Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展现) herself as she did nowhere else.
After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline's close friend and former White House social secretary Letitis Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. 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, pursuing(追求)a latelife career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversation into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international bestseller. 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.
63. Why did Jacqueline accept to consider publishing as her career?
A. She wanted to comfort her close friend.
B. She hoped to find her own way of life
C. She was interested in reading.
D. She missed her dead husband.
64. What can be inferred from the second passage?
A. Moonwalk is Jacqueline’s autobiography.
B. The Power of Myth was an adaptation from a TV program.
C. Jacqueline's two marriages lasted more than 20 years.
D. Jacqueline wrote over 100 books in her life.
65. 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
66. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Jacqueline's lifelong experiences
B. Jacqueline's social relations in publishing
C. Jacqueline's life both as First Lady and as an editor
D. Jacqueline's career as an editor in her last 20 years
BBCD
最新七年级英语寒假作业答案
最新初一英语寒假作业参考答案
各国餐桌礼仪大盘点
解析小学六年级英语寒假作业答案
习近平主席2016年新年贺词(双语全文)
习近平在亚投行开业仪式上的讲话(双语全文)
七年级英语寒假作业答案
小学五年级英语上册寒假作业答案
传说中的“猴年马月”真的来了!
七年级第一学期英语寒假作业答案人教版
小学五年级英语寒假作业参考答案
你患上“年关焦虑症”了吗?
初一年级英语寒假作业答案
2016年小学五年级上册寒假作业英语答案
小学英语六年级上册寒假作业答案
马拉拉在联合国青年大会的精彩演讲
“感动网友的袋鼠一家”剧情大逆转
中国人民解放军相关名称英译
小学五年级英语寒假作业答案
初一英语寒假作业答案(参考)
心情不佳的“一月忧郁”
快乐寒假答案五年级英语作业参考
小学六年级上册英语寒假作业练习题
有没有“紧张得肚子疼”?
2016年小学六年级英语上册寒假作业答案
一周热词回顾(1.9-1.17)
小学六年级英语寒假作业答案
小学五年级英语寒假作业参考答案2016年
最新小学五年级英语寒假作业答案
面对熊孩子 父母说过的那些逗比谎言
| 不限 |
| 英语教案 |
| 英语课件 |
| 英语试题 |
| 不限 |
| 不限 |
| 上册 |
| 下册 |
| 不限 |