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湖南省郴州市2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题
第一节(共15小题:每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中,选出最佳选项。
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A writer's home is a kind of autobiography,and visiting the place where a great work of
literature was written gives you a deeper understanding of both the book and the person who wrote
it.Here are some famous writers'houses to check out.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's House
Emerson lived in this house for 46 years until his death in 1882 and wrote his essays Nature
and SelfReliance in a study on the first floor,although his son later said that Emerson's"real
study"was nearby Walden Woods.
Margaret Mitchell's Apartment
For Gone with the Wind fans,Margaret Mitchell's house is their dream place.Mitchell
moved into Apartment No.I of this building when she just got married in 1926 and lived there for
six years.She worked on her novel on a table in the living room.When the novel was accepted for
publication in 1935,it immediately became a big hit
William Faulkner's Rowan Oak
Rowan Oak,Faulkner's home for almost 30 years,is where he wrote many of his major
works,including Light in August.In his study,he sometimes wrote his plot structures on the wall.
and then painted over them when he finished the book.In fact,you can still see the plot for his
novel 4 Fable penciled on the wall right where he left it.
Ernest Hemingway's House
Ernest Hemingway lived in this house for the most productive eight years of his life.He
wrote most of his major works in his office,which you could only get to by walking across a
bridge that extended from the upstairs bedroom.Almost everything in the house had a story.
1.Which of the four places housed its owner for the longest time?
A.Ralph Waldo Emerson's House.
B.Margaret Mitchell's Apartment.
C.William Faulkner's Rowan Oak.
D.Ernest Hemingway's House.
2.What do we know from the text?
A.Emerson's"real study"was on the first floor of his house.
B.Margaret Mitchell's Apartment was a dream place for her
C.Faulkner somet