1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Poems 高考试卷分块专练 阅读理解提速练 篇阅读 1篇七选五，限时 35分钟 . 阅读理解 A (2018 湖北八校高三联考 )Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America. Please Touch Childrens Museum This museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant f
2、lowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds. The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis This museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石 ) There are many fossils like the T Rex, Bucky and many
3、 others in an 8,000squarefoot area. Around 10,000 manmade objects, including a 55ton steam engine and a 33foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000squarefoot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs. Boston
4、Childrens Museum This museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children. National Muse
5、um of Play This museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV
6、studios. Childrens Museum of Houston This museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Child
7、ren also learn about broadcasting activities and 【 精品教育资源文库 】 preserving ecosystems. 语篇解读：本文是一篇广告类应用文，介绍了美国五家最适合孩子们参观的博物馆，包括这些博物馆的地址、特色、活动安排等。 1 One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit _. A National Museum of Play or Childrens Museum of Houston B Boston Childrens Museum
8、 or Childrens Museum of Houston C Please Touch Childrens Museum or Boston Childrens Museum D The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据 Boston Childrens Museum 部分第二句 “The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment.” 和 Childrens Museum of H
9、ouston 部分最后一句 “Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.” 可知， Boston Childrens Museum 和 Childrens Museum of Houston 所安排的展览与活动都跟环保有关。故 B 项正确。 2 While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in _. A dinosaur building B New Balance Climb C playing with gia
10、nt flowers D cooking food at play or TV studios 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据 National Museum of Play 部分最后一句 “Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.” 可知，在参观 National Museum of Play 时，可以走进芝麻街节目展，在戏剧或电视摄影棚中做饭。故 D 项正确。 3 If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activiti
11、es together, they should go to _. A Texas B Indiana C New York D Massachusetts 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据 Childrens Museum of Houston 部分第一句和第三句并结合该部分第二句中的 “activities for kids of every age” 可知，他们应当去位于德克萨斯州的 Childrens Museum of Houston。故 A 项正确。 4 Who might be most interested in this passage? A Parents. B Studen
12、ts. C Teachers. D Researchers. 解析：选 A 推理判断题。通读全文可知，第一段点明了本文的主题。本文主要介绍了五家最适合孩子们参观的博物馆，旨在吸引家长带孩子们去参观，故父母们应该对本文最感【 精品教育资源文库 】 兴趣。故 A 项正确。 B (2018 福建莆田高三二模 )Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifeti
13、me. She had more than 20 books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America. Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black
14、women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience. In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The S
15、outh Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” tha t gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time
16、. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection. In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzevi
17、lle girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life. Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” received little notice when it was first published. But now it is
18、considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today. In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, “Corners on the Curving Sky”
19、 By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了非裔美国女诗人 Gwendolyn Brooks 在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。 5 What does the text mainly talk about? A The
20、life of Gwendolyn Brookss. B The poems of Gwendolyn Brookss. C The understanding about black culture. D The struggle of black women. 解析：选 B 主旨大意题。根据第一段和其余各段的段首可知，本文主要讲了非裔美国女诗人 Gwendolyn Brooks 在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。 6 What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brookss from the second paragraph? A She mainly wrote abo
21、ut struggles of black women. B She was good at using the language of poetry. C Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability. D Her poems were mainly about the African experience. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “She was an expert at the language of poetry.” 可知， Gwendolyn Brooks 是诗歌语言的专家。 7 The autho
22、r develops the passage mainly by _. A providing examples B using statistics C comparing opinions D describing her experiences 解析：选 A 写作手法题。文中第三至第六段分别列举了 Gwendolyn Brooks 的一些作品，如诗歌 “Annie Allen”“Corners on the Curving Sky” 和小说 “Maud Martha” 。故作者主要是用举例法来行文的。 8 In the next part, the author would most p
23、robably talk about _. A The difficulties Gwendolyn Brookss would meet B the poems related to political issues C the award Gwendolyn Brooks had gained D the racial inequality the black had to face 解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知 Gwendolyn Brooks 的诗歌中涉及政治问题，故接下来最有可能讲的是与政治问题有关的诗歌， B 项正确。 C Everyone seems to be living for someone else. I had once helped a friend of mine run a watermelon s
