2020届高考英语二轮题海特训营(9)阅读理解词义猜测一.docx

阅读理解-词义猜测一 1、He was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry. Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And this year is the 108th birthday of Pablo Neruda (1904 —1973). Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto,he was a tall.shy and Ionely boy. He loved to read and started to write poetry when he was ten. The American poet Walt Whitma n, whose framed picture Neruda later kept on his table.became a major in flue nee on his work. However, his father did not like the idea of having a poet for a son and tried to discourage him from writing. To cover up the publication of his finst poem,he took the pen n ame Pablo Neruda. In 1924 Neruda gained fame with his most widely read work Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Yet his rich experienee as a diplomat and exile( 被流放者) made him go beyond the theme of love. His work also reflected the political struggle of the left and development of South America. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda loved the sea which he saw as creative, destructive and forever moving. He found in spirati on in the power and freedom of the waves and the seabirds on the coast. ..I need the sea because it teaches me,” he wrote. "I move in th e university of the waves." He loved how the sea forever ren ewed itself,a ren ewal echoed in his work. The underlined word “ Picasso ” can probably be replaced by " " most importa nt pers on famous pers on from Picasso freedom fighter in Picasso poem fan Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto took the pen n ame Pablo Neruda because . l iterary greats usually used the pen n ame his father en couraged him to use the n ame he wan ted to preve nt his father knowing the publicati on he was greatly in flue need by other poets Which of the following is not the theme of his works? Love. Political struggle. Social reform. Developme nt of South America. The last paragraph mai nly tells us . the sea gave Neruda vast writi ng in spirati