1、 第第 2019-2020高三一轮复习每日小练姓名 班级 学号 命题人：赵迎红 校对人：宋俊月第 33期Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in A
2、merica. Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She comb
3、ined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience. In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” t
4、hat gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Priz
5、e for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen.” “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed
6、 her life. Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha.” “Maud Martha” received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today. In so
7、me of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, “Corners on the Curing Sky”.By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world
8、and dealt with important political issues.25. What does the text mainly talk about?A. The life of Gwendolyn Brooks. B. The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.C. The understanding about black culture. D. The struggles of black women.26. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph?A. She
9、 mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.B. She was good at using the language of poetry.C. Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.D. Her poems were mainly about the African experience.27. The author develops the passage mainly by _.A. providing examples B. using statisticsC
10、. comparing opinions D. describing her experiences28. In the last three paragraphs, the author would most probably talk about _.A. the difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks would meet B. the poems related to political issuesC. the awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained D. the racial inequality the black had to face
11、 第第 2019-2020高三一轮复习每日小练姓名 班级 学号 命题人：赵迎红 校对人：宋俊月第34期Today the worlds economy is going through two great changes, both bigger than an Asian financial crisis here or a European monetary union there. The first change is that a lot of industrial_1_is moving from the United States, Western Europe and Japa
12、n to _2_countries in Latin America, South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. In 1950, the United States alone _3_for more than half of the worlds economy output. In 1990, its _4_was down to a quarter. By 1990, 40% of IBMs employees were non-Americans; Whirlpool, Americas leading _5_of domestic appliances
13、, cut its American labor force _6_ 10%. Quite soon now, many big western companies will have more _7_ (and customers) in poor countries than in rich _8_. The second great change is _9_, in the rich countries of the OECD, the balance of economic activity is _10_ from manufacturing to _11_. In the Uni
14、ted States and Britain, the _12_ of workers in manufacturing has _13_ since 1900 from around 40% to barely half that._14_ in Germany and Japan, which rebuilt so many _15_after 1945, manufacturings share of jobs is now below 30%. The effect of the _16_ is increased _17_ manufacturing moves from rich
15、countries to the developing ones, _18_cheap labor _19_ them a sharp advantage in many of the _20_ tasks required by mass production. 1. A. product B. production C. products D. productivity 2. A. other B. small C. capitalistic D. developing 3. A. accounted B. occupied C. played D. shared 4. A. output
16、 B. development C. share D. economy 5. A. state B. consumer C. representative D. supplier 6. A. by B. at C. through D. in 7. A. products B. market C. employees D. changes 8. A. one B. ones C. times D. time 9. A. what B. like C. that D. how 10. A. ranging B. varying C. swinging D. getting 11. A. prod
17、ucing B. products C. servicing D. services 12. A. proportion B. number C. quantity D. group 13. A. changed B. gone C. applied D. shrunk 14. A. Furthermore B. Even C. Therefore D. Hence 15. A. armies B. weapons C. factories D. countries 16. A. question B. manufacturing C. shift D. rebuilding 17. A. with B. as C. given D. if 18. A. while B. whose C. whos D. which 19. A. give B. is giving C. gives D. gave 20. A. repetitive B. various C. creative D. enormous 参考答案33 Keys: 25-28 .BBAB34Keys:完型1-20 BDACD ACBCB DADBC CBBCA
