2017-2018学年高中英语外研版选修八习题：Module6 课下能力提升(二十一)含答案

Module 6 课下能力提升(二十一）
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Celebrated poet Wang Guozhen died of liver cancer at the age of 59 on Sunday，according to Beijing News.
Born in 1956 and a graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, where he majored in literature, Wang kicked off his poetry career in 1985，when his works were frequently posted in newspapers and magazines.
His books sold so well in 1990 that the people in the publishing business called it “The year of Wang Guozhen”。

The following decade witnessed an astonishing output of over 50 books.
His works such as Going the Distance and Beyond Yourself have influenced a large number of readers born in the 60s and 70s and some of his poems are still often quoted by celebrities and writers。

During a speech at the 2013 APEC CEO Summit in Indonesia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted a sentence from Wang's poem, saying
“There is no mountain higher than man, and no road longer than his feet”，to emphasize China’s determ ination regarding economic reform，which made Wang’s works more popular。

The poet's demise has started heated discussions online，mostly about memories of his poems。

“I was inspired by his poems and copied every sentence down on my notebooks,” Wang Ling，a Sina weibo user, posted. “Although my Chinese teacher told me I might encounter greater poets as I grew up, which I did，I still miss the time when I had the patience to read poems and really believed in the ideal world built by his words。

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“Poetry’s role in shaping people's worlds is simply irreplaceable,” Luo Zhenya，poetry critic and professor of Nankai University commented in a report by People's Daily.
Wang’s passing has also triggered an increase in the number of subscribers to public WeChat accounts like Read A Poem For You among young poetry lovers。

1. What caused Wang Guozhen to die?
A. A terrible car accident.
B。

A terrible disease。

C。

Food poison.
D. Too much drinking。

2. Which of the following is WRONG？
A。

Wang Guozhen majored in literature in university。

B. 1990 was called “The year of Wang Guozhen”。

C. Wang Guozhen wrote over 50 books from 1990 to 2000。

D. Wang Guozhen is not popular among those born in the 60s。

3. The writer mentioned President Xi Jinping to show ________。

A。

President Xi is knowledgeable
B。

Wang's poems are popular
C. China’s determined to reform
D. China has stressed the importance of education
4. According to Wang Ling，we can know ________。

A. her Chinese teacher didn't like Wang's poems
B. she liked Wang Guozhen’s p oems very much
C。

she did not like Wang’s poems any longer
D。

she once made great efforts to learn how to write poems
B
Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 17，1917 in Topeka，Kansas. Her family moved to Chicago when Brooks was four. At the age of seven，Brooks began learning how to write poems，and by the young age of thirteen she had her first poem published。

She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime。

She had more than twenty books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America。

Gwendolyn Brooks wrote many poems about black people during the 1940s and 1950s。

Her poems described living conditions of the poor，racial inequality (种族不平等）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 mixed traditional European poetry styles with the African­American experience. She once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street。

She said she found most of her material looking out of the window of her second。

floor apartment house in Chicago，Illinois. In her early poetry, she
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 that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. They praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time.
Gwendolyn Brooks won her first major award in 1943 at the Midwestern Writers' Conference. Brooks was the first African。

American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize and to be given a job in the American Academy of Arts and Letters。

5。

Gwendolyn Brooks paid more attention in her poems to ________.
A. culture differences
B. drug use in African countries
C. the life of the black in America
D. the life of her own family
6. From the passage we can learn that ________。

A。

at seven，Brooks' parents found that she had a gift for writing poems
B。

Brooks’ poems made black people gain freedom
C。

some of Brooks’ early poems were set in the South Side of Chicago
D. the poem A Street in Bronzeville made Brooks become rich
7. Which of the following statements about Brooks is NOT true？
A。

She is an African。

American writer。

B. Her first poem was published in 1930。

C。

She was good at the language of poetry。

D. She was the first American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize。

8。

It can be inferred from the passage that ________。

A. Brooks spent her childhood in a poor black community
B。

most of Brooks’ writing was based on what she saw and heard C。

all of B rooks’ books have been published
D。

Brooks didn’t receive college education
C
We consider a list of the best American books. Here are five that helped define the national character。

Most from a century or so ago，they still entertain, teach，and inspire。

Moby Dick by Herman Melville
It was first published in 1851。

It is full of the adventure stories of
Captain Ahab and his continuous act of looking for and following white whales。

They draw us into a universe full of attractive characters and stories.
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1918。

Adams came from one of America’s most famous political dynasties and he provided his deep understanding about his family, including his experience as private secretary to his father，minister to England during the American Civil War。

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855。

He wanted to define the American experience —praise the new country in a new voice, showing the great changes in the American literary world that had taken place during his lifetime.
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson was an enthusiastic poet whose works have had great influence on modern poetry。

She often used dashes （破折号), sporadic capitalization (零星的大写）of nouns，and metaphors (隐喻）, so she was renowned as one of the greatest poets of 19th century American
literature.
The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Itwas first published in 1855。

This is Longfellow’s most popular and most recognised poem。

It describes the heroic life and death of a magic American Indian。

9。

According to the passage, The Education of Henry Adams ________。

A。

includes the author's own experience
B。

shows readers a universe full of fascinating stories
C. was finished and awarded in 1918
D. mainly tells us about the American Civil War
10。

One purpose for Walt Whitman to write Leaves of Grass was to ________.
A。

show the improvement of literature in America
B. reflect the great changes in America
C。

praise the great times in a new voice
D。

show people his talent and heroic life
11。

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Herman Melville was an enthusiastic poet and writer。

B。

Of the five books mentioned in the passage，four books are poems。

C。

Leaves of Grass and The Song of Hiawatha were published in the same year.
D. Of the five books mentioned in the passage，Moby Dick published last。

答案：
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了著名诗人—-汪国真。

1。

解析：选B 细节理解题.根据第一段可知，汪国真死于肝癌。

故选B。

2. 解析：选D 细节理解题.根据第二段的内容可知，汪国真在大学主修文学。

由第三段可知,1990年，他的诗卖得很好，所以那一年被称为“汪国真年”，自1990年以后的10年中他写了50多本书,由此可知A、B、C三项都正确。

D项与第四段的内容冲突。

故选D。

3. 解析：选B 推理判断题。

根据第五段的最后一句中的“which made Wang’s works more popular”可知，作者提到习主席引用汪国真的诗，主要是想告诉我们汪国真的诗很受欢迎。

4。

解析:选B 推理判断题。

根据第七段的“I still miss the time
when I had the patience to read poems and really believed in the ideal world built by his words.”可知她曾经很喜欢汪国真的诗.
语篇解读:本文主要介绍的是关注黑人生活的大诗人温多琳·布鲁克斯。

5. 解析:选C 推理判断题。

根据第二段第三句话可判断出,布鲁克斯的很多诗歌描述的是黑人生活。

6。

解析：选C 细节理解题.根据第三段第六句话可知,布鲁克斯早期的诗歌主要描写芝加哥南部的生活。

7。

解析：选D 细节理解题。

根据最后一段第二句话可知,布鲁克斯是第一位获得普利策文学奖的美国非洲裔作家。

D项说法与原文不一致。

8. 解析：选B 推理判断题。

根据第三段第四、五句话可判断出，她的大部分作品以自己的所见所闻为基础而写成。

语篇解读：本文介绍的是很久以前在美国出版,至今仍然畅销的经典作品.
9. 解析：选A 细节理解题。

根据对“The Education of Henry Adams”这本书的介绍可知，这本书含有作者的亲身经历.
10。

解析：选A 判断正误题。

根据对“Leaves of Grass"这本书的介绍可知作者写这本书的目的之一是展示美国文学的进步。

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精
11. 解析:选C 判断正误题。

根据这两本书的出版日期可判断出，它们都是1855年出版的。