Welcome Unit B卷 能力提升检测卷-【高考领航】2021-2022学年新教材高中英语必修第一册同步测试卷（人教版）

B卷 能力提升检测卷 (测试时间：100分钟　满分：120分) 题　号 第一部分 第二部分 第三部分 总　分 第一节 第二节 第一节 第二节 第一节 第二节 得　分 第一部分　阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A THEN WE CAME TO THE END Joshua Ferris The first novel by American author Joshua Ferris was so different, because it is written in the second person; the group of odd office colleagues talk and act as a collective. It must have been hard to maintain, but Ferris does a great job. It is really a good novel set in boring office environments. THE GRAPES OF WRATH John Steinbeck Obviously a classic and still popular, the themes of this novel are timeless and echo just us strongly today. Set during the Great Depression, the story follows a family of “Okies” — poor migrant farmers from Oklahoma — as they head west seeking work. PROPERTY Lionel Shriver Short stories from one of our best contemporary writers. Exploring the theme of possessions and ownership from many angles, this is certainly one for Marie Kondo fans. I have long been interested in what it is about things that can hook some people. The drive to possess items that serve no obvious purpose is most appealing to me. Fine, if an item is something given to you by someone special. But if you take a look around you, some things are probably simply useless and unmemorable. Shriver's book explores it better. THE LOVE THAT I HAVE James Maloney This absorbing story is about Margot Baumann, who takes a job in a mail­room in what, as later becomes clear, is a concentration camp. The amazing thing is the perspective it gives of German life during World War Ⅱ. Of course not all Germans, probably the large majority, had any real idea of what was going on. Within Margot's immediate circle you see the reactions among the German population to the rise and fall of their beloved — or hated­Fuhrer (元首). And nation. 1．For whom is this text mainly intended? A．Novelists.　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Book addicts. C．Editors. D．Story tellers. 2．Who may be like