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 alone before writing takes at least three years.Once she has fully studied her subjects,ready to dive into a book,she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel es 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 problems of death,new hobbies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.Twenty-eight of her books have 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 381 weeks 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(资源) and has kept in touch with them by e-mail.While she is often pared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention,her life is undoubtedly much quieter.But,if she does have anything in mon with them,it is her strength of will and her inimitable style.There is only one Danielle Steel.
【小题1】Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that .A．she can write several books at the same timeB．she often does some research before writing a bookC．she is one of the most popular American women writersD．she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break【小题2】Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know .A．how to deal with affairs at schoolB．what to do if Max and Martha die C．what to do when new babies are born into their familiesD．how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes【小题3】One of Danielle Steel’ achievements is that .A．some TV plays were based on her booksB．her picture books attracted a lot of young menC．one of her books became a best-seller in 1998D．she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records【小题4】We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel .A．lives an exciting lifeB．values her readers a lotC．writes about quiet womenD．is pleased with her achievements【小题5】What does the underlined word “inimitable” mean?A．hardworkingB．attractiveC．strangeD．uniqueA
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解析：文章介绍美国的畅销书作者Danielle Steel,的出生家庭和写作生涯，以及写作风格和一些代表作。
【小题1】推断题。根据第一段“Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.”可知她和其他高产作家不同的是她可以同时写几本书。选A
【小题2】推理题。根据第二段“...a series of ‘Max and Martha’ picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new babies and new schools.”可知“Max and Martha”这套书可以教给孩子如何对待新生儿。选C
【小题3】推断题。根据第二段“Her 1998 book about the death of her were shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.”可知她的一本书在1998年成为最畅销的书。选C
【小题4】推断题。根据最后一段“Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and kept in touch with them by e-mail.”可知Danielle Steel把她的读者当成最重要的资源,所以她很珍视这些读者。选B
【小题5】猜词题：从文章的最后一句话：There is only one Danielle Steel.可知她的风格是独特的，选D