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高考英语考前精刷卷含新题有解析专题十六人物故事类
专题十六 人物故事类
A
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Idema,aDutchSinologist(汉学家),hasservedasthedirectoroftheChineseLanguagesandCulturesDepartmentatLeidenUniversityoftheNetherlandsandwasalsodirectorofHarvard'sFairbankCenterforEastAsianResearch.HehasstudiedancientChineseplays,novelsandliterature,andhasauthoredortranslatedanumberofinfluentialbookspublishedinEnglishandotherlanguages.
The70yearoldDutchSinologistrecalledhishalfcenturylongromancewithChinesecultureduringarecentvisittoBeijing.Asachild,thevividdescriptionsofChinainNobelandPulitzerPrizewinnerPearlS.Buck'sbookssparkedIdema'sinterestinthecountry.HelaterreadclassicChineseliteratureandspentwholedayspouringthroughworksattheNationalLibraryofChina.
WhilemanyotherexpertsonChinafocusedonthecountry'seconomictransformation,IdemacontinuedtostudytraditionalChineseliterature.“Therewerescholarsstudyinglaw,religionandsociety,butnottraditionalChineseliterature,whichwasmypersonalinterest,”Idemaexplains.
Findingreferencebooksforhisresearch,especiallyregionalpublications,usedtobeahugechallenge,andIdemausedtospendalotoftimecollectingbooksandothermaterialsduringvisitstoChina.NowitismuchmoreconvenientwiththeInternet.
Idemausuallychooseslessknownsubjectsforhisresearchandtriestogetfirsthandmaterials.Inrecentyears,hehasdevotedhimselftotranslatingChinesefolktalesandwritingaboutChinesefolksocietyandfolkculture.
“TraditionalChinesecultureisapassion.Ihavebeenstudyingitfor50yearsandwillcontinuetodoso,”saystheretiredprofessor.
1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“sparked”inParagraph2mean?
A.Increased.B.Broke.
C.Performed.D.Aroused.
答案:
D 词义猜测题。
根据第二段中的“HelaterreadclassicChineseliteratureandspentwholedayspouringthroughworksattheNationalLibraryofChina.”后来他开始阅读中国古典文学,可推断前文的books引起了他对中国的兴趣。
故选D。
2.IdemaconcentratedontraditionalChineseliteraturebecause________.
A.hewantedtoshowhewasdifferentfromothers
B.hewasinterestedintraditionalChineseliterature
C.traditionalChineseliteratureiseasiertostudythanotherfields
D.hecouldbenefitalotfromthetraditionalChineseliterature
答案:
B 细节理解题。
根据第三段第二句中的“Therewerescholarsstudyinglaw,religionandsociety,butnottraditionalChineseliterature,whichwasmypersonalinterest”可知,他研究中国古典文学,是因为他的兴趣。
故选B。
3.Whatmaybethebesttitleforthetext?
A.APassionforChineseCulture
B.TheLifeofIdema
C.Idema'sVisittoChina
D.ThePersonalHobby
答案:
A 标题判断题。
浏览全文,讲述的都是Idema对于中国古典文学的研究与热爱,结合第三段中的“WhilemanyotherexpertsonChina...Idemaexplains.”可知,他研究中国古典文学是带着很大的兴趣和热情的。
故选A。
B
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ManyexpertssaythatBillyWilderchangedthehistoryofAmericanmovies.HeisoftencalledthebestmoviemakerHollywoodhaseverhad.Hewasknownformakingmoviesthatofferedsharpsocialcomment.Wilderwasoneofthefirstdirectorstodothis.
BillyWilderwasbornin1906intheformerAustroHungarianEmpire.BillyWilderstartedlawschoolinVienna,Austria.However,hebeganreportingforaViennanewspaperaftergraduation.Bythe1920s,hewaswritingmoviesinGermany.However,theNazishadrisentopowerinthenation.WilderwasJewish,andherecognizedthathehadnofutureinNaziGermany.In1933,hewenttoParis.Therehedirectedamovieforthefirsttime.ItwascalledTheBadSeed.ThenhereceivedwordthatproducersintheUnitedStateshadacceptedoneofhisscripts.BillyWilderleftEuropeforAmerica.
InAmericaheformedawritingteamwithCharlesBrackett.Thetwowriterscreatedmanyfilmstogether.WilderandBrackettwroteseveralsuccessfulmovies.Onewasthenineteenthirtyninemovie,Ninotchka,starringGretaGarbo.ErnstLubitschdirectedthefilm.Wilderalwayspraisedthismanasafriendandteacherwhosehumorandexpertdirectiongreatlyinfluencedhisworks.
In1954,BillyWilderbecameanindependentproducer.Thenextyear,Wilder'sfirstmovieasanindependentfilmmakerwasahugesuccess.ItwasTheSevenYearItch.In1959,Wildermadeafunnymoviethatwasverypopular.I.A.L.DiamondjoinedWilderinwritingSomeLikeItHot.
Bythe1980s,Wildernolongerwasconsideredthemostunusual,creativefilmmakerinHollywood.Inrecentyears,however,BillyWilderreceivedmanymoreawardsandhonors.Criticspraisedhisgiftstomoviemaking.In1987,theAcademyofMotionPictureArtsandSciencesgavehimtheIrvingG.ThalbergMemorialAward.Itisthehighestawardaproducercanreceive.
4.WhichisWilder'sfirstsuccessfulmovieasanindependentfilmmaker?
A.Ninotchka.B.TheBadSeed.
C.SomeLikeItHot.D.TheSevenYearItch.
答案:
D 细节理解题。
根据倒数第二段中的“In1954,BillyWilderbecameanindependentproducer.Thenextyear,Wilder'sfirstmovieasanindependentfilmmakerwasahugesuccess.ItwasTheSevenYearItch.”可知,Wilder作为独立的电影制片人,制作的第一部成功的电影是TheSevenYearItch。
故选D。
5.WhatcanweknowaboutWilderaccordingtothetext?
A.Heintendedtobealawyeratfirst.
B.HestarredamovieforthefirsttimeinParis.
C.Heisthefirstdirectortomakerealisticmovies.
D.Hehasbeenacceptedasthemostcreativemoviemaker.
答案:
A 推理判断题。
根据第二段第二句“BillyWilderstartedlawschoolinVienna,Austria.”可推断,一开始Wilder想要成为一名律师。
故选A。
6.WhydidWilderleaveGermany?
A.HewasJewishandcouldn'tdevelopthere.
B.TheNazisweresearchingforhimeverywhere.
C.HewasinvitedtoproducehisscriptinAmerica.
D.HeexpectedtogotoParistoformawritingteam.
答案:
A 细节理解题。
根据第二段中提到的“However,theNazishadrisentopowerinthenation.WilderwasJewish,andherecognizedthathehadnofutureinNaziGermany.In1933,hewenttoParis.”可知,纳粹开始在当时的德国执政,而Wilder是犹太人,他认识到自己在德国没有未来,因此他离开了德国。
故选A。
7.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?
A.TheMakerofHistoryofAmericanMovies
B.BillyWilder—aBestFilmmaker
C.AnAutobiographyofaDirector
D.TheBestDirectorandProducer
答案:
B 标题判断题。
纵观全文可知,第一段第一句是文章的主旨,主要讲述BillyWilder对于美国电影的贡献。
因此推断B项“BillyWilder——一位最好的电影制作者”为最佳标题。
故选B。
C
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Writersusedtoapproachpublisherstohavetheirworkreadbythepublic.Nowtheycansimplyposttheirworkandfindmillionsofinstantaudience.
Afterbreakingupwithherboyfriend,BaoJingjingstarted“makingup”alovestorysimplytodistract(转移)herattention.Herstoryofagirlsufferingthepainlikehersprogressedquickly,attractingmanyreaders.
WhenBaostoppedwritingasshewasreunitedwithherboyfriend,shewasurgedtocontinue,asreaderswantedtoknowwhathappenednext.Baofinisheditsoon.Itbecamesopopularthatitwasturnedintoabestseller.To_cap_it_all_off,_Bao'snovelwaslateradaptedintoasuccessfulmovie.
Bao'sstoryisonlyoneofmanyInternetnovelsthathavelandeddealsforphysicalbooks,TVshowsandfilms.Unliketraditionalwriterswhoburiedthemselvesintheirbooksforyears,someyoungwriterslikeBaohavegotreadersrapidlyonlineandfindovernightsuccess.
Baoadmitshersuccesswasunexpected.Shestillremembershowsurprisedherparentswerewhensheproudlygavethemhercopyrightearnings.Onlineliteratureforums(论坛)areplatformsforgrassrootswriterstosucceed.
Inrecentyears,ZhangWei,knownas“Tangjiasanshao”,hasearned177millionyuanbyhisfingersthoughworkingasanauthorwasbeyondhisdreams.HetoppedthelistofwealthiestChineseInternetnoveliststwiceandwastheonlyonlinewritertobelistedonthe2014Forbes“ChineseCelebrityList”.
Headmitsthatheisoneofthefewwritersatthetopofthepyramidwhilemostonlinewritersremainunknown.However,heurgesthathissuccesscanbeachievedbyothers,aslongas“theywritehardenough”.
8.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthat________.
A.BaoJingjing'sparentsdidn'twanthertobeawriter
B.BaoJingjingdidn'treallyexpecthersuccessovernight
C.BaoJingjingdidn'tfinishherfirstonlinelovestory
D.BaoJingjing'sfirstonlinestorywasturnedintoaTVshow
答案:
B 细节理解题。
根据第五段第一句“Baoadmitshersuccesswasunexpected.”可知,鲍鲸鲸承认她的成功是意想不到的。
故选B。
9.Theunderlinedphrase“Tocapitalloff”inParagraph3probablymeans“________”.
A.inconclusionB.inturn
C.intimeD.inaddition
答案:
D 词义猜测题。
根据第三段倒数第二句“Itbecamesopopularthatitwasturnedintoabestseller.”和最后一句中的“Bao'snovelwaslateradaptedintoasuccessfulmovie.”可知,鲍鲸鲸的作品如此受欢迎以至于它后来被出版,并成了畅销书。
她的小说后来又被改编成一部成功的电影。
由此推断,Tocapitalloff在此处表递进关系。
故选D。
10.TheauthormentionedZhangWei'sexamplemainlyto________.
A.introduceanotheronlinewritertothereaders
B.showtheexampleofanotheronlinewriter'ssuccess
C.encouragereaderstobecomeonlinewriters
D.expresshisadmirationforonlinewriterZhangWei
答案:
B 推理判断题。
通读全文可知,本文主要讲述一些现代网络作家获得了成功的故事,张威的经历只是其中一例。
故选B。
11.WhatcanweinferfromwhatZhangWeisaysinthelastparagraph?
A.Fewwords,manydeeds.B.Firsttry,andthentrust.
C.Harmset,harmget.D.Nopain,nogain.
答案:
D 推理判断题。
根据最后一段最后一句可知,张威认为只要够努力,就能像他一样成功。
故选D。
Nopain,nogain.“不劳,无获”;Fewwords,manydeeds.“少说多做”;Harmset,harmget.“害人害己”;Firsttry,andthentrust.“试过才信”。
D
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