1、二Unit 1Period 2. 阅读理解A(2021张家口高二检测)Lucille Clifton was the first African-American poet laureate of Critics call her one of the greatest writers of our time. Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York in 1936. She began writing poetry when she was about ten years old. She had developed an interest i
2、n poetry because of her mother, Thelma Sayles. Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published. As a child Lucille would sit on her mothers lap and listen as she read poetry. She learned to love words and the power of words. That stayed with her as she grew. While her mother taugh
3、t her to love poetry, her father gave her the gift of storytelling. He would tell Lucille interesting stories about her ancestors, especially the one named Lucille who was his grandmother. Samuel Clifton said she was the first black woman to be legally hanged in the state of Virginia. Lucille Clifto
4、n wrote about it in her poem called “Lucy”. Lucille often talked about her love for words. She loved the sound of words and the way the words felt in her mouth. She loved finding interesting ways to use words to express what was happening in the world. Unlike her mother, Lucille Cliftons poetry is a
5、nything but traditional. Her poems do not rhyme or follow a special kind of pattern. They do not use fancy words. Her poetry is known for being simple, truthful and direct. It is written the way people speak, in a casual, relaxed language. There is very little punctuation and even less capitalizatio
6、n. Many of the poems are uncomfortably honest. Lucille Clifton often said that she tried to comfort the afflicted(折磨) and afflict the comfortable. Over the years, she seems to have perfected that art. 【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了马里兰州第一位女性黑人桂冠诗人获奖者Lucille Clifton, 并对她的作品进行了简要的介绍. 1. What can be learned from the pas
7、sage? A. Lucilles parents influenced her a lot. B. Lucilles father often read poems to her. C. Lucilles mother published some poems. D. Lucilles parents taught her to love words. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段第三句She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother. . . 以及第三段首句While her mother taught he
8、r to love poetry, her father gave her the gift of storytelling. 可知父母对她的影响很大。结合选项, 故选A。2. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. Lucilles great works. B. Words that Lucille used. C. Lucilles writing style. D. Background of Lucilles poems. 【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据最后一段可知, 此段主要讲述了其诗歌的风格。结合选项, 故选C。3. From th
9、e passage, we know that Lucille is _. A. funny B. creative C. selfish D. beautiful【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段的Lucille Cliftons poetry is anything but traditional. Her poems do not rhyme or follow a special kind of pattern. They do not use fancy words. Her poetry is known for being simple, truthful and direc
10、t. 可知, 她是非常具有创造性的, 结合选项, 故选B。4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Lucille Clifton was the first African-American poet laureate of America. B. Lucille Clifton was born in Africa. C. Lucille Clifton began writing poetry from about 1956. D. Unlike Lucille Clifton, her mothers
11、poetry is traditional. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段Unlike her mother, Lucille Cliftons poetry is anything but traditional. 可知, Lucille Clifton母亲的诗较为传统, 结合选项, 故选D。BKong Zi, called Confucius(551479 B. C. )and Socrates (470399 B. C. )lived only a hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no cont
12、act between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these in turn, shaped their societies. Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars in Greece than in China. The Chines
13、e states were very large and feudal, while the Greek city-states were small and urban. The urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical(激进的)than Confucius. Unlike Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively. Thus Socrates was able to be more idea
14、listic, focusing on issues like freedom and knowledge for its own sake, on the other hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went on to government service. Confucius suggested Rule as a principle for the conduct of “Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to
15、 you. ”He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that some had more potential to develop their reason than
16、others did. Like Confucius, he believed that the superior class should rule the inferior(下层的)class. For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of society, with family relations considered much more important t
17、han political relations. Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes. 【语篇概述】本文阐述了两位思想家孔子和苏格拉底主张的观点的异同。5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph? A. Socrates and Confucius had much in common. B. Confucius had much influence on Socrates ideas. C. T
18、he societies were influenced by the philosophers ideas. D. There were exchanges between China and Greece. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。第一段主要讲述了孔子和苏格拉底生活期间尽管中国和希腊没有任何往来, 但是两位哲学家的不同生活影响着他们观点的形成并且影响着他们当时生活的社会。6. Socrates shared with Confucius the idea that_. A. all men were equal when they were bornB. the lower class
19、should be ruled by the upper classC. the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdomD. people should not ask others to do what they did not want to【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“Like Confucius, he believed that the superior class should rule the inferior class. (跟孔子一样, 苏格拉底认为, 上层阶级应该统治下层阶级。)”, 故选B。7. What
20、 made some people different from others according to Confucius? A. Family. B. Potential. C. Knowledge. D. Community. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段“He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. ”可知, 人生来都是平等的, 是知识将人分开了, 故选C。8. This p
21、assage is organized in the pattern of _. A. time and eventsB. comparison and contrastC. cause and effectD. definition and classification【解析】选B。篇章结构题。本文主要阐述了两位哲学家观点的不同, 是以对比和比较的方式来安排文章的。. 完形填空I sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human resources department is a little
22、like being called to the principals office. “Annie, ” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for1. Id like you to organize the event and see it through. ” “Well, um, er. . . sure. I guess so. ” As I stuttered (结结巴巴地说) through my 2, all I could think was, “What? Why me?
23、” I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to begin. This was a time when the economy was 3. The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to struggle to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more? That evening, I drove home 4. Then I remembered a time long ago when my fath
24、er was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 5 any more milk. Two days later, Jim picked up the 6and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Moms. It read, “Kids need milk. ” The milk delivery continued as usual and Jim left four liters o
25、f milk every other day, never collected a cent7 us. The memory of Jims kindness 8 my enthusiasm. Perhaps Id be in for a pleasant surprise. The next morning I 9signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign said, “Food drive to support the elderly
26、poor of our town! Donations of non-perishable(不易腐烂的) foods are 10 needed. ”Within a few days, I had to locate empty office space to 11the massive number of contributions we had collected. One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the can
27、ned goods and other foods. Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around with the 12 of a woman half her age. 13 we were making our rounds one day, I asked her where she got all the energy and enthusiasm. “Annie, ” she said, “with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I cant think of
28、 a better way to be 14for keeping our jobs when so many have lost theirs. Sure money is tight. But when isnt it? People need food. ”As I listened to Maggie, the milkmans words15 in my ears, “Kids need milk. ”【语篇概述】作者儿时家庭受到送奶人的帮助, 当需要他奉献时受此鼓舞, 积极投身到帮助贫穷老年人筹集食物的活动中, 文章表达了作者的感恩之情。1. A. pity B. advice C
29、. help D. medicine【解析】选C。背景常识题。此处指一家为老年人服务的食物银行需要帮助, 根据下文的 “massive number of contributions”和 “pick up the canned goods and other foods”可知, 这里需要帮助, 需要筹集食物, 故选C。2. A. responseB. commentC. explanationD. complaint【解析】选A。词语辨析题。response回应; comment评论; explanation解释; complaint抱怨。此处指我结巴地回应这个任务, 答应了Kathleen,
30、 故选A。3. A. fadingB. growingC. recoveringD. booming【解析】选A。词语辨析题。fading衰减; growing生长; recovering恢复; booming兴旺。此处指当时是经济萧条时期, 根据下句 “The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to struggle to survive. ”和倒数第二段中的“with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent”可知答案, 故选A。4. A. angrilyB. negativelyC.
31、 excitedlyD. happily【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。angrily 生气地; negatively 消极地; excitedly 感到兴奋地; happily高兴地。那天晚上我消极地开车回家, 故选B。5. A. spareB. drinkC. deliverD. sell【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。spare抽出, 匀出; drink喝; deliver递送; sell卖。此处指由于父亲失业, 母亲告诉Jim不用送牛奶了, 根据Jim, the milkman可知是送牛奶, 故选C。6. A. keysB. kidsC. centsD. empties【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。
32、keys 钥匙; kids 孩子; cents 分; empties空瓶。此处指Jim来收空奶瓶, 故选D。7. A. fromB. forC. withD. to【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。from从; for 为了; with 和一起; to表示方向。此处指Jim从未从我们这里要过钱, 故选A。8. A. startedB. firedC. encouragedD. caught【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。started 开始; fired燃烧, 解雇; encouraged 鼓励; caught抓住。对Jim的善良的回忆激起了我的热情, 故选B。9. A. designedB. notice
33、dC. markedD. posted【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。designed 设计; noticed注意到; marked做记号, 打分; posted张贴。此处指第二天早上我开始行动, 在我能找到的所有自助餐厅和布告牌上张贴告示。表示“张贴告示”, 故选D。10. A. seldomB. greatlyC. neverD. lately【解析】选B。词语辨析题。seldom很少, 难得; greatly大大地, 非常; never 从来没有; lately近来, 最近。告示上写着: 支持给贫穷的老年人食物, 急需捐赠不易腐烂的食物。故选B。11. A. checkB. clearC. s
34、eparateD. store【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。check核查; clear清除; separate使分离; store储藏。此处指我们储藏筹集来的食物, 上文贴告示的目的是筹集食物, 故选D。12. A. satisfactionB. qualityC. energyD. motivation【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。satisfaction满意; quality质量; energy能量; motivation动机。这位年过六旬的老人用年轻人的力量每天推着食物车工作, 故选C。13. A. AsB. HoweverC. ThereforeD. After【解析】选A。词语辨析题。as
35、当的时候; however然而; therefore 因此; after在之后。一天当我们四处巡视时, 我问她在哪里得到所有的精力和热情, 故选A。14. A. luckyB. proudC. delightedD. grateful【解析】选D。词语辨析题。 lucky 幸运的; proud自豪的; delighted高兴的; grateful感激的。随着失业率达到10%, 那么多人失去了他们的工作, Maggie想不出一个更好的方法来感谢他们的工作, 故选D。15. A. disappearedB. rangC. hidD. fell【解析】选B。词汇复现题。disappeared消失;
36、rang响; hid隐藏; fell掉下。此处指此时送奶人“孩子们需要牛奶”的话又回响在我耳边, 与上文呼应再次想起送奶人的话, 故选B。【技法导练】完形填空解题技巧: 上下文联系寻信息 文章中, 句与句之间、段与段之间紧密相连、浑然一体。因此, 完形填空中经常会出现前面的信息为后面的空白提供暗示, 而后面的信息有可能是前面空白的答案的情况。这时, 考生切不可死盯空白处不放, 而要联系上下文, 寻求信息以确定答案。例如第15小题。语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。(2021滨州高二检测)Du Fu is to Chinese literature wha
37、t Shakespeare is to English drama. “We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu. These poets create the very values by 1. _ poetry is judged, ” remarked Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu, Chinas Greatest Poet, a new BBC documentary that aired on April 7. 2. _(aim) at introducing the charm and beauty
38、of traditional Chinese literature to viewers 3. _the world, the documentary invited famous British actor Ian McKellen, who 4. _(play) the Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings in 1999, to read 15 of Dus poems that have been translated into English. The one-hour film traces the poets life 5. _(experience)
39、 in detail. Born in 712 AD, Du lived in the time governed by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, which was marked by extraordinary prosperity. However, as the An Lushan Rebellion (安史之乱) in 755 AD 6. _(complete) shocked the empire, Du Fu had to take his family on the road as refugees (难民), and endured 7. _(st
40、arve), poverty and other sufferings. Despite the ups and downs, the poet never stopped and about 1, 500 poems 8. _(pass) down over the ages. In these poems, he expressed he was 9. _(concern) for his country and people. Besides, the importance of 10. _ (celebrate) the simple joys of life was also emp
41、hasized. 【语篇概述】这是一篇说明文。文章向读者简单地介绍了BBC英国广播公司最新纪录片中国最伟大的诗人杜甫。1. 【解析】which。考查定语从句。此句是定语从句, 原句为These poets create the very values that poetry is judged by, 先行词是the very values, 指物, 在从句中作by的宾语, 本句把介词by提前, 用“介词+关系代词”形式, 因为先行词指物, 关系代词放在介词by后面(作宾语), 此处只能用which。2. 【解析】Aimed。考查非谓语动词。固定搭配(be) aimed at, 意为“旨在”,
42、 此处用过去分词作形容词使用, 作状语, 首字母大写。3. 【解析】around/across/throughout。考查介词。本句意为“旨在向世界各地的观众介绍中国传统文学的魅力和美丽”, 此处指“世界各地的观众”, 固定搭配around/across/throughout the world, 意为“世界各地的”。4. 【解析】played。考查动词时态。此处是who引导的非限制性定语从句, 缺谓语动词, 由时间状语in 1999可知用一般过去时, 故填played。5. 【解析】experiences。考查名词复数。本句意为“这部一小时的电影详细地追溯了诗人的生活经历。”, 此处指“不止
43、一次人生经历”, 名词experience意为“经历”时, 是可数名词, 应用名词复数experiences。6. 【解析】completely。考查副词。副词修饰动词shocked, 此空用副词形式。7. 【解析】starvation。考查名词。此处用名词作谓语动词endured的宾语, 与后面的名词poverty和other sufferings在语法形式上保持一致, 应用名词starvation。8. 【解析】have been passed。考查动词时态和语态。本句意为“尽管跌宕起伏, 但这位诗人从未停歇, 大约1500首诗已流传千古。”, 此处缺乏谓语动词, “(过去的)大约1500
44、首诗已流传千古(流传到现在)”表示过去发生的事对现在产生的影响, 应用现在完成时, 主语about 1, 500 poems(复数)和谓语动词pass是被动关系, 应用现在完成时的被动语态(has/have been done), 因为主语是复数, 所以用have been passed。9. 【解析】concerned。考查形容词。固定搭配be concerned for. . . , 意为“关心”, 应用形容词concerned。10. 【解析】celebrating。考查非谓语动词。the importance of_(celebrate) the simple joys of life是句子主语, 意为“庆祝生活中简单快乐的重要性”, “庆祝”在此处是一个动作, 介词of后面接动名词。
