更新时间:2018-09-30 05:07作者:李天扬老师
太原市2017年高三年级模拟试题(一)英语试题
第二部分阅读理解
本部分共两节,满分60分。
第一节:(共15小题;每小题3分,
满分45分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
JunotDiaz,
TheBriefWondrousLifeofOscarWao
ThewinnerinCulturecritics’survey
isJunotDiaz’sfirstnovel,aboutabookwormcalledOscar,whodreamsof
findinglove.Italsowasnamedasthenumber-onebookbythemostcritics.“It
isabigdealformetofallinlovewithabookwhosetopicissciencefiction,
fantasyandimagination,”saysElizabethTaylor,theChicagoTribune’sliterary
editor.
EdwardP.Jones,TheKnownWorld
Setin1855ontheplantation
ofHenryTownsend——bornaslave,nowaslave-owner---TheKnownWorldisa
success,leadingreadersintoacomplexmoraltimewithoutmakingsimple
judgments.Facinganearlydeath,Townsendthinksaboutthefutureofhis
50-acreVirginiaplantationandtheslaveshetreatsthewayhisformerowner,
nowhisteacher,taughthim.
HilaryMantel,WolfHall
Mantel’sboldly
reimaginedlegendof16thCenturyEurope,toldfromthepointofThomas
Cromwell,winningtheManBookerandNationalBookCriticsCircleawards,was
adaptedtothestageandhasbeenfilmedasanewBBCminiseries(短剧).MaryAnn
Gwinn,SeattleTimesbookeditorwrites,“Ihaveneverfeltsocompletelyburied
intoacharacter’smind,nottomentionalongagoandfar-away
place.”