【备考2014】江苏高考英语查漏补缺精品课件：3.5 观点态度题.pptVIP

13. What does the writer think of the reporter? A. Optimistic. B. Imaginative. C. Ambitious. D. Proud. 【解析】选C。观点态度题。由第二段中的“With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues, approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. ”可以看出作者认为那名记者是有抱负的。 14. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks? A. Finding the news value of his stories. B. Giving him financial support. C. Helping him to find issues. D. Improving his good ideas. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第五段“He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights. ”以及第七段“He longs for conversations. . . to report it. ”可知。 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 lift since winning the Nobel Prize 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’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. 【语篇导读】本文为人物传记，讲述了William Butler Yeats的成长经历，催人奋进。 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. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第一段“In fact, he inherited excellent taste