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Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Price in 1923. Yet, he continued 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 produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats’ death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:
Earth, receive an honored guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel(船)lie
Emptied of its poetry.
小题1:Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?
A.It filled Yeats’s childhood with laughter |
B.It was shocked by Yeats’s choice |
C.It was a typically wealthy family |
D.It had an artistic atmosphere |
A.Yeats founded the first Irish theater |
B.Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry |
C.Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s |
D.Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize |
A.Envy | B.Sympathy | C.Emptiness | D.Admiration |
A.Yeats’s literary achievements | B.Yeats’s historical influence |
C.Yeats’s artistic ambition | D.Yeats’s national honor |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
解析
试题分析:本文讲述是诺贝尔奖获得者爱尔兰著名的艺术家Yeats的一生的故事。
小题1:细节题。根据第一段最后三行. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry. 可知他的家庭是一个很有艺术气息的家庭,故D正确。
小题2:计算题。根据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 produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75.和William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865.可知他是1865年出生的,在50岁以后才写出最好的作品,那么大约是在20世纪10年代,故C正确。
小题3:推理题。根据After Yeats"s Death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines: Earth, receive an honoured guest: William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel (船) lie Emptied of its poetry.说明他认为Yeats是爱尔兰艺术届的巨大损失。说明他很钦佩Yeats,故D正确。
小题4:主旨大意题。根据文章第一段和最后一段可知本文主要讲的是爱尔兰著名的艺术家Yeats的一生的故事,故A正确。
核心考点
试题【William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13,】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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I left for a week, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was . I didn"t have the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was, for they might tell me he had died.
So with many questions , I continued to volunteer there.
Several years later, I was at a gas station when I noticed a face. When I realized who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was alive? I got up the to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie, and if he had been in a about 5 years ago. With an uncertain look on his face, he yes. I explained how I knew him. His eyes were with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug.
He began to tell me when he there comatose (昏迷的), he could hear me talking to him and could me holding his hand the whole time. He thought it was an , not a person, who was there with him. Mr. Gillespie firmly believed that it was my and touch that had kept him alive.
Then he told me about his life and what happened him to put him in the coma. We both cried for a while, said our goodbyes and our separate ways.
Although I have not seen him since then, he fills my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a between his life and his death. More , he has made a very big difference in my life, too. I will never forget him and what he for me: he made me an angel.
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I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak and elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It"s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you are such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It"s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I"m in no hurry,” she said. “I"m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don"t have any family left. The doctor says I don"t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she"d ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, “I"m tired. Let"s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers.” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
小题1:Why did the man help the old woman so much?
A.He wanted to get more money from the old woman. |
B.He was out of patience with the woman and wanted to leave quicker. |
C.The old woman asked him to help. |
D.He hoped others could also treated his old mother as well as he did. |
A.show she was familiar with the city |
B.see some places for the last time |
C.let the driver earn more money |
D.reach the destination on time |
A.Excited. | B.Shocked. |
C.Grateful. | D.Upset. |
A.Giving is always a pleasure. |
B.People should respect each other. |
C.An act of kindness can bring people great joy. |
D.People should learn to appreciate others" concern. |
We soon reached the sands. There was there, but we were not discouraged. Instead we were that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather. we changed our clothes quickly. But things were not going so . The freezing sea wind was blowing. We felt very cold and trembled all over. At we made up our minds to go into the water. We put our feet in first to take them back very quickly. The water was unbelievably cold. Then I suggested we all jump in . We all went back ten steps. I gave the , and we all rushed forward and jumped in. I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up and rushed again to the shore. it was with my friends. We put on our clothes as quickly as possible.
On the way back home, we talked about this unforgettable . The four of us did not school for the following three days. We all suffered a lot a very bad cold. But we thought it was all worth it.
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Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. Despite his interest in writing, he left Oxford High School, Mississippi, without graduating. After World War I, he entered the University of Mississippi as a special student, a right to study which was granted to retired soldiers, although Faulkner had only finished training with the Air Force in Canada, and not entered combat(战斗).
Faulkner began to write poems, a verse play, short stories and finished his first novel Sartoris in 1928. His fiction was centered for 14 of the 19 novels published during his lifetime in a fictional region called Yoknapatawpha County. The name is said to come from the Indian Chickasaw word meaning split land.
In December 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. When he accepted it in Stockholm, his speech emphasized that he wished to continue writing, but in a positive way that affirmed the power of humanity to prevail over adverse circumstances. As he said in his speech, he still felt that, despite the threat of nuclear war then hanging over the world, the central concern of the writer should be “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself”. He wanted the tensions and problems that he had cast the spotlight on in the southern states of America to be resolved by the life-affirming attitudes and action of his characters. Like playwright Tennessee Williams, Faulkner was a major voice who spoke for the troubled heart of the southern states of America. His achievement is all the more remarkable because, as a schoolboy, he was not only a frequent absentee but also reportedly failed to reach pass grades in English class. His collected short stories, novels, poems, and other writings form a legacy( 遗产) of literature which casts profound illumination(启发) on the special culture of the South, a culture which developed from a history and social circumstances that were always unique.
From the focus on a fictional county, and by remaining true to his view of a close-knit but real society that reflected the greater world around him, Faulkner in the end fashioned a legend of the Deep South that is one of the major achievements of the 20th century literature.
小题1:Which of the following statements about William Faulkner is NOT true?
A.William Faulkner’s work focuses on several troubled problems of southern America. |
B.William Faulkner died one hundred years ago. |
C.Although William Faulkner did not graduate from high school, he had great interests in writing. |
D.William Faulkner once took part in the army when he was young. |
A.They were the place where he grew up and his family took an important role in the history of that region. |
B.His work became a touchstone. |
C.He cared about the troubled issues of southern America. |
D.He felt sympathy for the poor in southern America. |
A.Both Tennessee William and William Faulkner are playwrights. |
B.Tennessee William was a major voice who spoke for the troubled people in southern America. |
C.Like Faulkner, he once won Nobel Prize for literature. |
D.Tennessee William had to pursue his writing career through difficult times. |
A.He reflected them by writing and criticized them. |
B.He intended to call on the troubled people to rebel. |
C.The troubled issues of southern America just provided many elements for his novels. |
D.He advocated resolving them in positive attitudes and actions. |
So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.
Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived - a well-known sage who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones.
He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man. Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout: What are you doing?! Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent. Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was very angry: “If I could just come down, I would show you!”
That’s what everybody wanted - that he came down. But how? Now everybody was tense(紧张), as to what would happen next! Some wanted to punish the sage, but they didn’t. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully. Now the man on the tree was enraged and developed a great determination to come down and take revenge(报仇).
He then used all his skill and strength and somehow reached the branches which were safe to start going down. And he made it! Everybody was amazed.
However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood there, realizing that the man really helped him because he induced him to try his best and save himself.
“I should be thankful and not angry.”
小题1:What happened after he had picked a few sweet reddish mangoes?
A.He remained hanging helplessly on the tree. |
B.He slipped and fell to the ground suddenly. |
C.He was climbing down quickly but carefully. |
D.He shouted loudly for help but no one helped. |
A.He was nervous. | B.He kept silent. | C.He was angry. | D.He felt surprised. |
A.Courage. | B.Assistance. | C.Carefulness. | D.Revenge. |
A.on the tree for the longest time | B.hidden in the middle of a tree |
C.on the very top of the a tree | D.exposed to sunlight less often |
A.Anger saves one’s life. | B.Wisdom does count. |
C.Skill and strength count. | D.Anger is the biggest enemy. |
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