Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952, educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge where, in 1974 he gained a BA (and later an MA) in English literature.
He was the creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy(《银河系漫游指南》), which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series in March 1978. Since then it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record album, a computer game and several stage adaptations.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's success sent the book straight to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 Douglas Adams became the youngest author to be awarded a Golden Pan. He won a further two (a rare feat), and was nominated—though not selected - for the first Best of Young British Novelists awards.
He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); and Mostly Harmless (1992). The first two books in the Hitchhiker series were adapted into a 6-part television series, which was an immediate success when first showed in 1982. Other publications include Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (1988). In 1984 Douglas teamed up with John Lloyd and wrote The Meaning of Life and their second huge success, The Deeper Meaning of Life followed in 1990. One of Douglas’s personal favorites was written in 1990 when he teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine and wrote Last Chance to See an account of a world-wide search for rare and endangered species of animals.
Douglas sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. He was also a best seller in German, Swedish and many other languages.
Douglas Adams died on Friday, May 11, 2001, in Santa Barbara, CA. He will be greatly missed by fans worldwide.
小题1:The main idea of this passage is .
A．Douglas Adams, always loved by fans
B．Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
C．Douglas Adams and his works
D．Douglas Adams’s personal lives小题2:The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was first shown to the public as .
A．a radio series
B．a movie
C．a TV series
D．a computer game小题3:Which two books were adapted into a six-part TV series?
A．Life, The Universe and Everything and Mostly Harmless
B．The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and Life, The Universe and Everything
C．The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and So Long and Thanks for all the Fish
D．So Long and Thanks for all the Fish and Mostly Harmless小题4: Last Chance to See is a book about .
A．Some stories happening in a Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
B．the author’s personal favorites
C．a zoologist and his worldwide experiences
D．searching for rare and endangered species of animals小题5:Which of the following statement is not true?
A．Douglas Adams died at the age of 49 and he was memorized by his fans.
B．Douglas Adams was the youngest author to be selected as one of the first Best of Young British Novelists.
C．John Lloyd was one of the authors of the two books, The Meaning of Lifeand The Deeper Meaning of Life.
D．Douglas graduated from Essex and St John's College and gained a Master’s Degree.
