title of world's first City of Literature on October 14.
Edinburgh left a lasting impression on Arthur Conan Doyle(1859—1930). Although he was born there he went to school in England but returned home for medical school. After graduating he moved to London and began writing his Sherlock Holmes stories. His inspiration for the character came from one of his professors at university. Holmes' methods were so clever that they actually furthered the advance of the study of criminology(犯罪學(xué)).
Robert Burns(1759—1796)is still regarded as Scotland's national poet, more than 200 years after his death. He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annual Burns Night supper on his birthday. One of his songs, My Love is Like a Red Red Rose ranks among the finest love songs ever written and Auld Lang Syne(《友誼地久天長(zhǎng)》)is sung all around the world.
As one of the first literate societies in Europe, the Scottish Parliament passed the world's first compulsory(義務(wù)的)education law in 1496. By the 1790s, almost all Scots could read. Visitors to Scotland often observed that even the lowest members of society had copies of Burns' poems and other books.
文章大意：本文講述的是“聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織將文藝氣息濃厚、書(shū)香味十足的愛(ài)丁堡授為世界首座文學(xué)城市”事件。
40.Edinburgh was awarded the title of world's first City of Literature because________.
A.the first award ceremony of literature was held there
B.many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns were born there
C.it left a deep impression on many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
D.many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns often wrote about it
答案：B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第一段所表述的：文壇巨匠亞瑟·柯南·道爾和羅伯特·彭斯同文學(xué)界的其他一些名人一樣，他們兩人都出生在愛(ài)丁堡，筆耕于愛(ài)丁堡。在這座城市里誕生了許許多多的作家，正因?yàn)檫@濃郁的書(shū)香，聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織于10月14日把“世界首座文學(xué)之城”的榮譽(yù)授予了愛(ài)丁堡。
41.Arthur Conan Doyle was remembered mainly for his______.
A.detective stories
B.love poems and songs
C.contribution on the study of criminology
D.clever writing skill
答案：A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段中的描述：柯南·道爾創(chuàng)作了福爾摩斯故事系列，他將探案方法描繪得非常奇妙，這讓犯罪學(xué)研究也獲益匪淺，得到了進(jìn)一步的發(fā)展。由此推斷他是以“偵探小說(shuō)”而出名。
42.In honour of Robert Burns，________.
A.“My Love is Like a Red Red Rose”and“Auld Lang Syne”are sung all around the world
B.his works are translated into many languages every year
C.a celebration is held more than 200 years after his death
D.a celebration is held every year on his birthday
答案：D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中的“He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annual Burns Night supper on his birthday”一句可知：每年，人們?cè)谒恼Q辰日舉行“彭斯之夜”晚宴，以示紀(jì)念。
43.In the last paragraph, the writer mainly discussed________.
A.the impression of visitors to Scotland
B.how Burns' poems are popular in Scotland
C.the possible history reasons for many literary greats in Scotland
D.how was the world's first compulsory education law was made
答案：C 段意推測(cè)題。最后一段的主要內(nèi)容為：蘇格蘭之所以產(chǎn)生這么多的文學(xué)巨匠是有其歷史淵源的。
