2013年高考英语一轮复习课时作业27：Unit 2 Poems（新人教版选修6广东专用）.docVIP

PAGE  课时作业(二十七)　[选修6　Unit 2　Poems] [限时：45分钟] 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 Jane was walking around the department store.She remembered how difficult 1.________ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wished that he was as easy 2.________ (please)as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume. Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not 3.________ pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or 4.________ (push)you with their elbows(肘部)，hurrying ahead to get to a bargain. Jane paused in front of a counter 5.________ some attractive ties were on display.“They are real silk，”the assistant tried to attract her.“Worth double the price.”But Jane knew from past experience that her 6.________ (choose)of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered.She found some good quality pipes 7.________ sale.She did not hesitate for long：although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please 8.________. When Jane got home，with her small but well－chosen present in her bag，her parents were already 9.________ table having supper.Her mother was excited.“Your father has at last decided to stop smoking，”Jane 10.________ (inform)． Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Lucille Clifton, the award－winning poet, was the first African American Poet Laureate of Maryland. Critics call her one of the greatest writers of our time. Lucille Clifton was born Thelma Lucille Sayles in Depew, New York in 1936. She was named Thelma after her mother. Lucille was the name of one of her fathers ancestors. When the younger one got older she chose to call herself Lucille. Lucille Clifton began writing poetry when she was about ten years old. She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother, Thelma Sayles. Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published. As a child Lucille would sit on her mothers lap and listen as she read poetry. She learned to love words and the powe