江苏专版2018年高考英语总复习微专题训练第11练人物传记类二

第11练人物传记类（二）

Ⅰ.语境填词

1．What was your first big ________(achieve) in your sport?

2．The local government hoped that everybody living in the region ________(做贡献) to the Red Cross.

3．Bombs had hit the building a number of times but ________(fortunate) no one was hurt.

4．It is reported that business ________(失败) have risen 16% this month.

5．As is known to us all，like so many ________(create) people he is never satisfied.

Ⅱ.单项填空

6．________ the deaf children，the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.

A．Devoted to teach

B．Devoted herself to teaching

C．Devoting to teach

D．Devoting herself to teaching

7．The ________ resources and stable policy provide them with the advantages of developing their businesses.

A．generous B．limited

C．narrow D．abundant

8．Personal space is the region surrounding a person ________ they regard as psychologically theirs.

A．who B．where

C．when D．which

9．Joe is proud and ________，never admitting he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame.(2014·浙江，4)

A．strict B．sympathetic

C．stubborn D．sensitive

10．—Guess what！We’ll have a chance to visit our sister school in Denmark this summer!

—How nice！You ________ another kind of culture then.

A．will have experience

B．have experienced

C．have been experiencing

D．will be experiencing

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2017·吉林梅河口五中段考)

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 address 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(对比法)，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.

Ⅱ.任务型阅读

Socrates—an Ancient Greek Philosopher

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher，who helped to shape Greek beliefs.The ideas he created are present in our culture today.

Socrates was a person full of curiosity.From the time he was a young man，Socrates searched for wisdom and truth.He gained wisdom by asking questions.Many people in Athens thought that they had answers.Socrates asked them questions and argued with them about different topics.He did not think they had the knowledge they claimed to have.

Socrates challenged false ideas people had about things like justice，love，or courage.He would break down the ideas people held.Then he built new and more accurate ideas.Socrates felt that this was what philosophy was all about.Since then，many great philosophers have used this method to find truth.

Throughout his life，Socrates showed no interest in money.He was also not interested in material items.Socrates would allow groups of men to listen to him speak.And he would never take money from them.He always

wore the same clothes whatever the season.Socrates argued that his life was better because he had no material wealth.He felt he enjoyed his food more.he said he was stronger and healthier because he was not affected by the weather.He believed happiness came not from having more but from wanting less.

By the end of the fifth century B．C.Athens was not a great city anymore.Politicians betrayed Athens.Socrates had made many people angry over the years.He had always expressed his opinions when he thought laws and policies were wrong.Athens had a new group of political leaders in power，who didn’t want to hear Socrates’ comments about them.They thought Socrates had a bad influen ce on the young people of Athens.Socrates was also accused of not worshipping the right gods.Charges were brought against Socrates.The politicians wanted to condemn Socrates to death.Socrates’ friends told him to leave Athens.They thought this was the only way for him to save his life.Socrates refused.He did not behave as most people in his situation would.

Socrates said that he had always lived by the rules of Athens and he would continue to do this.He insisted on standing trial for his “crime”．Socrates knew he was not

guilty of anything.The reason why he was charged was because he was different from others.Although people respected him，he also had made many people angry，so the jury(陪审团) said Socrates was guilty.

When faced with the death penalty，a person could leave Athens forever.Most people chose leave rather than die.Socrates was not like most people.Instead of telling the jury that he would go，he told them he deserved a reward.Socrates believed he had done a great service by making people think.Socrates said that he tried to persuade every one of you not to think of what he had but rather of what he was，and how he might grow wise and good.The jury did not change its mind.Socrates was executed.He died when he drank hemlock，which is poisonous.

Socrates was the first great Greek philosopher.He also helped to shape other philosophers that came after him.Plato，who got his start by studying with Socrates，and Aristotle，who studied with Plato，also changed Western civilization.Asking questions to discover the truth is still practiced today.And schools even today still teach this method to students.

答案精析

第11练人物传记类(二)

高考高频单词与短语识记排查

跟踪训练

Ⅰ.1.achievement 2.contributed 3.fortunately 4.failures 5.creative

Ⅱ.6.D [考查非谓语动词。句意为：献身于教育聋哑儿童，这位年轻女士很少有时间照顾自己的女儿。devote oneself to doing sth.＝be devoted to doing sth.，故选D。] 7．D [句意为：丰富的资源及稳定的政策有利于他们发展经济。generous慷慨的；limited 有限的；narrow窄的；abundant丰富的。结合句意应选D项。]

8．D [考查定语从句。句意为：个人空间是指一个人周围的区域，人们在心理上会认为这个区域是属于他们自己的。the region为定语从句的先行词，从句中的regard后缺少宾语，应用which引导。故选D项。]

9．C [考查形容词词义辨析。根据后面半句“从来不承认他错了，而且总是找别人来承担责任”及两个关键词“never”和“always”，可以得出Joe是个骄傲和固执的(stubborn)人。strict严格的；sympathetic有同情心的；sensitive敏感的。]

10．D [句意为：——猜猜看！我们今年暑假有机会去访问丹麦的姐妹学校了！——真好！到时你们会体验到另一种文化。根据上句的时间状语this summer和下句中的then可知，此处在谈论将来的事情，应用将来时态。will be doing将来进行时用来表示将来某个时间点或时间段正在进行的动作，符合题意，故选D项。]

阅读能力专练

Ⅰ.语篇解读本文主要讲述了Whitman作为诗人所做出的贡献。

1．B [段落大意题。根据第二段中的“...seventeen years old...worked as a printer’s learner，a worker，and a teacher...In his early twenties...as a journalist and poet.”可知，本段主要介绍他早期的职业生涯。故选B。 ]

2．B [推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“When Walt Whitman first appeared as a poet，his arrival onto the American literary scene was met with controversy.”可知，他最初作为诗人出现的时候遭遇争议。故选B。]

3．D [细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“Whi tman moves from conventional patterns of rhyme to create a unique rhythm and a multi-layered，but truly American voice.”可知，他创造了一个独特的节奏和一个美国的声音。故选D。]

Ⅱ.4.exist 5.curious 6.preferred7.challenge 8．https://www.360docs.net/doc/06740637.html,mented 10.respect11.Different/Distinguished12.persuading/talking

13.influence(s)/impact(s)