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第二部分 专题一 第5讲
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A
(2024天津卷，B)
When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay.She had requested the community to turn it into a museum upon her death.On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum.She asked，“Do you have the address？”“No, but I'll recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine.”
“Oh, stop.There it is！”
The museum was free.We entered, excited.A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us.
“May I help you？” a man asked.“No，” I said.“We're fine.” Tour guides got on my nerves.What if they talked a long time about a painting you weren't that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs.The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with curiosity.What was their problem? I saw some nice sculptures in one room.Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me.“Where do you think you are？” he asked.I turned sharply.“The McNay Art Museum！” He smiled, shaking his head.“Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street.” “What's this place？” I asked, still confused.“Well, it's our home.” My heart jolted(震颤)．I raced to the staircase and called out, “Sally! Come down immediately！”
“There's some really good stuff(艺术作品) up there.” She stepped down, looking confused.I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, “Sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place.” Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughing.She couldn't believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.
The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there.Van Gogh, Picasso.This time, we stayed together, in case anything else unusual happened.
Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place.“Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum？”
“Yes.But how do you know? We never told anyone.”
“That was my home.I was a teenager sitting in the hall.Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in.I never felt lucky before.You thought it was a museum.My feelings about my home changed after that.I've always wanted to thank you.”
( )1.What do we know about Marian McNay? A．She was a painter.
B．She was a community leader. C．She was a museum director. D．She was a journalist.
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( )2.Why did the author refuse the help from the man in the house? A．She disliked people who were nosy. B．She felt nervous when talking to strangers. C．She knew more about art than the man. D．She mistook him for a tour guide.
( )3.How did the author feel about being stared at by the people in the hall? A．Puzzled. C．Frightened.
B．Concerned. D．Delighted.
( )4.Why did the author describe the real McNay museum in just a few words? A．The real museum lacked enough artwork to interest her. B．She was too upset to spend much time at the real museum. C．The McNay was disappointing compared with the house. D．The event happening in the house was more significant. ( )5.What could we learn from the last paragraph? A．People should have good taste to enjoy life. B．People should spend more time with their family. C．People tend to be blind to the beauty around them. D．People tend to educate teenagers at a museum.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者和朋友原想参观McNay博物馆，到了之后参观的时候，发现很多人奇怪地看着她，最后才发现自己误将一个私人住宅当成McNay博物馆。30年后，一位女士认出误撞入自己住宅的作者，指出正是因为作者的误撞入才让她意识到自己住的地方有多么美丽。
1．A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay.”可知，Marian McNay是一名水彩画家。故选A。
*2.D 细节理解题。根据文章第四段“‘May I help you？’ a man asked.‘No，’ I said.‘We're fine.’ Tour guides got on my nerves.”可知，导游令作者心烦，作者误认为屋子里的男人是一位导游。故选D。get on one's nerves意为“令人不安；使人心烦意乱”。
3．A 观点态度题。根据文章第四段“The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with curiosity.What was their problem？(大厅的人看起来都非常爱窥探的，眼睛不停地好奇地看着我。他们有什么问题？)”可以推断出，作者当时感到困惑不解。故选A。
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4．D 推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，作者着墨点主要在叙述参观误当成McNay博物馆的私人住宅上，故这才是文章的重心，所以将真正的McNay博物馆叙述一带而过。故选D。
5．C 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in.”可知，在作者造访她家之前，这位女士从未意识到自己住的地方多么美丽，从而可以推断出，人们往往对周围的美视而不见。故选C。
B
(2024浙江卷，A)
In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain.People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719—but nobody wanted to do it professionally.The steam－powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy(识字) rate in England was under 50%.Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady”．Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad.
In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters — from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim — were held up as moral touchstones.Today Dickens' greatness is unchallenged.Removing him from the pantheon(名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.
How did Dickens get to the top? For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass.Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to 1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half－dozen of them.It's partly true that Dickens' style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life.It's partly that his writings rode a wave of social, political and scientific progress.But it's also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center.No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches, it is possible — and important for our own culture—to understand how he made himself a lasting one.
( )6.Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century? A．They were difficult to understand. B．They were popular among the rich. C．They were seen as nearly worthless. D．They were written mostly by women.
( )7.Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress________. A．his reputation in France B．his interest in modern art C．his success in publication
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2024届高考英语全优二轮复习训练：专题一+阅读+第5讲+Word版含解析
