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Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89. The book remains a towering presence in American literature. It tells the tale that a white lawyer defends a black man accused of rape in the Deep South. It sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. 55 years after it was published, in 2015，she released the sequel, Go Set a Watchman.
Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama.She was the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee.She was a guardedly private person, respected and protected by residents of her town, rarely giving interviews despite her fame.
Tributes have been paid to the Alabamaborn writer.Former US President George W Bush, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, said she was “a legendary novelist and lovely lady”. Lee's literary agent Andrew Nurnberg said: “Knowing Lee these past few years has been not just a complete delight but an extraordinary privilege. When I saw her just six weeks ago, she was full of life, her mind and rapid thought as sharp as ever. We have lost a great writer, a great friend.”Spencer Madrie is the owner of an independent book store in Lee's hometown. It focuses largely on Lee's works. He said：“The world has lost a brilliant mind and a great writer. We will remember Harper Lee for her straightness，her talent, and the truths she gave the world, perhaps before the world was ready. We are grateful to have had a connection to an author who offered so much. There will always be something missing from Monroeville and the world largely in the absence of Harper Lee.”
【语篇解读】 文章主要介绍了美国历史上颇具盛名的作家，小说《杀死一只知更鸟》的作者哈波·李。美国各界对其逝世表达了缅怀之情。
1．The book, To Kill a Mockingbird，________．
A．is also called Go Set a Watchman
B．is a tale about a war between the white and the black
C．is a monument work
D．was published in 2015
C [细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知《杀死一只知更鸟》是美国文学史上的一座丰碑；讲述了一位白人律师为一位被控犯下强奸罪的黑人辩护的故事；《设立守望者》只是续集。]
2．Which of the following tributes is NOT true about Harper Lee?
A．She was awarded with Presidential Medal of Freedom.
B．She was frank and told the truth of the world.
C．She was talented and had brilliant mind.
D．She had certain privilege over other people.
D [细节理解题。文章第三段“Knowing Lee these past few years has been not just a complete delight but an extraordinary privilege.”句意是：这些年能结识哈波·李于我而言不仅是莫大的愉悦，更是天大的恩赐，而并不是说哈波·李有什么特权。]
3．The author's attitude to Harper Lee's death is ________．
A．worried B．grateful
C．sorrowful D．surprised
C [观点态度题。根据文章整体描述，作者对哈波·李的逝世是感到悲伤的。]
