课时作业（二十二）Meeting the muse-【学易优】2024年高考英语一轮总复习课时分层突破（外研版）

课时作业 课时作业（二十二） Meeting the muse I.阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A If you are looking for modern fairy tale,check out some of these stories written to appeal to today's teen girls. Entwined Beauty Based on the fairy tale,The Twelve Dancing This classic retelling of Beauty and the Beast by award Princesses readers will be swept away into winning author Robin McKinley is a more detailed ver- this fantasy world of dance,love,mystery sion of the original story about a girl who is known more and curses(魔咒)created by author Heather for her intelligence than her beauty.Following the tradi- Dixon.Readers will enjoy the detailed dance tional tale,Beauty and her sisters must move to the coun- scenes and be pleasantly surprised to learn try when their father encounters financial ruin.Her rela- the double meaning of the word entwine. tionship with the Beast is a slow unfolding of friendship Recommended for ages 12-16. that turns to love.Recommended for ages 12-15. Snow Tiger's Curse Although her mother died when she was a baby,Lady For 300 years he's been cursed to live as a Jessica enjoyed a peaceful and fun childhood until her fa- Tiger,but when she wishes for his freedom, ther decides to remarry a woman who is jealous of the curse begins to break.Full of romance Jessica's beauty.To escape her evil stepmother,Jessica and adventure,this sweet retelling of Beauty runs away to London where she meets a band of outcasts and the Beast is the first book in the Tiger's (被驱逐者)and changes her name to Snow.Tracy Curse series by Colleen Houck.Recommen- Lynn's retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is ded for ages 12-18. one of several books in the popular Once Upon a Time fairy tale series.Recommended for ages 12-14. 1.Which is the best choice for a 16-year-old girl B who loves dancing? Animal rescuer and cinematographer Douglas A.Entwined. B.Tiger's Curse. Thorn's passion for animals began when he was a C.Beauty. D.Snow. little kid."I started rescuing orphaned baby ani- 2