专题07 阅读理解之说明文-【好题汇编】备战2023-2024学年高一英语上学期期末真题分类汇编（上海专用）

专题07 阅读理解之说明文 Passage 1 （2023上·上海青浦·高一上海市青浦高级中学校考期末）John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, was followed ten years later by A．B．Guthrie’s The Way West. Both books record a migration, though that of Guthrie’s pioneers is considerably less bleak (没有希望的) in origin. What strikes one at first glance, however, are the commonalities. Both Steinbeck’s and Guthrie’s characters are primarily farmers. They look to their destinations with nearly religious enthusiasm, imagining their “promised” land the way the Biblical Israelites envisioned Canaan. Both undergo great hardship to make the journey. But the two stories differ clearly in origin. Steinbeck’s Oklahomans are forced off their land by the banks that own their mortgages (抵押借款), and they follow a false promise— that jobs as seasonal laborers await them in California. Guthrie’s farmers willingly remove themselves, selling their land and trading their old dreams for their new hope in Oregon. The pioneers’ decision to leave their farms in Missouri and the East is frivolous and ill-founded in comparison with the Oklahomans’ unwilling response to displacement. Yet it is they, the pioneers, whom our history books declare the heroes. 1．From the context of the passage, it can be determined that the word frivolous most nearly means ______. A．silly. B．careful. C．difficult. D．unexpected. 2．Which of the following sentence can best illustrate “Both undergo great hardship to make the journey.”? A．The migrants in The Way West cross the Missouri, then the Kaw, and make their way overland to the Platte. B．The Oklahomans’ jalopies (破旧的汽车) break down repeatedly, while the pioneers’ wagons need frequent repairs. C．Today’s travelers would consider it a hardship to spend several days, let alone several months, getting anywhere. D．The Joad family in The Grapes of Wrath loses both grandmother and grandfather before the journey is complete. 3．Which of the following is an important difference between Steinbeck’s and Guthrie’s c