Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.She was known around the world for using poetry to increase the understanding of black culture in America.
   Her poems described the condition of the poor，racial inequality and drug use in the black community.She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people.She was an expert at the language of poetry.She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
   In her early poetry，Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago.The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live.In her poems，the South Side is called Bronzeville.It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945.Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time.The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
   In 1950，Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen.Annie Allen is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter，a wife and mother.She experiences loneliness，loss，death and poverty.Ms Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
    Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha.Maud Martha received little notice when it was first published.But now it is considered an important work by some critics.Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.
   In some other poems，Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are.One example is this poem， "Corners on the Curving Sky".
   By the end of the 1960s，Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville.She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.

（1）What does the text mainly talk about？

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A．The life of Gwendolyn Brooks.
B．The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.
C．The understanding of black culture.
D．The struggles of black women.
（2）What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph？

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A．She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.
B．She was good at using the language of poetry.
C．Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.
D．Her poems were mainly about the African experience.
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A．providing examples
B．using statistics
C．comparing opinions
D．describing her experiences
（4）What might the author talk about in the following paragraph of the passage？

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A．The difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks met.
B．The poems related to political issues.
C．The awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained.
D．The racial inequality the black had to face.