2012届高考英语二轮 专题阅读理解仿真强化训练（三）.docVIP

PAGE 1 - 用心 爱心 专心 2012届高考英语二轮专题阅读理解仿真强化训练（三） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover.” Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a great play writer and one of the masters of the modern short story. When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medicine School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper. As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhovs medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference (冷漠) many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories. Chekhov often wrote about the suffering of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters that are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair. It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov’s stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters. Chekhovs work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity of an artist. Some of Chekhov’s works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940’s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell, about a school teacher’s extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students. 1. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ______. A. had a lawful lover B. was an illegal writer C. used to be a lawyer D. was a competent doctor 2. In 1880, Chekhov ______. A. became a full-time writer B. studied medicine in Moscow University C. practiced medicine in his hometown D. published his most memorable stories. 3. Which of the following adjectives can’t be used to describe Chekhov? A. Sensitive. B. Cool. C. Quick-minded. D. Warm-hearted. 4. Which of the followi