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第二单元检测

(时间:90分钟 满分:120分)

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

A

Today we’ll talk about reading.When we read a text,our eyes move across a page in short,quick movements.We recognize words usually when our eyes still fixate (注视).Each time they fixate,we see a group of words.This is known as the recognition span (跨度) or the visual (视觉) span.The length of time for which the eyes stop varies from person to person.It also varies within any person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text.In addition,it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.

Unfortunately,in the past,many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the page.As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading,many exercises have been designed to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation.For example,in some exercises,words are flashed onto a screen for a tenth of a second.One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point,taking in the words on either side.Such word patterns are often formed in the shape of pyramids,so the reader takes in more and more words at each continuous fixation.All these exercises are very clever,but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words.Consequently,for these reasons,many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training,especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated (孤立的) words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.

1The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following factors

EXCEPT . A.lighting and tiredness B.the length of a group of words C.one’s purpose in reading D.one’s familiarity with the text 答案:B

解析:细节理解题。第一段最后两句说明:每个人识别单词的跨度根据其阅读的目的、对材料的熟悉度而不同,另外还会受到照明、疲劳度等因素的影响,因此可排除A、C、D三项,而选B项。

2The author may believe that reading .

A.requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation B.requires a reader to see words more quickly C.demands a deeply-participating mind D.demands more eyes than mind 答案:C

解析:推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句可知,阅读需要理解单词间关系的能力,所以推知作者认为阅读需要大脑去理解,故选C项。

3What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the second paragraph? A.The ability to see words is not needed for efficient reading. B.The reading exercises mentioned are useless for reading.

C.The reading exercises mentioned can’t help improve efficient reading. D.The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far. 答案:C

解析:推理判断题。画线部分意为:但是提高一个人看单词的能力是一回事,提高他有效阅读材料的能力是另一回事。由此判断,作者认为这样的训练无助于有效阅读能力的提高,故选C项。

4The tune of the author in writing this text is . A.critical B.neutral C.supportive

D.optimistic

答案:A

解析:主旨大意题。A项意为“批评的”;B项意为“中立的”;C项意为“支持的”;D项意为“乐观的”。通读全文可知,作者对现在阅读能力的培训持否定态度。

B

Lucille Clifton was the first African American Poet Laureate of Maryland.Critics call her one of the greatest writers of our time.

Lucille Clifton was born in Depew,New York in 1936.She began writing poetry when she was about ten years old.She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother,Thelma Sayles.Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published.As a child Lucille would sit on her mother’s lap and listen as she read poetry.She learned to love words and the power of words.That stayed with her as she grew.

While her mother taught her to love poetry,her father gave her the gift of storytelling.He

would

tell

Lucille

interesting

stories

about

her

ancestors,especially the one named Lucille who was his grandmother.Samuel Clifton said she was the first black woman to be legally hanged in the state of Virginia.Lucille Clifton wrote about it in her poem called “Lucy”.

Lucille often talked about her love for words.She loved the sound of words and the way the words felt in her mouth.She loved finding interesting ways to use words to express what was happening in the world.

Unlike her mother,Lucille Clifton’s poetry is anything but traditional.Her poems do not rhyme or follow a special kind of pattern.They do not use fancy words.Her poetry is known for being simple,truthful and direct.It is written the way people speak,in a casual(随意的),relaxed language.There is very little punctuation and even less capitalization.Many of the poems are uncomfortably honest.Lucille Clifton often said that she tried to comfort the afflicted(折磨的) and afflict the comfortable.Over the years,she seems to have perfected that art. 5What can be learned from the passage?

A.Lucille’s parents influenced her a lot. B.Lucille’s father often read poems to her. C.Lucille’s mother published some poems. D.Lucille’s parents taught her to love words. 答案:A

解析:推理判断题。由第二段第二句、第四句、第五句和第三段的第一句可知A项正确。 6The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to . A.the gift of storytelling B.Samuel Clifton’s experience C.the story of Lucille’s ancestors D.Lucille’s great grandmother’s story 答案:D

解析:词义猜测题。由第三段的最后两句可知,it指的是倒数第二句中的“shewasthefirstblackwomantobelegallyhangedinthestateofVirginia”。选项D中的greatgrandmother意为“曾祖母”。

7What is the last paragraph mainly about? A.Lucille’s great works. B.Words that Lucille used. C.Lucille’s writing style. D.Background of Lucille’s poems. 答案:C

解析:主旨大意题。综合最后一段中的“...LucilleClifton’spoetryisanythingbuttraditional...donotrhymeorfollowaspecialkindofpattern...donotusefancywords.”可知,本段是关于其写作风格的。 8From the passage,we know that Lucille is . A.funny C.selfish 答案:B

解析:推理判断题。由第一段所提到的露西尔是PoetLaureate(桂冠诗人),第二段讲她10岁

B.creative D.beautiful

开始写诗,第四段

“Shelovedfindinginterestingwaystousewordstoexpresswhatwashappeningintheworld.”可知。

C

For many people today,reading Shakespeare’s language can be a problem—but it is a problem that can be solved.Modern readers may need to develop the skills of untangling(理清)unusual sentence structures and of recognizing and understanding poetic compressions(压缩),omissions(省略),and wordplay.And even those skilled in reading unusual sentence structures may have occasional trouble with Shakespeare’s words.Four hundred years of “static” intervene between his speaking and our hearing.Most of his immense vocabulary is still in use,but a few of his words are not,and,worse,some of his words now have meanings quite different from those they had in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

In the theater,most of these difficulties are solved for us by actors who study the language and are able to express it clearly for us so that the essential meaning is heard—or,when combined with stage action,is at least felt.When reading on one’s own,one must do what each actor does:go over the lines (often with a dictionary close at hand) until the puzzles are solved and the lines yield up their poetry and the characters speak in words and phrases that are,suddenly,rewarding and wonderfully memorable.

The language of Shakespeare’s poems,like that of poetry in general,is both highly compressed and highly structured.While most often discussed in terms of its images and its metrical(格律的) and other formal structures,the language of the poems,like that of Shakespeare’s plays,also repays close attention to such basic linguistic elements as words,word order,and sentence structures.

The New Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays and poems offer readers assistance in understanding Shakespeare’s language with notes and images placed beside the play text.They also include essays on how Shakespeare uses language in each work.