【课堂新坐标】2016-2017学年高中英语人教版必修一学业分层测评Unit 5 Nelson Mandel -- a modern hero 15.docVIP

学业分层测评(十五)Ⅰ.完成句子1．他不能到那里去的原因是他卧病在床。2．这是你所要的书。3．我们向他申请许可证的那位官员非常热情。4．任何人都有不得不屈服的时候。5．北京是我的出生地。where/in which I was born．阅读理解A Arthur Miller(1915～2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.Millers father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungaryl attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth.In Willy Loman，the hero of the play，we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth.Willy is“burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment：if he cant do the worko face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end. When it was first staged in 1949，the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics Circle Award，and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards. Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury，Connecticut，on the evening of February 10，2005，the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway. 【语篇解读】　本文介绍了伟大的戏剧家Arthur Miller。1．Why did Arthur Millers father move to the USA? A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B．He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”． C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist. D．His family business failed. 【解析】　从第一段第二句话可知米勒的父亲已经从奥地利迁往美国是和许多其他人一样受“伟大的美国梦”的驱使。【答案】　B2．The play Death of a Salesman ．exposes the cruelty of the American business world B．discusses the ways to get promoted in a company C．talks about the business career of Arthur Miller D．focuses on the skills in doing business 【解析】　从第二段第一句话可知米勒写《推销员之死》的目的是对美国制度的攻击因为美国商业制度的侵犯性和坚持将金钱和社会地位作为价值的显示。A项指出了暴露了美国商业世界的残酷。下文也提到了in the cruel world of business。【答案】　A3．What can we learn about Willy Loman? A．He treats his employer badly. B．He runs the Wagner Company. C．He is a victim of the American system. D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues. 【解析】　从上文介绍情