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One of the most popular literary figures in American literature is a woman who spent almost half of her long life in China, a country on a continent thousands of miles from the United States. In her lifetime she earned this country's most highly acclaimed literary award: the Pulitzer Prize, and also the most prestigious form of literary recognition in the world, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pearl S. Buck was almost a household word throughout much of her lifetime because of her prolific literary output, which consisted of some eighty - five published works, including several dozen novels, six collections of short stories, fourteen books for children, and more than a dozen works of nonfiction. When she was eighty years old, some twenty - five volumes were awaiting publication. Many of those books were set in China, the land in which she spent so much of her life. Her books and her life served as a bridge between the cultures of the East and the West. As the product of those two cultures she became as the described herself, "mentally bifocal." Her unique background made her into an unusually interesting and versatile human being. As we examine the life of Pearl Buck, we cannot help but be aware that we are in fact meeting three separate people: a wife and mother, an internationally famous writer and a humanitarian and philanthropist. One cannot really get to know Pearl Buck without learning about each of the three. Though honored in her lifetime with the William Dean Howell Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in addition to the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes. Pearl Buck as a total human being, not only a famous author. is a captivating subject of study.
1.What is the author's main purpose in the passage?A.To offer a criticism of the works of Pearl Buck.B.To illustrate Pearl Buck's views on Chinese literatureC.To indicate the background and diverse interests of Pearl BuckD.To discuss Pearl Buck's influence on the cultures of the East and the West2.According to the passage, Pearl Buck is known as a writer of all of the following EXCEPT3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as an award received by Pearl Buck?C.The William Dean Howell medal4.According to the passage, Pearl Buck was an unusual figure in American literature in thatA.wrote extensively about a very different cultureB.published half of her books abroadC.won more awards than any other woman of her timeD.wrote extensively about a very different culture5.According to the passage, Pearl Buck described herself as "mentally bifocal" to suggest thatA.capable of resolving the differences between two distinct linguistic systemsB.keenly aware of how the past could influence the futureC.capable of producing literary works of interest to both adults and childrenD.equally familiar with two different cultural environments6.The author's attitude toward Pearl Buck could best be described as美国文学界的一位备受欢迎的文学巨匠是一位女性，她在中国度过了几乎一半漫长的人生。这个国家位于距离美国数千英里的亚洲大陆上。她一生中获得了这个国家最备受推崇的文学奖项：普利策奖，也荣获了世界上最负盛名的文学奖项之一，诺贝尔文学奖。珠儿·S·巴克几乎成为了家喻户晓的名字，因为她丰富的文学成就，她的作品包括大约八十五部已出版的作品，其中包括数十部小说，六部短篇小说集，十四本儿童读物，以及十几部非虚构作品。当她八十岁时，还有约二十五卷待出版。其中许多书籍都以中国为背景，这是她度过了大部分人生的国家。她的作品和她的一生作为东西方文化的桥梁。作为这两种文化的产物，她变得如同自己所描述的那样，“精神上是双焦点”的。她独特的背景使她成为一个异常有趣和多才多艺的人。当我们审视珠儿·巴克的一生时，不可避免地会意识到我们实际上正在遇见三个不同的人：一个妻子和母亲，一个国际知名作家，以及一个人道主义者和慈善家。要真正了解珠儿·巴克，必须了解这三个方面。尽管她一生中荣获了美国艺术与文学学院威廉·迪恩·豪厄尔奖章，以及诺贝尔和普利策奖，作为一个完整的人，而不仅仅是一个著名作家，珠儿·巴克是一个引人入胜的研究对象。
