1、Unit 8 Literature Lesson 2 Poetry2021-2022学年高二英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第三册随堂检测一、填空1.A number of surfers flocked to the beach to ride the w_.2.One could tell at a g_ that she was a compassionate person.3.This hands-on management approach often s_his workday from 6 am to 11 pm.4.I hope my good news for you wi
2、ll s_ away the shadow of disease.5.We would like to be able to sweep _ thoseharmful rumours.6.After class we were asked to sweep _ the dead leaves in a pile.7.Two men were frozen _ death on themountain.8.Most meat products are marketed to consumers,_(冷冻的)or canned.9.Youll need to provide_ (连续的),orga
3、nised entertainment or children may get overexcited.10.The young workers brought forth some_(闪光的)new suggestions for improving our product.二、完形填空 William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin in 1865. His childhood1 the harmony that was2 of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked
4、 his family by saying that he remembered little of childhood but its pain. In fact, he inherited(继承) excellent taste in3 from his familyboth his father and his brother were painters. But he finally decided on literature,4 drama and poetry. Yeats had strong5 in the coming of new artistic movements. H
5、e set himself the6 task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received7 at the beginning. He didnt lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama. 8 with his dramatic works, Yeatss poems attract much9 notice. The s
6、ubject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modem sensibility to them. As his literary life 10 , his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide 11 . He had not enjoyed a major public life 12 winning t
7、he Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he 13 writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who 14 his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeatss death in 1
8、939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines: Earth, receive an 15 guest : William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel(船) lie. Emptied of its poetry.1. A. heldB. lackedC. expectedD. desired2. A. typicalB. specialC. awkwardD. capable3. A. artB. poetryC. dramaD. literature4. A. re
9、gularlyB. instantlyC. particularlyD. finally5. A. desireB. energyC. accessD. faith6. A. freshB. stupidC. smallD. difficult7. A. possiblyB. honourablyC. favourablyD. doubtfully8. A. ConnectedB. OccupiedC. ComparedD. Tired9. A. admiringB. amusingC. amazingD. interesting10. A. finishedB. producedC. cre
10、atedD. progressed11. A. praiseB. spreadC. recognitionD. assessment12. A. beforeB. sinceC. untilD. after13. A. abandonedB. continuedC. appreciatedD. recommended14. A. prohibitsB. attemptsC. recommendsD. produces15. A. appealedB. advocatedC. advancedD. honoured三、阅读理解 Mr Buxton taught me Shakespeare in
11、 10th grade. We were reading Macbeth. Mr Buxton, who probably had better things to do, nonetheless agreed to meet one night to go over the text line by line. The first thing he did was point out the repetition of themes. For example, the reversals of things. What Mr Buxton didnt tell me was what the
12、 play meant. He left the conclusions to me. The situation was much the same with my teacher in 11th grade, Mr Flanders, who encouraged me to have my own relationship with the books. High school was followed by college, where I read Umberto Ecos The Role of the Reader, in which it is said that the re
13、ader completes the text and that the text is never finished until it meets its voracious(渴求的) and engaged reader. The open texts, Eco calls them. In college, I read some of the great Europeans and Latin Americans: Borges and Kafka, Jean Genet and Beckett, Artaud, Proustopen texts all. I may not have
14、 known why Kafkas Metamorphosis is about a guy who turns into a bug, but I knew that some said cockroaches, and others, European dung beetles. There are those critics, of course, who insist that there are right ways and wrong ways to read every book. No doubt they arrived at these beliefs through th
15、eir own adventures in the stacks. And these are important questions for philosophers of every stripe. And yet I know only what joy and enthusiasm about reading have taught me, in bookstores, new and used. There is not now and never will be an authority who can tell me how to interpret, how to read,
16、how to find the pearl of literary meaning in all cases. Supposing the truth is not hard, fast, masculine, simple, direct? You could spend a lifetime thinking about this sentence, and making it your own. In just this way, I believe in the freedom to see literature, history, truth unfolding ahead of m
17、e like a book whose spine has just now been cracked.1.When did the author begin to read Shakespeares work?A.In primary school.B.In 11th grade.C.In secondary school.D.In college.2.What can we know about The Role of the Reader from the text?A.It was written by the readers.B.It is about a guy turning i
18、nto a bug.C.It insists that the reader completes the text.D.Some great Europeans and Latin Americans wrote it together.3.What is the main reason of the author loving reading?A.Being an excellent student.B.Mr Buxtons teaching method.C.The joy and enthusiasm from his reading.D.His admiration for liter
19、ature masters like Shakespeare.4.What can be inferred about the author from the text?A.He has a preference for the open texts.B.Shakespeare is his favourite.C.He is naturally talented in reading.D.He is also a famous literary critic.答案以及解析一、填空1.答案：waves2.答案：glance3.答案：stretches4.答案：sweep5.答案：away6.答
20、案：up7.答案：to8.答案：frozen9.答案：continuous10.答案：sparkling二、完形填空答案：1-5.BAACD; 6-10.ACCAD; 11-15.CBBDD解析：1.根据下文的Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered little of childhood but its pain.可知,叶芝的话震惊了家人,他说他的童年只有痛苦,缺乏(lacked)幸福家庭典型的和睦。hold举办;expect期望; desire渴望。2.此处指幸福家庭典型的(typical)和睦。special
21、特别的; awkward可怕的; capable有能力的。3.根据下文的both his father and his brother were painters可知,叶芝的父亲和哥哥都是画家,他从家族那里继承了优秀的艺术(art)品位。poetry诗歌 drama戏剧; literature文学。4.此处指叶芝最终选择了文学,尤其是(particularly)戏剧和诗歌。regularly有规律地;instantly立即;finally最后。5.根据本句和下文的He didnt lose heart.可知,对于新艺术运动的到来他秉承着坚定的信念(faith)。 desire欲望; energ
22、y能量;access 通道。6.根据空格所在的句子和前文的new artistic movements可知,叶芝给自己设定了新的(fresh)任务创办一家爱尔兰国家剧院。stupid愚蠢的; small小的;difficult困难的。7.叶芝早期的戏剧尝试在最开始的时候不受欢迎。 possibly可能; honourably值得尊敬地;favourably赞赏地; doubtfully怀疑地。根据语境可知C项符合句意。8.与他的戏剧作品相比,叶芝的诗歌更引人注目,令人赞赏(admiring) 。connect连接; occupy占据;tire使疲劳。(be) compared with是固定搭
23、配,意为“与相比较”。9.解析见上题。admiring赞赏的; amusing令人发笑的; amazing令人惊讶的; interesting令人感兴趣的。10.根据下文的his poetry grew finer and richer可知,他的诗歌越来越精美,内容越来越丰富,这和他的文学生活的不断发展(progress)有关。finish完成;produce生产;create创造。11.叶芝的作品得到了全世界的认可( recognition )。 praise表扬; spread传播;assessment评估。12.since“自从”,引导时间状语从句,从句用一般过去时。自从(since)
24、1923年获得诺贝尔奖以来,他一直没有享受过普通的大众生活。before在之前;until直到; after在之后。13.根据语境可知,他一直写作,几乎直到生命的尽头。 continue doing sth意为“持续做某事”。abandon放弃; appreciate欣赏;recommend推荐。14.假设叶芝在40岁时停止写作,那么文学史上就错失了一位在50岁到75岁之间还能创作出伟大作品的诗人,话外音是说叶芝在50岁到75岁之间创作(produce)了他最伟大的作品。prohibit阻止; attempt试图; recommend推荐。15.根据空格所在的句子可知,叶芝死后,威斯坦休奥登为
25、悼念他献上悼词,以威廉叶芝一生的成就来说,他是令人尊敬的(honoured)。此处用honour的-ed形式作guest的前置定语,意为“受人尊敬的”。appeal呼吁;advocate提倡;advance前进。三、阅读理解答案：1-4.CCCA解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段第一、二句Mr Buxton taught me Shakespeare in 10th grade. We were reading Macbeth.可知,作者十年级时跟着Buxton老师学习莎士比亚的作品。故选C项。2.细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知,作者上大学后读了安伯托艾柯的读者的角色。这本书主张读者完成文章。故选C项。3.推理判断题。通读全文并结合第四段中的And yet I know only what joy and enthusiasm about reading have taught me, in bookstores, new and used.可推知,作者认为,阅读的愉悦和热情是自己喜爱阅读的主要原因。故选C项。4.推理判断题。通读全文可知,作者自十年级开始就在老师的引导下进行开放式阅读,后来又从安伯托艾柯的读者的角色中受益,至今仍享受开放式阅读带来的快乐。由此可推知,他更喜欢开放式阅读。故选A项He has a preference for the open texts.。
