高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 Poems高考试卷分块专练 新人教版选修6

Unit 2 Poems高考试卷分块专练阅读理解提速练篇阅读＋1篇七选五，限时35分钟Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018·湖北八校高三联考)Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.Please Touch Children's MuseumThis museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.The Children's Museum of IndianapolisThis museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石)．There are many fossils like the T．Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000­square­foot area. Around 10,000 man­made objects, including a 55­ton steam engine and a 33­foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000­square­foot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.Boston Children's MuseumThis museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.National Museum of PlayThis museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.Children's Museum of HoustonThis museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities andpreserving ecosystems.语篇解读：本文是一篇广告类应用文，介绍了美国五家最适合孩子们参观的博物馆，包括这些博物馆的地址、特色、活动安排等。

1．One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit ________.A．National Museum of Play or Children's Museum of HoustonB．Boston Children's Museum or Children's Museum of HoustonC．Please Touch Children's Museum or Boston Children's MuseumD．The Children's Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play解析：选B 细节理解题。

根据Boston Children's Museum部分第二句“The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment.”和Children's Museum of Houston部分最后一句“Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.”可知，Boston Children's Museum和Children's Museum of Houston 所安排的展览与活动都跟环保有关。

故B项正确。

2．While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in ________.A．dinosaur buildingB．New Balance ClimbC．playing with giant flowersD．cooking food at play or TV studios解析：选D 细节理解题。

根据National Museum of Play部分最后一句“Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.”可知，在参观National Museum of Play时，可以走进芝麻街节目展，在戏剧或电视摄影棚中做饭。

故D项正确。

3．If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to ________.A．Texas B．IndianaC．New York D．Massachusetts解析：选A 细节理解题。

根据Children's Museum of Houston部分第一句和第三句并结合该部分第二句中的“activities for kids of every age”可知，他们应当去位于德克萨斯州的Children's Museum of Houston。

故A项正确。

4．Who might be most interested in this passage?A．Parents. B．Students.C．Teachers. D．Researchers.解析：选A 推理判断题。

通读全文可知，第一段点明了本文的主题。

本文主要介绍了五家最适合孩子们参观的博物馆，旨在吸引家长带孩子们去参观，故父母们应该对本文最感兴趣。

故A项正确。

B(2018·福建莆田高三二模)Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than 20 books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture inAmerica.Her poems described conditions among the poor, racialinequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poemsabout the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than herability to write about struggling black people. She was an expertat the language of poetry. She combined 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 hat gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions about 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 Prize 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 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 some 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 Curving Sky”．By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了非裔美国女诗人Gwendolyn Brooks在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。