专题04 阅读还原五选五-学易金卷：5年（2019-2023）中考1年模拟英语真题分项汇编（河南专用）

专题04 阅读还原五选五 学易金卷：5年（2019-2023）中考1年模拟英语分项汇编 A （2023·河南·统考中考真题） Have you heard of Oliver Twist or Peter Pan? These are just some of the characters (角色) that have been created by British writers. Geoffrey Chaucer was a famous poet in the 1300s. He wrote poetic short stories about people travelling to Canterbury. 1 Probably the most famous British writer was William Shakespeare. In the late 1500s and early 1600s, Shakespeare wrote plays that became famous all over the world. 2 Some of his plays were comedies, such as Twelfth Night, others were tragedies (悲剧), such as King Lear. 3 Early stories were often printed a chapter (章节) at a time in a newspaper. People would have to get the newspaper every week to read the whole story. One of the most famous stories, Oliver Twist, was written by Charles Dickens at that time. 4 Maybe you have heard of some of them. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the adventure novel Treasure Island. J. M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan and Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Do you know a teddy bear called Winnie the Pooh? 5 And it is still one of children’s favorite characters. There are so many famous characters in British plays, novels and poetry. What other characters do you know? 根据材料内容，从下而五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。 A．It was created by A．A．Milne. B．They are still very popular today. C．British people love reading stories. D．The stories are called The Canterbury Tales. E．There are many children’s books by British writers. B （2022·河南·统考中考真题） Have you ever tried writing a poem? Maybe you think it is impossible especially if you do not think you are naturally creative. But if you follow the steps below, you can also write a better poem than you expected. 6 ◆Pick a theme (主题) that interests you. Find the theme that you are interested in. 7 “Love and friendship” is always the theme for a poem. ◆Choose a form for your poem. Get your creative minds working by picking a poetic f