2015年高二英语课时作业：Unit4SectionⅡ（Word版含答案）（新人教版选修八）.docVIP

Ⅰ.阅读理解 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote some of the most popular works of literature in the last two centuries. Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh，Scotland in 1850.His early choices were controlled by his father’s wishes and by his own poor health.The family business was designing and building light-houses(灯塔)(for his health and pleasure)．Having realized that he was meant to be a writerhe began with travel essays and books.After finishing school，he moved to the continent，giving up the thought of practising law. At the age of 30，Stevenson married Fanny Osborne.They had met in France and later he followed her to California.He continued writing travel books. The idea for Treasure Island came on a visit to Scotland while drawing a treasure map with his 12-year-old stepson.Published in 1883，this was Stevenson’s first novel，written for young people but popular with adults as well.Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde，published three years later，became a best-seller.Kidnapped came out the same year. In 1888 ，he and his family decided to sail around the Pacific Islands.The climate was so good that they decided to stay，making their home on the island of Upolu in Samoa.Stevenson wrote many fascinating stories about the South Seas.Having fought for good health all his life，he died in December，1894 with his unfinished work Weir of Hermiston. 【　本文介绍了作家Robert Louis Stevenson。　　　　　　　 B．In France.解析：选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句中“...making their home on the island of Upolu in Samoa.”可知史蒂文森最后在萨摩亚定居了。________．n D．met his wife and her son in California 解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可知史蒂文森的家族以设计和制造灯塔为事业；但史蒂文森不能接受这种想法最终选择学习法律而不是继承家业。由此可以推知他对父亲的职业不感兴趣。________．解析：选C。推理判断题。根据最后两段对史蒂文森的写作历程和他的著作的介绍可知他在文学方面倾注了很多精力和时间。 statements is TRUE according to the passage? A．Kidnapped was Stevenson’s first novel. B．Louis Stevenson stopped writing novels in 1886. C．Treasure Island was written mainly for adults at first. D．Louis Stevenson made his life’s journey in 44 years. 解析：选D。正误判断题。根据第二段第一句可知史蒂文森生于1850年。根据最后一段最后一句可知史蒂文森