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Unit1 Welcome to the unit & Reading—Pre-reading课时练习(含答案)

1、Welcome to the unit & ReadingPre- reading .阅读理解 A Too Much Happiness was written by Alice Munro,winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature,one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction and the owner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction.Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker,The Atlantic

2、Monthly,and other publications,and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. The main character is Sophia Kovalevsky,a great Russian mathematician,writer and advocator(拥护者) of womens rights in the late nineteenth century.After visiting her lover Maxsim Kovalevsky in Riviera,she t

3、ravels in Europe,ending up in Sweden,where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician.The book writes about her journey from Riviera to Sweden. The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual woman to achieve success and happiness.However,when she i

4、s going to die,Sophia says “too much happiness”I think its irony.As reading the story,she has too many mental problems.First,as a woman mathematician, she was born at a wrong time.She was married to Vladimir Kovalevsky without love,called “a white marriage”She explained that “not a young Russian wom

5、an who was unmarried could leave the country”She sacrificed her marriage to seek her career. Furthermore, when she sees a man who looks like Maxsim in the station, she says to herself, “Of course,it would not be Maxsim,what could he be doing in Paris?” She doesnt want to face the fact because she do

6、esnt want to lose her hope.She believes they will marry in spring.And in her letter to Julia she says,“It is to be happiness after all,happiness after all.Happiness.” She is cheating herself.In fact,the man does not want to marry her,and the happiness she expected doesnt take place at all. Finally,I

7、 conclude that the end must be a tragedy(悲剧)From the very first pages the atmosphere is gloomy and threatening.“One of us will die this year.” “Because we have gone walking in a graveyard(墓地) on the first day of the New Year.” and “a black cat across their path” all reflect it will be a bad ending.N

8、ot because she has some problems with her lung,but because her life does not bring her happiness with some disharmonious things happening. 语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了爱丽丝 门罗的作品Too Much Happiness。 1According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE? ASophia was born at a wrong time and was mentally ill.

9、BWomen were not fairly treated in Europe in Sophias time. CSophia loved travelling around Europe to meet different people. DUnmarried women were forbidden to learn mathematics at that time. 答案 B 解析 推理判断题。根据第三段倒数第二句中的“not a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave the country”可知,妇女的出行在当时是受限制

10、的,由此可推知,妇女 在当时受到不公平的对待。 2What can we conclude from Sophias experience? AIts hard for an educated woman to achieve success in Europe at that time. BRussian women were not allowed to go abroad without a white marriage. CMarried women could travel freely across Europe in the late nineteenth century. DS

11、eeing a black cat across the path would bring people to death in the end. 答案 A 解析 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual woman to achieve success and happiness.”可推知,在当时的欧洲,知识女性要想获得成功是 很不容易的。 3The underlined phrase “the fact” in Paragraph 4 most probably refers to the

12、fact that . Aher husband refuses to divorce Bshe cant teach in university Cshe falls in love with Maxsim DMaxsim doesnt want to marry her 答案 D 解析 词义猜测题。 根据第四段最后一句“In fact, the man does not want to marry her.”可知, Maxsim 并不想娶她。 4In a newspaper,this passage is most probably in the section of . Aenterta

13、inment Btravel Ccareer Dculture 答案 D 解析 文章出处题。文章主要介绍爱丽丝 门罗的作品 Too Much Happiness,所以最有可能出 现在报纸的文化栏目里。 B (2018 浙江) In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain.People had been writing novels for a centurymost experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1

14、719but nobody wanted to do it professionally.The steam- powered printing press was still in its early stages;the literacy(识字) rate in England was under 50%.Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors,often with something like “By a lady”Novels,for the most part,were looked upon a

15、s silly,immoral or just plain bad. In 1870,when Dickens died,the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher,famous and beloved,who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose charactersfrom Oliver Twist to Tiny Timwere held up as moral

16、touchstones.Today Dickens greatness is unchallenged.Removing him from the pantheon(名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa. How did Dickens get to the top?For all the feelings readers attach to stories,literature is a numbers game,and the tes

17、t of time is extremely difficult to pass.Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to 1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half- dozen of them.Its partly true that Dickens style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life.Its partly that his writi

18、ngs rode a wave of social, political and scientific progress.But its also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center.No one will ever know what mix of talent,ambition,energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.But as the 200th anniversary of his birth appro

19、aches,it is possibleand important for our own cultureto understand how he made himself a lasting one. 语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了英国著名作家查尔斯 狄更斯及其作品是如何 奠定他在英国文学中的地位的。 5Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century? AThey were difficult to understand. BThey were popular among the ric

20、h. CThey were seen as nearly worthless. DThey were written mostly by women. 答案 C 解析 细节理解题。 根据第一段最后一句“Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad.”可知,那时多半的小说被看作是没头没脑的、有悖道德的或糟糕透 顶的。故 C 项“它们被看作几乎是没有价值的”与原文相符。 6Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to str

21、ess . Ahis reputation in France Bhis interest in modern art Chis success in publication Dhis importance in literature 答案 D 解析 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Removing him from the pantheon(名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.”可知, 把他从英国文学的名人堂移除就跟卢浮宫廉价出售画作

22、蒙娜丽莎的感觉一样,可见狄更 斯在英国文学史上的重要性,由此可推知 D 项正确。 7What is the authors purpose in writing the text? ATo remember a great writer. BTo introduce an English novel. CTo encourage studies on culture. DTo promote values of the Victorian age. 答案 A 解析 写作意图题。 文章介绍了查尔斯 狄更斯在英国文学中的地位以及他是如何获此殊荣的, 以此来纪念查尔斯 狄更斯这位伟大的作家。 C T

23、ang Dynasty poets sang for about three centuries in different tones.There were many famous poets living in the Tang period such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin.Poems of the Tang Dynasty edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of about 48,900 poems that were written by over 2,200 poets.

24、But it didnt cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, poems were recited when lovers walked under the moonlight.Poems were also recited when soldiers fought on the battlefield.People recited them in the open air or at temple fairs. In the Tang Dynasty scholars had to be poet

25、s.Their readers were not only people of high social position but also common people.Poets recited poems;women singers sang poems and other ranks of people, including old women and children, read Tang poems.This atmosphere affected foreigners who visited the country at that time.As a result,Tang poet

26、ry was introduced to some adjacent countries,like Japan and Vietnam. Tang poetry is a most brilliant page in the history of ancient Chinese literature.Its a miracle in the cultural history of mankind.The Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire with a vast territory.It inherited Chinese civilization that

27、went back to ancient times,and was combined with the best of other cultures and adopted the benefits of other nations in the world.Tang poetry wasnt the only spiritual wealth created by the Tang Dynasty people.Philosophy and religion,handwriting and painting and music and dance all gained new peaks

28、of development.Tang poetry, however, was the jewel in the crown and its greatest achievement. 语篇解读 本文主要讲述了唐诗在唐代的盛行,其影响力以及对世界文化的贡献。 8It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that . Athere were more than 48,900 poems written in Tang Dynasty Bin total there were four famous poets in the Tang Dynasty Conly p

29、eople in the Tang Dynasty created poems Din the Tang Dynasty most common people were poets 答案 A 解析 推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句“Poems of the Tang Dynasty edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of about 48,900 poems that were written by over 2,200 poets.But it didnt cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.”可推

30、知,在唐朝,诗人们创作了大约 48 900 多首唐 诗。故选 A。 9The underlined word “adjacent” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ” Aneighboring Bstrong Cpoor Drich 答案 A 解析 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“like Japan and Vietnam”可推测出,adjacent 的意思是 “邻近的”,故 A 项意思相符。 10What does the author really want to tell us in Paragraph 3? AIn the Tang Dynasty all

31、 scholars were poets. BTang Dynasty poems were quite popular. CMany foreigners came to our country during the Tang Dynasty. DIn the Tang Dynasty many poems were sung by women singers. 答案 B 解析 段落大意题。第三自然段主要讲了在唐朝,社会各个阶层的人们都在读唐诗,甚至外 国人对唐诗也非常感兴趣,所以在唐朝,诗歌是非常流行的。故选 B。 11Which of the following is NOT menti

32、oned in the passage? AWhy the poets created poems. BSome other kinds of spiritual wealth in the Tang Dynasty. CThe significance and influence of the Tang Dynasty. DThe editors of Poems of the Tang Dynasty. 答案 D 解析 细节理解题。在第三段中提到了 A 项;在最后一段提到了 B、C 两项。根据第一段内 容可知,文章没有具体交代 Poems of the Tang Dynasty 这本书的编

33、者。故选 D 项。 .七选五 (2019 福建厦门双十中学期中) Why do we read poetry? First obvious one:because we enjoy it. 12 But thats not why this is here. Many of us read poetry simply because we often feel depressed and hopelessly lost,and in poetry we see how beautiful and strange everything is. 13 There are many differen

34、t kinds of poems.They are not all calming.Some poems make me anxious,angry,scared,and sad,which is why I value them. 14 I want the sweet and the bitter.Often,I read poetry when Im already relaxed.In fact,I read more when Im not stressed out. Here are the main reasons I respond to poetry, as far as I

35、 can tell. 15 Usually, this is done by setting up a rhythm and then violating it or almost violating it.And then returning to it again.This satisfies my desire for order and also my desire for testing boundaries. Poetry plays with language.It often slams words together in surprising ways,which is th

36、rilling the way food can be when the chef has paired ingredients you never thought would taste good together but somehow do. 16 Words mean two or three things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines.This is intellectually inspiring and it allows me to read the same poem over and

37、 over, always finding new things in it. And,of course,theres the subject matter.It interests me just as it would if the same subject was explored in a story or essay.Not all poems interest me in this way,but then not all stories and essays do,either. AMany poems are dense. BSo in that way poetry cal

38、ms our anxiety. CAs a reader,I want a full meal,not just dessert. DAnother reason is to appreciate the suggestions offered. EThe only other reason seems to be for academic purposes. FThe best part about poetry is that they are flexible in length. GMetrical(格律的) poems are about setting up rules and t

39、hen bending them. 语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了作者喜欢能唤起人们感情的诗及其原因。 12答案 E 解析 根据本空前的“Why do we read poetry? First obvious one:because we enjoy it.”可知, 我们读诗最明显的原因是我们喜欢它,此处承接上文,说的还是读诗的原因,故 E 项(唯一的 另一个原因是出于学术目的)符合语境。 13答案 B 解析 根据本空前的“Many of us read poetry simply because we often feel depressed and hopelessly lost

40、, and in poetry we see how beautiful and strange everything is.”可知, 很多人读诗 是因为感到沮丧和绝望,诗则能让人发现生活中美好的东西,此处承接上文,讲的还是诗对 情绪的好处,故 B 项(所以诗歌以这种方式缓解了我们的焦虑)符合语境。 14答案 C 解析 根据本空后的“I want the sweet and the bitter.”可知,甜的和苦的我都想要,此处讲的 还是我的看法, 故 C 项(作为一个读者, 我想要的是一顿丰盛的晚餐, 而不只是甜点)符合语境。 15答案 G 解析 根据本空后的“Usually,this is

41、 done by setting up a rhythm and then violating it or almost violating it.”可知,通常这是通过设置格律,然后再违反它或几乎违反它来完成的,此处应 该会提到关于格律方面的内容, 故 G 项(格律诗是关于建立规则, 然后弯曲规则的)符合语境。 16答案 A 解析 根据本空后的“Words mean two or three things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines.”可知, 诗歌的字里行间里蕴含着很多建议, 故 A 项(很多诗很深奥)符合语境。