B
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis used to be one of the women not easily noticed in public.Yet when she went to work as an editor later in her life,it changed completely.
After the death of her second husband,Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige suggested she begin a career in publishing and she accepted it after consideration.Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life.She became not less but more interested in reading.For the last 20 years of her life,Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor,first at Viking,then at Doubleday.During her time in publishing,she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to change their popular television conversations into a book,ThePowerofMyth.The book went on to become an international best-seller.She dealt,too,with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography (自传),Moonwalk.
Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations,but she soon proved her worth.Her choices,suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself.In the books she selected for publication,she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.Her books are the autobiography she never wrote.Her role as First Lady,in the end,was overshadowed by her performance as an editor.However,few knew that she had achieved so much.
24.Why did Jacqueline accept Letitia Baldrige’s suggestion?
A.Because she was too sad.
B.Because she wanted to be noticed.
C.Because she knew she would be successful.
D.Because she wanted to try to live her own life.
答案D
解析细节理解题。由短文第二段中的“...Perhapsshehopedtofindtheresomeideasabouthowtoliveherownlife.”可知,她想尝试过自己的生活。
25.We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline .
A.became fond of reading after working as an editor
B.promoted her books mainly through social relations
C.was in charge of publishing 100 books
D.gained a lot from her career as an editor
答案D
解析细节理解题。由最后一段中“HerroleasFirstLady,intheend,wasovershadowedbyherperformanceasaneditor.However,fewknewthatshehadachievedsomuch.”可推出,她在自己的编辑事业中获益很大。
26.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that .
A.Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady
B.Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor
C.Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady
D.Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor
答案C
解析细节理解题。根据画线句后面的“然而,很少有人知道她取得了这么多成就”可知,画线句的含义是:她作为第一夫人的角色最终在她作为编辑的出色表现前黯然失色。故选C项。
27.The passage is mainly .
A.an introduction of Jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor
B.a brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences
C.a brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years
D.a description of Jacqueline’s social relations in publishing
答案C
解析主旨大意题。由短文第一段中“...asaneditorlaterinherlife...”以及整篇文章的叙述可知,本文主要介绍Jacqueline生命中最后20年的编辑生涯。故选C项。
