1 . Recently, a 1935 letter in which Ernest Hemingway detailed his catch of a 500lb blue marlin (青枪鱼), an adventure that is believed to have partly inspired his novel The Old Man and the Sea, has been sold for $28,000 (￡22,000).
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Nate D Sanders, the auction (拍卖) company which sold the letter, said it documented for the first time in Hemingway’s own words not only the size of the marlin, but also the attack by sharks, reflecting the plot of the novel.
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The Old Man and the Sea was also inspired by an anecdote told by Hemingway’s Cuban friend Carlos Gutierrez. In 1936, Hemingway wrote in a magazine ... about an old fisherman who caught a great marlin alone.
Three years later, Hemingway ... was planning a short story ... he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954.
Which is the correct order of time for the following facts in the passage?
①Hemingway wrote a letter to describe his adventure.
②Hemingway caught a big blue marlin.
③The letter was sold at auction.
④The Old Man and The Sea won the Nobel Prize.
| A．①③②④ | B．②①④③ | C．②④①③ | D．②③①④ |
2 . The nominee were announced on March15. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony. Chinese filmmaker Chloe Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director and the second woman overall after Kathryn Bigelow, who claimed the title at the 2010 ceremony for directing The Hurt Locker. Best Actress winner Frances McDormand became the seventh person to win a third acting Oscar and the second to win Best Actress three times. As a producer of Nomadland, she also was the first person in history to win Oscars for both acting and producing for the same film. Best Supporting Actress winner Youn Yuh-jung became the first Korean performer and second Asian female to win an Oscar after Miyoshi Umeki, who won the same category for her role in 1957’s Sayonara.
Who is the first female to win the Academy Award for Best Director?
| A．Chloe Zhao. | B．Kathryn Bigelow. | C．Youn Yuh-jung | D．Frances McDormand. |
3 . Jane Goodall began observing chimpanzees in 1960 at Gombe Stream Game Reserve in what is now Tanzania, but her first study of animal behavior took place some 20 years earlier, when she, at 5 years old, spent several hours in a henhouse, waiting to see how a hen laid an egg.
That curiosity helped drive Goodall to become one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century. Her evolution from an innocent child to a “global icon (偶像)” is documented in “Becoming Jane”, an exhibit in Washington, D.C. through September 7. After that, it heads to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Where is “Becoming Jane” held before September 7,2020?
| A．In Tanzania. |
| B．In Washington. D.C. |
| C．C.In Los Angeles County. |
| D．In Jane’s hometown. |
