2018年8月25日雅思阅读考情回顾

雅思考试机经2018年8月25日雅思阅读考情回顾一、考试时间：2018年8月25日（周六）二、考试概述：第一篇KatherineMansfield，是新西兰女作家的传记，最近两个月，人物传记出现的频次很高，还请考生有针对性训练文章通读。第二篇AustralianParrots，介绍的是澳洲的鹦鹉。第三篇Amusia是2012年8月13日和2016年8月13日（正好相隔四年）的旧题，介绍的是有些人突然失去了对于音调的感觉。三、文章简介Passage1:KatherineMansfield，新西兰女作家Passage2:AustralianParrots，澳洲的鹦鹉Passage3:amusia，失乐症四、篇章分析：Passage1：文章内容文章主旨：讲述了小说家KatherineMansfield的成长经历。提到她励志成为小说家的缘由、代表作、如何成名等，按照时间顺序交代了她一生的轨迹。题型分布与答案参考1-7)判断题1.作者的笔名是原名：False2.作者在女王学院上学时不受欢迎：False3.作者在女王学院上学时萌生当作家的想法：False4.小说中对毛利人的描述是favorableway：True5.作品获奖了：NotGiven6./7.作者在伦敦时对政治不感兴趣：True8-14)填空题8.19069.Australia10.family(对家庭和当地生活厌倦了)11.bankruptcy12.writers13.reputation雅思考试机经相关拓展KatherineMansfieldrevolutionisedthe20thCenturyEnglishshortstory.Herbestworkshakesitselffreeofplotsandendingsandgivesthestory,forthefirsttime,theexpansivenessoftheinteriorlife,thepoetryoffeeling,theblurrededgesofpersonality.Sheistaughtworldwidebecauseofherhistoricalimportancebutalsobecauseherproseofferslessonsinenteringordinarylivesthatarestillvividandstrong.Andherfictionretainsitsrelevancethroughitsopen-endedness—itsabilitytoraisediscomfortingquestionsaboutidentity,belonginganddesire.KatherineMansfield’sbrieflifewasalsoalessonincastingoffconvention.Famously,Mansfieldremarked‘risk,riskeverything’.Inthewordsofoneofherbiographers,‘Itwaslargelythroughheradventurousspirit,hereagernesstograspatexperienceandtosucceedinherwork,thatshebecameensnaredindisaster...Ifshewasneverasaint,shewascertainlyamartyr,andaheroineinherrecklessness,herdedicationandhercourage.’VirginiaWoolfoncesaidthatKatherineMansfieldhadproduced‘theonlywritingIhaveeverbeenjealousof.’Woolfalso,jealously,wrote,‘...themoresheispraised,themoreIamconvincedsheisbad.’D.H.Lawrence,withwhomMansfieldhadafraughtfriendship,visitedWellington,herbirthplace,andwasmovedtosendMansfieldapostcardbearingasingleItalianword,‘Ricordi’(‘memories’).Itwasasmallandcrypticgestureofreconciliation;they’dfallenoutbadlyandinhispreviousletterhehadsaid‘Youarealoathsomereptile—Ihopeyouwilldie.’T.S.Eliotfoundher‘afascinatingpersonality’butalso‘athick-skinnedtoady’and‘adangerouswoman’.And,ifwewanttoaddonemorevoicetothisroll-callofmixed,self-clashingresponses:theIrishwriterFrankO’Connor,inhisclassicstudyoftheshortstory,TheLonelyVoice,calledMansfield‘thebrassylittleshopgirlofliteraturewhomadeherselfintoagreatwriter.’AsNewZealanderswetendtothinkwehaveinventedtheambivalencethatsurroundsourmostfamouswriter.Ouroftengrudgingadmiration雅思考试机经perhapshasthecastofadistinctivelylocalattitudetohighartisticachievement.YetKatherineMansfieldwasalwaysdivisive,wherevershewasreceived.Theimpressionsheleftonthosewhoknewherwasstrongandambiguous.Sheaffectsherreadersinasimilarway.AfterMansfielddied,VirginiaWoolfoftendreamedatnightofhergreatrival.ThedreamsgaveheraMansfieldwhowasvividly,shockinglyalive,sothatthe‘emotion’ofthedreamencounterremainedwithWoolfforthenextday.HermioneLee,Woolf’sbiographer,writesthat‘Katherinehauntedheraswearehauntedbypeoplewehaveloved,butwithwhomwehavenotcompletedourconversation,withwhomwehaveunfinishedbusiness.’ItisaformulationthatcaptureswonderfullythecurrentpositionofMansfield.Sheisakeyfigureinthedevelopmentoftheshortstoryandyetsheremainssomehowonthemarginsofliteraryhistory.SheisalsothegreatghostofNewZealandculturallife,feltbutnotquitegrasped.UnfinishedbusinessliesattheheartoftheMansfieldlifestory,notleastbecauseshediedyoung—in1923attheageofthirtyfour,theauthorofjustthreebooksofshortstories(afourthandfifthwouldappearafterherdeath).Herownfeeling,asshewasdyingoftuberculosis,wasthatshehadonlyjuststartedasawriter.Twoweeksbeforeshedied,sheexpressed,withcharacteristicrestlessness,herdissatisfactionandherambition:‘Iwantmuchmorematerial;Iamtiredofmylittlestorieslikebirdsbredincages.’Yetthereareotheraspectsofthelifethatalsobearthestampofincompletion.MansfieldleftforLondonin1908aged20,nevertoreturntoNewZealand.Inthecontextofalongandarduousseajourney–sixorsevenweeks—thismightnotappearsignificant.AndyetbythetimeMansfield’sfather,who’dbeenborninAustralia,cametowritehismemoirs,hecouldboastthathe’dmadethetrip‘back’toMotherEnglandtwenty-fourtimes.Laterinherlife,ofcourse,Mansfieldwasfrequentlyincapacitatedbyillness.Evenallowingforthis,itisobviousthatshesaw雅思考试机经nopointinareturnvoyagetoherbirthplace—andthathashadaneffectonhowwe,asNewZealanders,seeher.ThoughD.H.Lawrencebelievedthemostimportantfactaboutherwasthatshewasacolonial,Mansfieldcanseemtous,atfirstglance,‘tooEnglish’;herassociationswiththeBloomsburyset,hermarriagetoanEnglishman-of-letters,keepherratheratadistancefromourconcerns.Irrationally,wefeelabandoned.Andyethermasterpieces—thelongstories‘AttheBay’and‘Prelude’—arelovinglydetailedrecreationsofaNewZealandchildhood,reportsfromthefringe—theedgeoftheworldasshefeltittobe.Shewroteasifshe’dstayed.Ofcoursetheseluminousre-imaginingsarelitwiththeaffectionandnostalgiaoftheexpatriate.Theywouldnotexistwithouttheirauthor’sestrangementfromthescenesandplacesandpeopleshedescribes.TheyaresetinaNewZealandofthemind,composedattheedgeofMansfield’smemory.‘AttheBay’and‘Prelude’areMansfi