湖南省2021-2022学年普通高中学业水平合格考试英语试题

2021湖南省普通高中学业水平合格性考试 英 语 第一部分 阅读技能（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题3分, 满分36分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A BBC: Top 4 Wonderful English Novels Great Expectations By Charles Dickens, 1861 　Great Expectations might be the purest British novel. To re­read Dickens’s classic as an adult is to discover its wit and brio (生动), its influence and its truth. Its plot is wonderful. It is a work about love. Mrs Dalloway By Virginia Woolf, 1925 　This is a novel with a long stream of consciousness(意识流)．Its plot is simple. It describes the hero’s events in one day, from buying flowers in the morning and preparing for the party to the end of it. Middlemarch By George Eliot, 1874 　Middlemarch, a novel of great characters, is an even greater novel of ideas and ideals. It is the greatest social and psychological (心理的) novel ever written in English. Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte, 1847 　 Wuthering Heights is powered by more psychological energy than any other book ever written. Readers love it not only because of its layered narrative structure(叙述结构)，but also its incredible(惊人的) imagination. 1. Which of the following might be the purest British novel? A. Great Expectations. B. Mrs Dalloway. C. Wuthering Heights. D. Middlemarch. 2. When was the novel of Mrs Dalloway published? A. In 1847. B. In 1861. C. In 1874. D. In 1925. 3. What can we learn about Middlemarch? A. Its plot is very simple. B. It describes the hero’s events in one day. C. It is powered by more psychological energy than any other book. D. It is the greatest social and psychological novel written in English. 4. Who wrote the novel of Wuthering Heights? A. George Eliot. B. Virginia Woolf. C. Emily Bronte. D. Charles Dickens. B Popcorn Park Zoo is not like most zoos. It is a very special place. This unusual place was not originally a zoo. At first it was called the Forked River Animal Care Center. The workers there looked after lost or unwanted cats and dogs. Today the center is part of the zoo, b