Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez passes away at 87. Nobel Prize winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez passed away on April 17 in his home in Mexico City at the age of 87, local media reported. Colombian Ambassador(大使)to Mexico Jose Gabriel Ortiz confirmed(确认) the news. The author of the famous novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude(孤独),” an outstanding work of literature(文学) that introduced the world to magic realism(魔幻现实主义), had been checked into a hospital on April 3 to be treated for the serious disease. Garcia Marquez, who worked as a reporter for many years before dedicating himself to writing fictions, had been living in Mexico City since the 1960s. A master(大师) of magic realism, along with Latin American writers Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa, Garcia Marquez, wrote many well-known novels, such as “No One Writes to the Colonel” and “Autumn of the Patriarch.” “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” his masterpiece(杰作) published in 1967, has been translated into 35 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. (Xinhua, April 18, 2014) 小题1:Where can we possibly read the passage? A．In a movie poster. B．In a sports magazine. C．In a newspaper. D．In a comic book. 小题2:What happened to Gabriel Garcia Marquez on April 17? A．He won the Nobel Prize. B．He died in Mexico City. C．He celebrated his 87th birthday. D．He met the Colombian Ambassador. 小题3:What was Garcia Marquez before he started writing fictions? A．A Nobel Prize winner. B．A master of magic realism. C．A reporter. D．An ambassador. 小题4:What’s the meaning of the underlined words “dedicating himself to”? A．奉献给 B．全神贯注于 C．坚持 D．竭尽全力于 小题5:Which of the following is the most famous novel written by Garcia Marquez? A．Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. B．No One Writes to the Colonel. C．Autumn of the Patriarch. D．One Hundred Years of Solitude.