牛津上海版高二年级英语第一学期话题阅读(一)literature and art(有答案)

话题阅读（一）Literature and Art（A）Leonardo's notebooks are the main reason why we know so much about him. He drew and wrote constantly, covering thousands of pages with his many ideas in different fields, 1 from art to philosophy and science. Leonardo 2 down things that interested him, such as riddles(谜语), sayings and 3 he had heard or read, and ideas for different inventions and projects. He also wrote this remark in one of his notebooks: With slight strokes(笔画), take a note in a little book which you should always carry with you. Much has been said about Leonardo writing his words 4 , from right to left, so that they only appear correctly if read in a mirror. People often say this is because Leonardo did not want anyone to read his work, but this is an unlikely explanation as anyone with a 5 could do so. A more practical way of 6 ideas secret would have been to write in a special code. And this is exactly what Leonardo did. In some of his notebooks, he wrote in a shorthand(速记法) which he 7 himself. A more probable reason for Leonardo's "mirror-writing" has to do with his left-handedness. If you write in ink with your 8 hand, from left to right, it is easy for your hand to smear(沾染) what you have just 9 ! Leonardo, as usual, was both different and practical.1-5. B C J G D 6-9. A E F I（B）Ancient poets and scholars were more sensitive to these changes than modern man. In today's1. A. land B. countryside C.opening D. fields2. A. heavens B. sky C.peaks D. mountains3. A. impress B. fix C.wander D. imagine4. A. saucers B. things C.articles D. objects5. A. as B. like C.that D. the6. A. children B. grown-up C.adults D. farmers7. A. consider B. think C.regard D. treat8. A. brightness B. darkness C.earth D. dawn9. A. strength B. liveliness C.energetic D. symphony10. A.resemble B.like C.assemble pose11. A.image B.ghosts C.spirits D.shadow12. A.rock B.high-rises C.blankets D.bundles13. A.gulf B.harbor C.channel D.tunnel14. A.Throw B.Dispense C.Abandon D.Get15. A.behind B.once C.alone D.undone1-5. B B D B A 6-10. C B D B A 11-15. A B D C A（C）Many people think that Shakespeare's greatest play is "King Lear". It tells the story of a king far off in the past, who decides that it is time for him to take a rest, so he decides to divide his lands among his three daughters. But first he gives them a love-test. They have to tell him how much they love him. The two elder daughters tell him their love is as high as the sky and as deep as the ocean, but the third, Cordelia, refuses to play his game and simply says she loves him as much as she should. Angrily, he orders her to leave, and divides his kingdom into two, saying hewill spend six months a year with each of his loving daughters. Cordelia goes overseas.There are many side stories, but what basically happens next is that his daughters once they have power, begin to treat their father badly. They tell him he should lead a quiet life and not cause trouble. If he will not follow their rules, they will not take care of him. Lear feels so hurt that he loses his mind and runs through the countryside during a great storm.Cordelia comes to help him, but she and her father are thrown into prison. Cordelia forgives Lear and he feels better when he knows her love. The sisters, however, kill Cordelia. Lear can take no more and dies. The sisters are themselves killed, and a good king takes over, but there is a great feeling of sadness as the story ends. So much love is lost for nothing.Word Banktake over 接替1. Why does King Lear divided his land?A. Because he is not well.B. Because he is an unsuccessful king.C. Because he feels too old.D. Because he has no choice.2. Which of these statements about the two elder daughters is true?A.They love Lear more than Cordelia does.B.They only want what is best for Lear.C.They leave their father out homeless in the rain.D. They are successful in the end.3. Which word can best describe Lear?A. Wise.B. Envious.C. Strong.D. Stupid.4. What kills Lear?A. His daughters.B. His age.C. The weather.D. His sadness.CCDD（D）People seldom feel the same about poetry. Those who love it sometimes give the impression that it is an adequate substitute for food, for shelter, and love. It isn't. Words, no matter how satisfying, are never an equivalent for life itself and its human experiences. Those who dislike poetry on principle sometimes calm, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That's not true either. It is easy to become frustrated by words—in poetry or in life—but when words represent and recreate genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poetry is, in fact, more than just words. It is an experience of life, their sense of what other people are like, their awareness of themselves, and their range of human feelings. One reason that poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings.Poetry is often full of ideas, too, and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind, but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry's most insistent merits involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone, for example, put into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone who cares about? Poetry tries and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can said to express all the things that love or death feels like, or means, but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, "Yes, that is just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but I've never been able to express it so well." Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.A.few people think that poetry is neutralB.people always differ in their views about poetryC.people rarely take a biased opinion about poetryD.people generally think of poetry as extreme importance or total uselessness6. The author suggests that .A.poetry tends to make the reader disappointedB.poetry makes its readers sentimentalC.poetry is more important than wordsD.poetry often captures real human feelingsA.what love and death meanB.what people think about themselvesC.what people feel but find it hard to describeD.how people go through life8. This passage is mainly about________________ .A. the structure of poetryB. the components ofpoetryC. the nature and importance of poetryD. the appreciation ofpoetryDDCC。