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阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。

Arthur Miller(1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller’s father had moved to the USA from Austria-Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “ Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression (大萧条时期) of the early 1930s.
阿瑟·米勒（1915-2005 年）被公认为 20 世纪最伟大的剧作家之一。米勒的父亲从奥匈帝国移居美国，和许多人一样，他被“伟大的美国梦”所吸引。然而，当他的家族企业在 1930 年代初期的大萧条时期 （Great Depression） 被毁时，他经历了严重的经济困难。

Miller’s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators (标志) of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his system, Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment (情绪): if he can’t do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
米勒最著名的戏剧《推销员之死》是对美国制度的有力攻击，美国制度咄咄逼人，坚持将金钱和社会地位作为价值的指标（标志）。在剧中的主人公威利·洛曼 （Willy Loman） 身上，我们看到一个与他的系统陷入困境的人，威利 “筋疲力尽”，在残酷的商业世界中，没有情感（情绪）的余地：如果他不能做工作，那么他对他的雇主瓦格纳公司没有好处，他必须离开。威利痛苦地意识到了这一点，并且不知道该如何应对他的失败。他拒绝面对自己失败的事实，最终自杀了。

When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. It was the first play to win all the three of these major awards.
该剧于 1949 年首次上演时，受到了热烈的好评，并获得了托尼奖最佳戏剧奖、纽约戏剧评论家协会奖和普利策戏剧奖。这是第一部获得所有这三个主要奖项的戏剧。

Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
2005 年 2 月 10 日晚上，米勒在康涅狄格州罗克斯伯里的家中因心力衰竭去世，这是百老汇首演《推销员之死》的 56 周年纪念日。

1.Why did Arthur Miller’s father move to the USA?
1.亚瑟·米勒的父亲为什么搬到美国？

A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
一个。他在自己的祖国遭受了严重的饥饿。

B. He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”.
B.他被“伟大的美国梦”所吸引。

C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
C. 他希望让他的儿子成为一名戏剧家。

D. His family business failed.
D. 他的家族企业失败了。

2.The play Death of a Salesman _____.
2.戏剧《推销员之死》_____。

A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world
A. 揭露美国商界的残酷

B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a country
B. 讨论在一个国家获得晋升的方法

C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
C. 谈论 Arthur Miller 的商业生涯

D. focuses on the skills in doing business
D. 专注于开展业务的技能

3.What can we learn about Willy Loman?
3.我们可以从 Willy Loman 身上学到什么？

A. He treats his employer badly.
一个。他对他的雇主很糟糕。

B. He runs the Wagner Company.
B.他经营着瓦格纳公司。

C. He is a victim of the American system.
C. 他是美国制度的受害者。

D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.
D. 他被同事视为英雄。

4.After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman _____.
4.首次上演后，《推销员之死》_____。

A. achieved huge success  A. 取得了巨大的成功

B. won the first Tony Award
B. 荣获首届 Tony 奖

C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
C. 受到销售人员的热烈欢迎

D. was severely attacked by dramatists
D. 遭到剧作家的严重攻击

5. What is the text mainly about?
5. 文本主要是关于什么的？

A. Arthur Miller and his family.
A. 亚瑟·米勒和他的家人。

B. The awards Arthur Miller won.
B.阿瑟·米勒 （Arthur Miller） 获得的奖项。

C. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.
C. Arthur Miller 和他最著名的戏剧。

D. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D. 亚瑟·米勒所经历的艰辛。

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