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George
Bernard
Shaw
(1856
—
1950)
was
born
in
Dublin
，
the
son
of
a
civil
education
was irregular
，
due to his
dislike of any organized working
in an
estate agent's office for a while he moved to
London as a young man
(1876)
，
where he established
himself as a leading music and theatre critic in
the eighties
and began his literary
career as a novelist; he decided to write plays
in order to illustrate his criticism of
the English earliest dramas were
called
appropriately
PlaysPleasantandUnpleasant
(1898)
．
Among
these
，
Widower
< br>'
sHouses
and <
/p>
Mrs
.
Warren
< br>'
sProfession
heavily
attack social hypocrisy.
In the plays
of his later period discussion sometimes drowns
the drama
，
in
BacktoMethuselah
(1921)
，
although in the same
period he worked on his masterpiece
SaintJoan
(1923)
，in
which
he
rewrites
the
well?known
story
of
the
French
maiden
and
extends it from the Middle Ages to the
present.
Other
important
plays
by
Shaw
are
CaesarandCleopatra
(1901)
，
and
theLion
(1912)
．
InMajorBarbara
(1905)
，
one of Shaw's most
successful discussion
plays
，
the
audience's attention is held by the
power of the witty argumentation that man can
achieves
aesthetic
salvation
only
through
political
activity
，
not
as
an
individual.
TheDoctor
'
sDilemm
a
(1906)
，
is
really a comedy the humour of which is
directed at
the
medical
profession.
Candida
(1898)
，
with
social
attitudes toward sex
relations
as
objects
of
his
satire
，
and
Pygmalion
(1912)
，
a
witty
study
of
phonetics
as
well
as
a
clever
treatment
of
middle?class
morality
and
class
distinction，
proved
some of Shaw's greatest successes on
the is a combination of the
dramatic
，
the
comic
，
and
the
social
corrective
that
gives
Shaw's
comedies
their
special
flavour.
Notes
：
①
critic
n
．评论家
②hypocrisy
n
．伪善
③aesthetic
salvation
审美救赎
长短句分析：
After working in an
estate agent's office for a while he moved to
London as a young man
(1876)
，
where he established
himself as a leading music and
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theatre critic
(
评论家
) in the eighties and
nineties.
句法点睛：本句中，
where
引导定语从句，修饰
London
。
句意：在一家房地产公司工作了一段时间后，年轻的他只身去了伦敦。在
八九十年代，
他成了具有领先地位的音乐与戏剧评论家。
【语篇解读】
本文介绍了萧伯纳的生活及其作品。
1
．
Why didn't
George Bernard Shaw have regular school education?
A
．
Because his
family was poor.
B
．
Because he
wanted to work outside.
C
．
Because he
hated being educated in school.
D
．
Because he
decided to give up schooling and wanted to be a
writer.
答案
C
[
细节理解题。从“His
education
was
irregular，
due
to
his
dislike
of
any
organized training.”可知，因
为不喜欢任何有组织的训练，因此他没有受过正规教育。
]
2
．
The early works
of Shaw's aimed to ________.
A
．
reflect the
darkness of society
B
．
sing high
praise for the good life at the time
C
．
reflect the
glory of the government
D
．
write about his
own life
答案
A
[
细节理解题。
从“Among
these，
Widower
'
sHousesandMrs
.
Warren
'
sProfession
heavily attack social hypocrisy
< br>”可知，他早期的作品揭露了当时社会的黑暗。
]
3
．
What do the
last two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A
．
How
Bernard
Shaw
changed
from
a
leading
music
and
theatre
critic
to
novelist.
B
．
How his works
styles changed over time.
C
．
The
characteristic of his later works.
D
．
Some famous
works of his late life.
答案
D
[
主旨大意题。
< br>最后两段主要介绍了萧伯纳后来的一些作品。
C
有一定的
干扰性，
文章涉及了他的一些作品内容，对于风格没有提到。
]
4
．
According to
the writer
，
which play shows
Bernard Shaw's great ability in
treatment of middle?class morality and
class distinction?
A
< br>．
CaesarandCleopatra
.
B
．
TheDoctor
'
sDilemma
.
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