2014年湖南学业水平考阅读理解C求解析
Pearl S. Buck was a very popular American writer of her day. She was famous for her books about China. Pearl was born in 1892 in West Virginia, America, but she spent almost half of her 81 -year-long life in China.
Pearl spent her youth in Jiangsu Province, China. She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English. Her mother had travelled widely in her youth and liked literature very much. After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher, Pearl S. Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen. She continued her education in the United States at a Woman’s College to study psychology(心理学). After graduation in 1914，she returned to China. In the 1920s, her family moved to Nanjing, where she taught English and American literature at a university.
As a writer, Pearl S. Buck’s book, The Good Earth, appeared in 1.931 and sold quite well in its first year. It has been translated into over thirty languages. In 1938，she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the time of her death in March, 1973，Pearl had published more than seventy books.
49. Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, America in _______.
A. 1892        B. 1901        C. 1906       D. 1913
50. Which of the following is NOT true about Pearl S. Buck?
A. She lived in Jiangsu Province in her youth.
B. She was able to speak English before she spoke Chinese.
C. Her mother and a Chinese teacher had educated her.
D. She studied at a Woman’s College in the United States.
51. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature because of her _______. 
A. education in China   

B. experiences in America
C. The Good Earth   

D. psychology books
52. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Pearl S. Buck’s Family   

B. Pearl S. Buck’s Life Story
C. Pearl S. Buck’s Books    

D. Pearl S. Buck’s Job as a Teacher