课时作业27
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2017· 湖北省枣阳市白水高中月考)
Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman received most of his education outside of the classroom. At the age of eleven, he worked in a law office as an office boy where he became interested in reading. He was soon reading the works of famous authors like William Shakespeare and Homer, and was well on his way to becoming one of America's most well-known poets.
By the time Whitman was seventeen years old, he had already worked as a printer's learner, a worker, and a teacher. Though he disliked teaching, he excelled in the profession, developing a friendly relationship with his students; he even allowed them to adress him by his first name. He also developed fresh teaching techniques and learning games to help his students with spelling and maths. In his early twenties, however, he gave up teaching to pursue (追求) a full-time career as a journalist and poet.
When Walt Whitman first appeared as a poet, his arrival onto the American literary scene was met with controversy. His first collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was so unusual that no commercial publisher would print the work. In 1855 Whitman published, at his own expense, the first edition of his collection of twelve poems.
Whitman's poetic style was uncommon in the sense that he wrote poems in a form called parallelism (对句法), in which his goal was to copy the flow of the sea and the quickly-passing nature of human emotion. A common theme in Whitman's poetry is self-realization. In his work, Whitman moves from conventional patterns of rhyme to create a unique
rhythm and a multi-layered, but truly American voice.
“Although Whitman was considered a revolutionary by many, there is little doubt he loved his country deeply.” In his writing, he used slang (俚语) and various images, or voices, to create a sense of national unity.
For Whitman, the “proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.” Whitman has undoubtedly become a part of the cultural history and image of America.
1．Paragraph 2 mainly talks about ________. A．Whitman's education B．Whitman's early career C．how Whitman became a poet D．why Whitman's poems were popular
2．When Whitman first appeared as a poet, ______. A．he received a warm welcome B．his literary road was not easy
C．he became famous for his unusual style D．his poetic style was copied by other poets 3．What was Whitman's greatest literary contribution? A．He expressed human emotion in his writing. B．He showed that flow of the sea in his poems. C．He used slang to show his love for his country. D．He created a unique rhythm and an American voice.
答案与解析
本文讲述的是Whitman作为诗人所做出的贡献。
1．B 段落大意题。根据第二段By the time Whitman was seventeen years old, he had already worked as a printer's learner, a worker,
and a teacher. Though he disliked teaching, he excelled in the profession, developing a friendly relationship with his students; he even allowed them to adress him by his first name. He also developed fresh teaching techniques and learning games to help his students with spelling and maths. 到17岁的时候，他做过印刷工、当过工人和做过一个学习游戏，帮助他的学生拼写和数学。In his early twenties, however, he gave up teaching to pursue (追求) a full-time career as a journalist and poet.然而，在20多岁时，他放弃教学追求一个记者和诗人的全职事业。故选B。
2．B 推理判断题。根据第三段第一、二句When Walt Whitman first appeared as a poet, his arrival onto the American literary scene was met with controversy. His first collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was so unusual that no commercial publisher would print the work. Walt Whitman最初作为诗人出现的时候遭遇争议。他的第一部诗集找不到出版商。故选B。
3．D 细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句Whitman moves from conventional patterns of rhyme to create a unique rhythm and a multi-layered, but truly American voice. 他创造了一个独特的节奏和一个美国的声音。故选D。
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2016·北京高考) A Race Against Death
It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch __1__ a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be __2__ if it struck the
town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. __3__， the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town's __4__ was already full of ice, so it couldn't come by ship. Cars and horses couldn't travel on the __5__ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn't exist yet. __6__ January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were __7__. Nome's town officials came up with a(n) __8__. They would have the medicine sent by __9__ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪橇) drivers—known as “mushers”—would __10__ it to Nome in a relay (接力)．
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __11__ he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon's face was black from the extreme cold.
On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to __12__ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __13__ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would __14__，and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.
A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his __15__. He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to __16__ the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen's lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, __17__ to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by.
Suddenly, Balto began to __18__. He had found the trail. At 5：30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dogs __19__ in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.
Nome had been __20__. 1．A.examined B．warned C．interviewed D．cured 2．A.harmless B．helpless C．fearless D．careless 3．A.Moreover B．Therefore C．Otherwise D．However 4．A.airport B．station C．harbor D．border 5．A.narrow B．snowy C．busy D．dirty 6．A.From B．On C．By D．After 7．A.tired B．upset C．pale D．sick 8．A.plan
B．excuse
C．message D．topic 9．A.air B．rail C．sea D．road 10．A.carry B．return C．mail D．give 11．A.Though B．Since
高三英语（人教版）总复习课时作业27
