2021年广东省高考英语总复习：阅读理解(附答案解析)

2021年广东省高考英语总复习：阅读理解

1．Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer who helped shape the course of American literature．His life was full of tragedies，but he had the great influence on the 19th﹣century American literature and continues to influence writers to this day．

The early life of Edgar Allan Poe was quite unhappy．Born in 1809，Poe was not yet three years old when his parents died．Adopted by a wealthy family，he got into trouble at school．He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point，but he dropped out without graduating．His misery（不幸）continued to his adult life．Later，because of a failed marriage，he suffered from mental illness．He was so upset about real life that he turned to writing．Expressing himself in an unreal and imaginary world was his only comfort．The tragedies in Poe's life influenced the tone，style and contents of his writing．His stories usually include death，which help build his reputation as a master of "dark" literature．In his The Tell﹣Tale Heart，the main character goes crazy and kills his roommate while in The Black Cat，the main character kills his cat in a fit of madness．

Poe died at the age of 40 in 1849．His life is short，but his influence is very great．Poe is credited with （被誉为）creating crime fiction，and many say he contributed greatly to the appearance of science fiction．Fascinated （着迷）by the scientific theories and new inventions of his time，he wrote about imaginary societies in the future．Writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle，the author of Sherlock Holmes，regarded Poe as the father of detective fiction．Jules Verne，a French writer who helped popularize science fiction，said Poe's work had a direct influence on the stories he wrote．

（1）Poe began to write to．

A．earn his living

B．find comfort in writing

C．build a good reputation

D．create a beautiful world

（2）It can be learnt that Poe's works often reflect．

A．soldiers' life

B．his own life stories

C．a sense of peace

D．some political problems

（3）Which can best show Poe's influence on literature according to the last paragraph？

A．His creation of crime fiction．

B．His unique writing experience．

C．His creation of scientific theories．

D．His contribution to new inventions．

（4）What's the best title of the text？

A．American literature and writers

B．Escape from real life and find comfort

C．Edgar Allan Poe：a misunderstood poet

D．Edgar Allan Poe：a tragic yet talented writer

2．Education officials and industry experts are debating the future of online learning．The discussion is important because hundreds of universities in the United States have recently moved classes online because of the spread of the novel coronavirus（冠状病毒）．For Asha Choksi，the rise of Internet﹣based or online study programs has led to major improvements in higher education．"It's actually given a lot more power to students in terms of how，when and where they learn，" the head of research for Pearson Education said．Classes meet online through video conferencing．In this way，students are able to communicate with each other and their professors even when they are far away from school．However，recent research suggests the majority of college students and professors prefer in﹣person instruction，because they are concerned that companies supervising（监管）online learning programs are not clear about the policies the schools have．

"Students see in﹣class lectures as opportunities to engage with instructors，peers，and content．" the researchers wrote．In﹣person learning is especially important in fields like healthcare and teaching．Online education can never really take its place，said Stephanie Hall，

a fellow with the independent policy research group The Century Foundation．"Students need

to experience…what they're learning about，reading about or hearing about in the classroom．And I don't know yet the degree to which technology can facilitate that．"