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阅读理解-推理判断一
1、 In1812,theyearCharlesDickenswasborn,therewere66novelspublishedinBritain.Peoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacentury—mostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719—butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.Thesteam-poweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages;theliteracy(识字)rateinEnglandwasunder50%.Manyworksoffictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors,oftenwithsomethinglike“Byalady.”Novels,forthemostpart,werelookeduponassilly,immoralorjustplainbad.
In1870,whenDickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,whohadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadershipandwhosecharacters—fromOliverTwisttoTinyTim—wereheldupasmoraltouchstones.TodayDickens’greatnessisunchallenged.Removinghimfromthepantheon(名人堂)ofEnglishliteraturewouldmakeaboutasmuchsenseastheLouvresellingofftheMonaLisa.
HowdidDickensgettothetop?
Forallthefeelingsreadersattachtostories,literatureisanumbersgame,andthetestoftimeisextremelydifficulttopass.Some60,000novelswerepublishedduringtheVictorianage,from1837to1901;todayacasualreadermightbeabletonameahalf-dozenofthem.It’spartlytruethatDickens’styleofwritingattractedaudiencesfromallwalksoflife.It’spartlythathiswritingsrodeawaveofsocial,politicalandscientificprogress.Butit’salsothatherewrotethecultureofliteratureandputhimselfatthecenter.Noonewilleverknowwhatmixoftalent,ambition,energyandluckmadeDickenssuchadistinguishedwriter.Butasthe200thanniversaryofhisbirthapproaches,itispossible—andimportantforourownculture—tounderstandhowhemadehimselfalastingone.
1.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesBritishnovelsinthe18thcentury?
A.Theyweredifficulttounderstand.
B.Theywerepopularamongtherich.
C.Theywereseenasnearlyworthless.
D.Theywerewrittenmostlybywomen.
2.DickensiscomparedwiththeMonaLisainthetexttostress________.
A.hisreputationinFrance
B.hisinterestinmodernart
C.hissuccessinpublication
D.hisimportanceinliterature
3.Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthetext?
A.Torememberagreatwriter.
B.TointroduceanEnglishnovel.
C.Toencouragestudiesonculture.
D.TopromotevaluesoftheVictorianage.
2、 DanielHernandezalwayswantedtohelppeople.Beforehe’devengraduatedfromhighschool,hetrainedtobeacertifiednursingassistantandvolunteeredatanursinghome.Hethendecidedtoworkinpublicservice.InhisjunioryearattheUniversityofArizona,hemajoredinpoliticalscienceandbeganvolunteeringinpoliticalactivities.
OneofhisheroeswasGabrielleGiffords.Whenpickedforaninternship(实习期)withher,hegladlygaveupapart-timesalesjob.Soeagerwashethathestartedworkfourdaysearly.OnSaturdaymorning,January8,hearrivedatLaToscanaVillagemarketnorthofTucsonandbegansettinguptablesinfrontofaSafewaystorewhere30orsopeopleweregatheringtomeetGiffords.
At10:
10a.m.,Hernandezheardloudsounds.“Gun!
”someoneshouted.Heheardpeoplescreaming,sawthemfallingtotheground.Hernandezwasstanding30feetawayfromGiffordswhenshefelldown.Inseconds,hewasatherside.Everywherearoundhimwaschaos,butHernandezwilledhimselftoremaincalm.
Giffordswaslyingonthesidewalk;bloodwasstreamingdownherfacefromabulletwoundonherhead.Gently,Hernandezliftedherintoasittingpositionagainsthisshoulder.Then,withhishand,heappliedpressuretothewoundonherforeheadtopreventtheflowofblood.Hecalmedherandtoldherallwouldbewell.
Minuteslater,ambulancesarrivedonthescene.StillHernandezstayedwithGiffords,holdingherhandandtalking.“Ijustmadesuresheknewshewasn’talone,”hesays.“WhenItoldherI'dcontactherhusbandMark,shesqueezedmyhandhard.”
Nineteenpeoplefellvictimtoacrazymanthatday.Giffords,thoughwounded,survivedinnosmallpartbecauseofHernandez’squickactions.Hernandezdidaheroicthing.Thoughhedoesn'tthinkso,thepeopleofTucsonandthenationaregratefulthatDanielHernandezwasthereatthatkeymoment,fourdaysearlierthanhewassupposedtobe.
1.WheredidDanielHernandezevervolunteerbeforetheaccident?
A.AttheUniversityofArizona.
B.Atastoreforaproduct.
C.Atanursinghome.
D.Athishighschool.
2.WhydidHernandezstaywithGabrielleGiffordsassoonaspossible?
A.GabrielleGiffordswashishero.
B.Heworkedasasecurityguards.
C.HeknewGabrielleGiffordswasindanger.
D.Heknewhowtotreatherwound.
3.Accordingtothelastparagraph,tothepeopleofTucson,GabrielleGiffords______.
A.workedhardattheSafewaystore
B.wasoneofDanielHernandez’sfriends
C.didareallyheroicthingthatday
D.wasluckytosurvivetheaccident
3、 Sciencehasalotofuses.Itcanuncoverlawsofnature,curediseases,makebombs,andhelpbridgestostandup.Indeedscienceissogoodatwhatitdoesthatthere’salwaysatemptation(诱惑)todragitintoproblemswhereitmaynotbehelpful.DavidBrooks,authorofTheSocialAnimal:
TheHiddenSourcesofLove,Character,andAchievement,appearstobethelatestinalonglineofwriterswhohavefailedtoresistthetemptation.
Brooksgainedfameforseveralbooks.HislatestbookTheSocialAnimal,however,ismoreambitiousandseriousthanhisearlierbooks.Itisanattempttodealwithasetofweightytopics.Thebookfocusesonbigquestions:
Whathassciencerevealedabouthumannature?
Whatarethesourcesofcharacter?
Andwhyaresomepeoplehappyandsuccessfulwhileothersaren’t?
Toanswerthesequestions,Brookssurveysawiderangeofdisciplines(学科).Consideringthis,youmightexpectthebooktobeadryrecitationoffacts.ButBrookshasstructuredhisbookinanunorthodox(非常规的),andperhapsunfortunate,way.Insteadofintroducingscientifictheories,hetellsastory,withinwhichhetriestomakehispoints,perhapsinordertokeepthereader’sattention.SoasHaroldandErica,theheroandheroineinhisstory,livethroughchildhood,wehearaboutthescienceofchilddevelopmentandastheybegintodatewehearaboutthetheoryofsexualattraction.Brookscarriesthisthroughtothedeathofoneofhischaracters.
Onthewhole,Brooks’sstoryisacceptableifuninspired.Asonewouldexpect,hiswritingismostlyclearand,tobefair,somechaptersstandoutabovetherest.Ienjoyed,forinstance,thechapterinwhichHarolddiscovershowtothinkonhisown.WhileHaroldandEricaarecertainlynotstrongormemorablecharacters,themoreseriousproblemswithTheSocialAnimallieelsewhere.TheseproblemspartlyinvolveBrooks’sattempttotranslatehistaleintoscience.
1.Theauthormentionsthefunctionsofscienceatthebeginningofthepassageto__________.
A.illustratewheresciencecanbeapplied
B.demonstratethevalueofBrooks’snewbook
C.remindthereaderoftheimportanceofscience
D.explainwhymanywritersusescienceintheirworks
2.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingcouldbeastrengthofthebook?
A.Itsstrongbasis.
B.Itsconvincingpoints.
C.Itsclearwriting.
D.Itsmemorablecharacters.
3.Whatistheauthor’sgeneralattitudetowardsthebook?
A.Contradictory.
B.Supportive.
C.Cautious.
D.Critical.
4.Whatistheauthorlikelytowriteaboutafterthelastparagraph?
A.Problemswiththebook.
B.Brooks’slifeexperience.
C.Deathofthecharacters.
D.Brooks’stranslationskills.
4、 1.TheWrightBrothers,byDavidMcCullough
Anothermust-readforhistoryfans,McCulloughtellsthestoryofOrvilleandWilburWright,thebrotherswhotaughttheworldhowtofly.Drawingonalltypesofhistoricaldata—frompersonaldiariesandscrapbooks,tothousandsofprivatelettersoffamilyletters—wegetacloselookattheactualpersonalitiesbehindoneofthemostinfluentialmomentsinhistory.
2.TheWonderGarden,byLaurenAcampora
Thisnovelisreallyacollectionofseveralinterwoven(交织)storiesofpeoplelivingintherichConnecticutsuburbs.Fromtalesofanelderlyartisttoayoungmothertoawomanwhosehusbandjustbehavescarelessly,TheWonderGardengivesusanunforgettablereminderthatthere’softensomuchwedon’tknowaboutwhathappenswithourneighborsbehindcloseddoors.
3.BetweenYou&Me:
ConfessionsofaCommaQueen,byMaryNorris
Doessomeonemistakingwhoforwhommakeyourbloodboil?
Doyouwanttothrowadictionaryatsomeoneformistakingsitforcite?
EnterBetweenYou&Me.MaryNorrisbringsherexperienceworkinginTheNewYorker’scopydepartmenttoeagergrammarfansinthislaugh-out-loudbookthatlooksatsomeofthemostcommonspelling,punctuation,andusageproblemsintheEnglishlanguage.
4.MyStruggle:
BookFour,byKarlOveKnausgaard
MyStruggleisasix-volumeautobiographicalnovelthatfollowsthelifeofKarlOveKnausgaard,aNorwegianfatherofthree.InBookFour,hewritesofhisdecisionattheageof18tomovetoafisherman’svillageinthefarnorthoftheArcticcircletoworkasaschoolteacher.It’stherethathestruggleswithlove,alcoholism,andbecominglovedbyoneofhisstudents.
1.WhatdoesthebookTheWrightbrothersfocuson?
A.Inventionofairplanes.
B.Natureofthecharacters.
C.Historyofairplanes.
D.Ordinarylifeofthecharacters.
2.Whodescribeshisorherreallifeexperiencesinthenovel?
A.DavidMcCullough.
B.LaurenAcampora.
C.KarlOveKnausgaard.
D.MaryNorris.
3.Whichofthefollowingbooksmightmakeyouburstint