Toni Morrison，an American writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature，was admired as the country's greatest living writer and died at age 88.Her novels，Beloved，Song of Solomon，and others explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and identity in a country obsessed（熱衷）with skin color.
   She published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970.Eighteen years later，she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved，the story of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit her to be born into slavery（奴隸制）.It became a best-seller and was later made into a film.The Nobel Prize committee described her writing as "language itself，a language she wants to liberate from race." Her novels discussed America's past，focusing on black history and the effects of racism on individuals.
   She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain，Ohio，in 1931.Her father worked in a steel factory，and her mother was a maid.She attended Howard University，an all-black university in Washington，D.C.At Howard，she read African，British and American literature，including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf. "The writers who affect me the most were novelists who were writing in Africa：Chinua Achebe，Things Fall Apart was a major education for me，" she told the Associated Press in 1998.
   After a short marriage，she became a single mother of two sons and worked as a book editor in New York.Several publishers rejected her first book，The Bluest Eye，but it impressed The New York Times' book critic John Leonard who believed Morrison was an important new voice.He said her writing was "so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry."
   Morrison enjoyed her literary fame and was proud of her Nobel Prize."Nobody was going to take that and make it into something else.I felt representational.I felt American.I felt Ohioan.I felt blacker than ever.I felt more woman than ever.I felt all of that and put all of that together and went out and had a good time，" she said.

（1）Which of the following is covered in Morrison's novels？

A

A

A．The history of Blacks.
B．Africa's past.
C．The effects of American freedom.
D．English literature.
（2）What can we learn from John Leonard's words？

C

C

A．He rejected Morrison's first book.
B．He appreciated Morrison's poems.
C．He thought highly of The Bluest eye.
D．He saw Morrison's language as a wonder.
（3）What can be inferred about Morrison from the last paragraph？

B

B

A．She longed to be an American.
B．She felt proud of her color.
C．She changed her attitude to life.
D．She was crazy about her works.
（4）What is the purpose of the text？

A

A

A．To remember a writer.
B．To promote some books.
C．To introduce American life.
D．To fight against racial discrimination.