2018届高三英语总复习 第一部分 回归教材 Unit 4 Pygmalion课时作业 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit 4 Pygmalion Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2017·海南中学月考) From Nigerian science fiction to a time-travelling serial killer, Brittle Paper selects the best works of fiction from the continent to inspire our inner desire to travel. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts—Amos Tutuola Who wouldnt want to get enveloped in a fog of magical delight? The novel describes the adventures of a little boy lost in a forest. His search for the way back home seem to take him deeper and deeper into secret colonies of creatures living in reality. Nigerians in Space—Deji Olukotun Wale is a Nigerian lunar geologist. He is under the spell of a life-long dream to traveling out to the moon when the mysterious Mr Bello offers him the chance to man a Nigerian space-exploration mission. But like most dreams, what starts out as the magical fulfillment of desire quickly slips into the kingdom of nightmare(噩梦). In novels like this, travelling through space easily becomes a journey into the self. Our Sister Killjoy—Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoos novel is a tourist adventure set in Germany and London. It charts the journey of Sissie, a bright and self-assured African student who wins a European travel scholarship. Like any good explorer, she is very aware of her surroundings—an awareness that she conveys in a mixture of poetic and prose expressions. The Moors Account—Laila Lalami In the 16th century, a group of five ships set sail from Spain for the New World. Estabanico, a survivor of the expedition, is our latest guide through the unknown lands and peoples. He lives to tell the story of their following travels heading out to Florida and how their dream of becoming wealthy conquerors (征服者)becomes a journey in search of self-discovery and redemption(救赎)． 1．The passage is to attract readers to ________. A．read more books B．write different novels C．explore the nature D．travel around the world 2．Which of the following authors writes a story about traveling by sea? A．Laila Lalami.　　　　B．Amos Tutuola. C．Deji Olukotun. D．Ama Ata A