A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing.

A qualified doctor who rarely practiced butinstead devoted his life to writing. He once said: “Medicine is my lawful wife,and literature is my lover.” Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was agreat playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story.

When Chekhov entered the Moscow UniversityMedical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short storiesto support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local dailynewspaper.

As a writer he was extremely fast, oftenproducing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhov’s medical and science experiencecan be seen through the indifference(冷漠) many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became afull time writer and published some of his most memorable stories.

Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings oflife in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters who are filledwith feelings of hopelessness and despair.

It is often said that nothing happens inChekhov’s stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting techniquefor developing drama within his characters. Chekhov’s works combined the calmattitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感) of an artist.

Some of Chekhov's works were translatedinto Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in aShell, about a school teacher’s extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as atext for Chinese senior students.

1.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ________.

2.In 1880, Chekhov ________.

3.Which of the following adjectives can’tbe used to describe Chekhov?

4.Which of the following is the right orderof the events?

a. became a doctor

b. became a full time writer

c. started to publish comic short stories

d. wrote regularly for a local dailynewspaper.

e. entered the Moscow University MedicalSchool

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【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.A

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