Unit 2 课时跟踪检测(1) 阅读理解专项练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第四册（外研版2019）

UNIT 2 课时跟踪检测（一） 阅读理解专项练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel that can be considered autobiography as it is based on the experiences of Mark Twain.Tom Sawyer stands out for his intelligent, wild and humorous nature.He is a person who can overcome any problem, and nothing is impossible for him.He looks at the difficulties as a challenge and tries to solve them.He is powered by great optimism despite everything bad that has happened to him. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince is a tale with multiple lessons.From one side it is the critic of the society that can be cruel and heartless and on the other side, it is about the sympathy for humans' troubles.Oscar Wilde tried to state in a simple way the virtues and weaknesses of a person in all of his fairy tales and criticize the society which is insensible. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea is a novel which was published in 1952 for the first time in the magazine Life.The theme is the relationship between man and nature.Even though at the beginning Santiago is represented like a man who is defeated in life and has no strength, with time going by, we find out that he is the real hero characterized by strength and faith. Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont Beauty and the Beast is a heartfelt story about the birth of love and the capability of love to transform the way you look at people you love.The moral of this fairy tale is that person's beauty comes from a heart in love and when the beauty realizes the inner beauty of the beast and the feelings it has, the outer appearance means nothing to her anymore. 语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四本文学作品中的人物特点以及大概故事内容。 1．What do Tom Sawyer and Santiago have in common? A．They are men of great power. B．They are fond of comforts. C．They are smart and humorous. D．They are world-famous novelists. 解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第一段内容以及倒数第二段最后一句可知，Tom Sawyer和Santiago的共同之处是他们都是有强大力量的人。故选A。 2．Wha