新教材 外研版选择性必修一单元测评Unit 4 Meeting the muse Review.docx

1、新教材 外研版选择性必修一单元测评Unit 4 Meeting the muse ReviewUnit 4 Meeting the muse Review 单元达标检测解析版I.阅读理解 AThomas Hardy, probably the most searching and knowledgeable novelist of his time, was born on June 2,1840, in Dorsetshire, England. He died on January 11,1928. In his youth, Hardy read much and dreamt of b

2、ecoming a poet, but he studied and practiced architecture as an assistant to a London architect, winning a prize for design. The fine descriptions of structure in his novels were probably somewhat due to his architectural training.For five years Hardy worked hard to practice writing poetry, but when

3、 he was twentyseven, he turned to fiction. His first novel finished by 1867, but according to the advice of George Meredith he decided not to publish it. After he abandoned his first novel, his another novel Desperate Remedies, appeared in 1871. During the next twentyfive years he published ten more

4、 novels and two collections of short stories.Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) was never surpassed (超越) in happy and delicate perfection of art. This and his next novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873), began to show deep irony (讽刺) which is so obvious throughout Hardys writings.Far from the Madding Crowd

5、(1874) was his first popular success. It shows Hardys amazing power of describing nature as symbolic background for his characters, an organic part of the action of his story. This was the earliest of what he called his novels of character and environment, which included The Return of the Native, Te

6、ss of the dUrbervilles, his masterpiece, and Jude the Obscure. Not until he was fiftyeight years old was his first collection of poems published, and he was sixtyfour when the first part of his drama The Dynasts surprised the literary world.1How did Thomas Hardy benefit from his architectural career

7、?AHe could practice writing while working.BHe made a lot of money to support his writing.CHe found material for his novels and poems.DHe applied architectural knowledge in his novels.2What is Thomas Hardys Under the Greenwood Tree considered to be?AOne of his masterworks.BHis first popular success.C

8、His best novel in perfection of art.DOne of his best collections of poems.3Which of the following is one of his novels of character and environment?ADesperate RemediesBA Pair of Blue EyesCTess of the dUrbervillesDThe Dynasts【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作家Thomas Hardy和他的一些作品。1. D解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“The fine de

9、scriptions of structure in his novels were probably somewhat due to his architectural training.”可知，在他的小说中细腻的结构描述可能得益于他在建筑方面的学习训练，即他把建筑知识应用到了他的小说中。故选D项。2C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Under the Greenwood Tree(1872) was never surpassed(超越) in happy and delicate perfection of art.”可知，绿树林下在艺术的恰当和熟练方面从未被超越。3C解析：细节理解

10、题。根据第四段第三句“This was the earliest of what he called his novels of character and environment, which included The Return of the Native, Tess of the dUrbervilles, his masterpiece, and Jude the Obscure.”可知，Tess of the dUrbervilles是性格和环境小说，故选C。BRobert Frost(18741963) was the statesman of American letters

11、in the twentieth century, a rare national poet who was read and respected by both university professors and everyday citizens. In his life, Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes for his worksmore than any other poet in American history. His most famous poems include The Road Not Taken, Fire and Ice and Sto

12、pping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Though he is widely read, Frost is also one of the most misunderstood writers in the United States for the complexity of his poems.Though born in California, Frost was brought up in New England, where he is inseparably linked. After dropping out of Dartmouth Colleg

13、e to seek his literary dream, he remained upset for years, producing collections of works but failing to get enough of them published to make his efforts financially worthwhile. Finally, Frost left the United States in 1912 to see whether his work might be better received in London. It was, and in 1

14、913 his first full collection was published in Great Britain. Fellow American poet Amy Lowell adored Frosts work and brought it back to the United States, publicizing it insistently. Soon afterwards Frosts collections became bestsellers, and he became a famous figure.From then on, Frost was on his w

15、ay to the lifelong respect and recognition for his achievements in poetry. In 1961, he was invited to read a poem for the presidential inauguration(总统就职典礼) of John FKennedy. He recited his poem, The Gift Outright, from memory at the ceremony. This was perhaps his last poetry reading in front of a wi

16、de national audience before his death in 1963.More importantly, Frost became the first poet to read a poem at a presidential inauguration.4What makes Frost “the statesman of American letters”？AThe comments of other writers.BHis literary achievements.CThe complexity of his poems.DHis political activities.5What do we know about Frost before 1912?AHe continued writing after hi