【课堂新坐标】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 2 King Lear Period Ⅱ Warming Up Reading学业分层测评 新人教版选修10.docVIP

Unit 2 King Lear Period Ⅱ Warming Up Reading Ⅰ.单词拼写1．The children in our family are always (尊敬的)to their elders.2. The developing countries bear the (负担) of an enormous external debt.3. We need to take (责任) for looking after our own health.4．They intend to (分配) more places to mature students this year.5．When Joan returned to work, the (冲突) between them increased.6. The weather (预报) is better for today.7. The accused person stuck out that he was (清白的) of the crime.8. The (贪婪的) boss stopped at nothing to gain profit.9. Many parents (反对) bilingual education in schools.10. Those (腐败的) officials fattened themselves by drinking the peoples lifeblood.【答案】　1.respectful　2.burden　3.responsibility　5.friction　6.forecast　7.innocent　9.oppose　10.corrupt阅读理解(2016·甘肃天水一中高二月考)The writings of Shakespeare are today seldom read by young people in Britain. His young readership is limited to those who choose to study literature at university.is seen as remote, and written in a 400-year-old version of English that is about as inviting as toothache. Still, in British schools, it is compulsory to study the bard(诗人), t(憎恨) or both.them. I went on to take a PhD in literature and have taught it in Britain and China. I have never regretted it. There is something in literature that people want, even if they dont read books. You see this in the popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works, the recent film version of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice being a case in point. These popular adaptations may help increase peoples interest in the classics. Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeares actual play. If that is the case, then I welcome the trend. But do not make the mistake of thinking that it is the same thing. Shakespeare is a poet. His greatness is in his language. Reading someone elses rewriting of his work is like peeling a banana, throwing away the fruit, and