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课时作业(十九)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Many people discover Roald Dahl through his stories and poems.His books have been translated into several languages.He has also inspired TV and radio shows and movies.With his help, kids all over the world can imagine strange candies, friendly giants, and frightening villains(反派主角).Indeed, Roald Dahl led a life full of adventures(冒险).Yet, we can have a better understanding of him from other things, too.
More than Just Words: The Roald Dahl Foundation
Roald Dahl became interested in helping people who had serious injuries and diseases.As a writer, Roald cared about helping children read more.To carry out these goals, his family set up the Roald Dahl Foundation.The foundation helps people, hospitals, and charities by giving money for medical and educational needs.It continues the spirit of giving that Roald expressed throughout his life.
Stories for All Ages: The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
Roald Dahl's wife, Felicity Dahl, wanted to set up a central place to protect all of Roald's writings.She helped create the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire, England.It holds a collection of Roald's writings and recordings for the public to visit.His personal letters and postcards can be found there, as well as photographs and many of his awards.As you can see, one can get a pretty complete picture of Roald Dahl's life by visiting this library.The museum also encourages people to write creatively.
Now, people of all ages are learning about Roald Dahl through his works.Through his stories, the foundation, and the museum, Roald Dahl will continue to have a great effect on readers around the world for years to come.
【语篇解读】 本文是说明文。文章介绍了英国作家Roald Dahl除了写作之外的爱好和成就。
1.It can be inferred that Roald Dahl ______.
A.produced many movies
B.mastered several languages
C.travelled to many countries
D.wrote many adventurous stories
D 考查推理判断。本题A、B、C三项均曲解了文章意思。Roald Dahl的作品启发了很多电视、电台节目和电影,不等于他制作了很多电影;他的书被翻译成多种语言,不等于他精通多种语言;他的读者遍布全球,不等于他去过很多国家。从第一段列举的他的书中人物,以及“Roald Dahl led a life full of adventures(冒险)”可推断出他写了很多冒险故事。故选D项。
2.The Roald Dahl Foundation ________ .
A.was set up by Roald Dahl
B.employs many famous doctors to cure diseases
C.helps sick kids read useful books
D.helps people or organisations for free
D 考查细节理解。根据文章对Roald Dahl基金会的介绍可知,该基金会由Dahl一家成立,目的是帮助有严重伤病的人,以及帮助孩子多读书。为了实现这两个目标,他们捐钱给医疗和教育项目。对比四个选项可知,只有D项符合文意。
3.The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre was built to ________ .
A.attract public visits
B.keep Roald Dahl's works
C.show Roald Dahl's awards
D.give lessons about writing
B 考查细节理解。根据对The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre介绍的第一句可知,Felicity Dahl创建该博物馆和故事中心的初衷就是保存Dahl的作品。故选B项。
4.What is the author's attitude towards Roald Dahl?
A.He is disappointed in him.
B.He thinks highly of him.
C.He is friendly to him.
D.He is cruel to him.
B 考查观点态度。本文字里行间都对Roald Dahl进行了高度评价。故选B项。
B
Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people.In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school.
It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America.In the 19th century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud.It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theatres, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion.However, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people or to the world beyond one's own community.Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual.Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life.
How did things change? Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?
There are, I believe, three factors: poets, teachers, and we ourselves.Of these, the least important is the third.The world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem.Early in the 20th century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavourable to the reading of poetry.Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, and that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged.
Poets failed the reader, and so did teachers.They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem, and they want their students to see that poems mean something.Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles.
【语篇解读】 在过去,人们经常读诗,然而现在,读诗的人越来越少。文章针对这种现象探讨了原因。
5.What does the underlined word“diversion”most probably mean?
A.Concentration. B.Change.
C.Amusements. D.Stories.
C 词义猜测题。画线单词前面的television,movie theatres, World Wide Web这些事物都是为人们提供娱乐的,由此可推断diversion与amusements同义,意为“娱乐活动”。故选C项。
6.Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the 19th century because ________ .
A.it built a link among people
B.it helped unite a community
C.it was a source of self-education
D.it was a source of pleasure
A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的of connection to other people or to the world beyond one's own community可知,诗歌是联系一个人与他人或外部世界的纽带。故选A项。
7.According to the passage, what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry?
A.Students are becoming less interested in poetry.
B.Students are poorly educated in high school.
C.TV and the Internet are more attractive than poetry.
D.Poems have become difficult to understand.
D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night,and that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged.可知,读者觉得诗歌不再适合坐在火炉边或安乐椅上舒服地读,它们现在更难理解了。故选D项。
8.In the last paragraph, the writer questions ________ .
A.the difficulty in studying poems
B.the way poems are taught in school
C.students' wrong ideas about poetry
D.the techniques used in writing poems
B 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知,诗人让读者失望了,老师也一样。老师想让学生们知道一首诗所用到的技巧及其含义然而这些要求使学生们觉得诗歌是令人讨厌的字谜。因此,作者质疑学校教授诗歌的方式。故选B项。
Ⅱ.完形填空
William Butler Yeats, a famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin in 1865.He inherited (继承) excellent taste in __1__ from his family—both his father and his brother were painters.But he finally __2__ literature, particularly drama and poetry.
Yeats managed to found an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s.His early theatrical experiments, __3__,_were not received __4__ at the beginning.He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed __5__ in his poetical drama.
__6__ with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much __7__ notice.The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging.As his literary life __8__,_his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide __9__.
He had not __10__ a major public life __11__ winning the Nobel Prize in 1923.Yet, he __12__ writing almost to the end of his life.Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be __13__ as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who __14__ his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75.After Yeats's death in 1939, W.H.Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:
Earth, receive an __15__ guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie.
Emptied of its poetry.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。主要描写了伟大诗人、剧作家威廉·叶芝的生平。
1.A.art B.poetry
C.drama D.literature
A 考查名词词义辨析。句意: 他从他的家族那里继承了优秀的艺术品味——他的父亲和哥哥都是画家。 art艺术;poetry诗歌; drama戏剧;literature文学。根据下文的both his father and his brother were painters.(他的父亲和弟弟都是画家)可知, 叶芝从家族那里遗传了优秀的艺术(art)品味。
2.A.carried on B.decided on
C.put on D.based on
B 考查词组辨析。句意: 但他最终选择了文学, 尤其是戏剧和诗歌。 carried on继续; decided on选定; put on穿上; based on基于。根据前文内容可知, 虽然从家族那里遗传了艺术品味, 但最后选择(decide on)了文学。
3.A.therefore B.however
C.besides D.otherwise
B 考查副词词义辨析。therefore因此;however然而; besides另外; otherwise否则。根据下文的He didn't lose heart(他没丧失信心)可知, 最开始他的戏剧并不受欢迎, 与前文是转折关系, 故选B。
4.A.possibly B.honorably
C.favorably D.doubtfully
C 考查副词词义辨析。句意: 然而, 他早期的戏剧实验在一开始并不受欢迎。possibly可能; honorably值得尊敬地; favorably赞赏地;doubtfully怀疑地。根据下文可知, 叶芝并没有失去信心, 可知在一开始的时候并不受欢迎(favorably)。
5.A.failure B.fame
C.pleasure D.success
D 考查名词词义辨析。句意: 他没有灰心, 终于在他的诗性戏剧中获得了成功。failure失败;fame名誉; pleasure高兴; success成功。根据空所在的句子可知, 叶芝没有灰心, 最终获得了成功(success)。
6.A.Connected B.Occupied
C.Compared D.Tired
C 考查动词词义辨析。句意: 与他的戏剧作品相比, 叶芝的诗歌更加引人注目。 Connected连接;Occupied占据;Compared比较;Tired使疲劳。compared with是固定搭配, 意为“与……相比较”。
7.A.admiring B.amusing
C.amazing D.envying
A 考查形容词词义辨析。admiring赞赏的; amusing令人发笑的; amazing令人惊讶的; envying令人嫉妒的。根据空所在的句子可知, 叶芝的诗歌与他的戏剧作品相比, 诗歌更加引人注目(admiring)。
8.A.finished B.produced
C.created D.progressed
D 考查动词词义辨析。finished完成; produced生产; created创造;progressed前进。根据下文的his poetry grew finer and richer(他的诗歌越来越精细和丰富)可知, 诗歌越来越精细和丰富, 和他的文学生活的不断发展(progressed)有关。
9.A.praise B.spread
C.recognition D.assessment
C 考查名词词义辨析。句意: 随着他的文学生活的发展, 他的诗歌越来越精细和丰富, 这使他得到了全世界的认可。 praise表扬;spread传播; recognition认可;assessment评估。根据空所在的句子可知, 叶芝的诗歌越来越精细和丰富, 这使他得到了全世界的认可(recognition)。
10.A.enjoyed B.accepted
C.purchased D.taken
A 考查动词词义辨析。句意: 自从1923年获得诺贝尔奖以来, 他一直没有享受过普通的生活。enjoyed享受; accepted接受; purchased购买; taken带走。根据空后的writing almost to the end of his life可知, 叶芝几乎一直写作到生命的尽头, 可见他专心于写作, 无暇享受(enjoyed)普通的生活。
11.A.before B.since
C.until D.after
B 考查连词词义辨析。根据空所在的句子可知, winning the Nobel Prize in 1923是状语从句的省略, 相当于he won the Nobel Prize in 1923, 此句的时态是过去式, since意为“自从”引导时间状语从句, 从句用过去式。
12.A.abandoned B.continued
C.appreciated D.recommended
B 考查动词词义辨析。句意: 然而, 他几乎一直写作到生命的尽头。 abandoned放弃; continued继续; appreciated 欣赏; recommended推荐。根据空所在的句子可知, 他几乎一直写作到生命的尽头, continue doing意为“继续做……”。
13.A.respected B.admired
C.valued D.favored
C 考查动词词义辨析。respected 尊敬; admired钦佩; valued评价; favored喜欢。根据空所在句子可知, 假如叶芝在40岁就停止写作, 那么文学史上就错失一位在50岁到75岁之间还能创作出伟大作品的诗人, 这样的话, 叶芝可能被视为一个二流的作家, value...as...意为“把……视为……”。
14.A.prohibits B.attempts
C.recommends D.produces
D 考查动词词义辨析。prohibits阻止; attempts试图; recommends推荐;produces生产。根据前文的内容可知, 假如叶芝在40岁就停止写作, 那么文学史上就错失一位在50岁到75岁之间还能创作出伟大作品的诗人, 话外音是说叶芝在50岁到75岁之间创作了(produce)很多作品。
15.A.appealed B.advocated
C.advanced D.honored
D 考查动词词义辨析。句意: 大地呀, 请接受这位尊贵的客人吧, 威廉·叶芝, 将在此安息, 让这艘爱尔兰大船在你的怀抱里安息吧, 清空它满载的诗歌。 appealed呼吁; advocated提倡; advanced使……前进; honored受……尊敬。根据空所在的句子可知, 威廉·叶芝死后, 奥登为悼念他献上悼词, 以威廉·叶芝的一生成就来说, 威廉·叶芝是令人尊敬的(honored), 此处是用honor的过去分词形式作guest的前置定语, 意为“受人尊敬的”。
Ⅲ.语法填空
A crater (环形山) on Mercury sat quietly for millions of years.Surprisingly, it acquired a name—Li Qingzhao, a Chinese female poet.The International Astronomical Union named the first group of craters on the planet after 310 famous writers and artists in human history, Li 1. ________ (include).What did she do to deserve such 2. ________ honor?Compared with other poets in China, 3. ________ have left hundreds or even thousands of poems, she has only eighty-seven.4.______, her artistic creativity in her 5. ________ (survive) works has earned her a permanent place in the Chinese literary circle.
She grew up in a 6. ________ (relative) relaxed atmosphere but her maiden (少女) days were so limited that the regret could be felt in her poem,“Can't you see?The green leaves thriving (旺盛) but the red flowers fading overnight.”The arrival and disappearance of spring is one of the most frequent themes in Chinese poetry.Li had two marriages.The first ended up her being abandoned during the war.7. ________ (bad) still, she suffered physical abuse from her second husband.Bravely she charged him at the court and got the 8. ________ (permit) to divorce.
In the final stage of her life, even 9.________ no one to rely on, she never gave up hope and created many literary works that 10. ________ (leave) for generations to appreciate to date.
【语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文。文章由水星上的一座环形山命名为“李清照”切入, 给读者介绍了我国著名女诗人李清照的生平。
1.included 考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知, 此处应用非谓语动词作后置定语, Li和include之间是逻辑上的被动关系, 故用过去分词作后置定语。
2.an 考查冠词。honor是可数名词, 结合上下文可知, 此处意为“值得这样的一份荣耀”, 是泛指, 应用不定冠词, 且honor以元音音素开头, 故用an。
3.who 考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知, 此处是非限制性定语从句关系词, 先行词poets在从句中充当主语, 应用关系代词who。
4.However 考查副词。句意: 然而, 她现存的作品的艺术创作力为她在中国文学圈赢得了永恒的地位。结合上下文可知, 此处应用表转折意义的副词, 故填However。
5.surviving 考查形容词。句意: 然而, 她现存的作品的艺术创作力为她在中国文学圈赢得了永恒的地位。根据句意可知, 此处应填survive的形容词surviving“现存的”, 修饰名词works, 故填surviving。
6.relatively 考查副词。此处应填relative的副词形式修饰形容词relaxed, 故填relatively。
7.Worse 考查固定表达。句意: 更糟糕的是, 她遭受了第二任丈夫的虐待。结合句意可知, 此处考查固定表达worse still“更糟糕的是”, 故填Worse。
8.permission 考查名词。分析句子可知, 此处应填permit的名词作为got的宾语, 故填permission。
9.with 考查介词。句意: 在她人生的最后阶段, 即使没有人可以依靠, 但她从来没有放弃希望, 并且创作了很多让世人到今天还非常欣赏的文学作品。结合句意和句子结构可知, 此处考查with的复合结构, 即with+n./pron.+to do, with no one to rely on“没有人可以依靠”, 故填with。
10.have been left 考查时态和语态。分析句子可知, 此处是定语从句的谓语动词, 由for generations判断为现在完成时。主语that指代literary works, 和leave之间是被动关系, 故用现在完成时的被动语态,主语是复数, 故填have been left。
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