山西省阳高县第一中学2016-2017学年高二英语上学期第三次模块考试试题

山西省阳高县第一中学2016-2017学年高二英语上学期第三次模块考试试

题

第I卷

第一部分阅读理解（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，选出最佳选项

A

No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”，until it has been read aloud by someone，a teacher or a student．Better still，perhaps，is the practice of reading it twice，once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end，so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it．

All discussions of poetry are，in fact，preparations for reading it aloud，and the reading of the poem is，finally，the most telling “interpretation”of it，suggesting tone，rhythm，and meaning all at once．Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice，on records or on film，is obviously a special reward．But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and the teacher reading it or，best of all，reciting it．

I have come to think，in fact，that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing”it，if there isn’t time for both．I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry．Poetry is “a criticism of life” and “a heightening(提升)of life”．It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”，and it “can save your life”．It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies．

I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry．Those who don’t like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else．But those，who do teach poetry must keep in mi nd a few things about its essential nature，about its sound as well as its sense，and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it．

1．According to the passage，to have a better understanding of a poem，the best way is ．

A．to discuss it with others

B．to analyze it by oneself

C．to hear it read out

D．to practice reading it aloud

2．What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply(暗示)？

A．The teaching of poetry should have been much mor e stressed．

B．The teaching of poetry is more important than the teaching of any other subject．C．One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry．

D．Poetry is the foundation of all languages and literature courses．

3．The underlined phrase “make room”in the last paragraph can be best replaced by“”．

A．build a booth

B．provide equipment

C．leave a certain amount of time

D．set aside enough space

4．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry？

A．Extendi ng your life．B．Saving your life．

C．Criticizing life．D．Heightening life．

B

Recently, a painting of actress Elizabeth Taylor, which was drawn by American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol, sold for US $63 mil lion. Another simple black-and-white image of a Coca-Cola bottle sold for US $35 million. But the all-time record for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a piece titled “Eight Elvises”. What’s amazing is not that the pieces sold for so much, but the fact that they are not what you would call traditional art. They are “pop art”, art based on simple images of things and people from advertising, movies, music and day-to-day life.

Born in the 1920s, Warhol grew up mostly separated from other children due to (由于) health problems. He spent a lot of his time alone drawing and then went on to study art in college. He began his career as a commercial (商业的) artist, creating pictures for magazine articles and newspaper ads. That inspired him to experiment with pop