Anais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United

Anais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was bornFrench-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till shedied. Nin’s works had her relationships with authors，artists，and otherfigures as the main subject. Some of her writings were made into films. Nin wasalso a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Women's Movement withher strong writings.

Anais Nin was born in France in 1903. Her father was aSpanish artist and a composer living in Cuba（古巴）where hemet her mother, a French singer working in Cuba. As a child Nin was brought upin Spain. When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to NewYork with their mother. At the age of 16 Nin decided to give up studying andstarted to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on hermother so that her brothers could go on with their studies.

In 1923 Nin got married to her husband，Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924 Nin and Hugh movedto Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing.Nin wrote her first book in print, D. H. Lawrence：An Unprofessional Study in 16 days. In 1939 Nin left Paris as it was a Frenchgovernment's request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war.Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to FrancesSteloff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping.

In 1931 Nin wrote her book Henry and June from theUnexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin. In 1936 Nin published House of Incestwhich was a 72-page fiction novel.

Nin also appeared and was a part of various films. In1973 Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate（荣誉博士学位）bythe Philadelphia College of Art. In 1974 Nin was elected to the United StatesNational Institute of Arts and Letters.

In 1977 Nin died in her Los Angeles home afterbattling with cancer for three years.

1.What information can we get from Paragraph one?

A．Anais Nin wasa native American.

B．Anais Ninstarted Women's Movement.

C．Anais Ningave lectures in several colleges.

D．Anais Ninwrote mainly about her family life.

2.Why did Nin and her husband move back to New York in1939?

A．Because theyexpected to enter the film industry.

B．Because thecouple wanted to stay away from the coming war.

C．Because theyintended to have her books published.

D．Because theyboth meant to promote the sales of new books.

3.We can infer from the passage that＿．

A．Nin gotmarried in 1923 and started writing a year later

B．Nin wrote herbook Henry and June from the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin after shemoved to America

C．Nin directedand played in various films

D．Anais Nin wasawarded an honorary doctorate by the Philadelphia College of Science

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1.C

2.B

3.A

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