四川省宜宾市一中高中英语上学期第11周周练题.doc

1. 完形填空 Doris Lessing is an Iranian-born British writer. Her novels and short stories are largely_1__with people caught in the_2___ and political changes of the 20th century ． The _3__ in Lessing ’s works are feminism( 女权运动 ), the battle of the sexes, and the dangers of technological and _4__ hubris （傲慢）． Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for_5__ in 2007 ． Since 1949, she has lived in England but she is also considered an_6__writer because she grew up and was_7__in Zimbabwe （津巴布韦） . Lessing spent her early childhood in Kermanshah, Iran. Her English-born _8__ Allred Cook Tayler, who had lost his leg in World War I. was a bank clerk. Emily McVeagh, Lessing ’ s mother, had been _9__ as a nurse ． After the war they _10__ to Kermanshah and later Tehran ． In the mid-1920s the family _11__ with their life ． savings a farm, _12__Lessing grew up with her younger brother Harry. Her childhood was _13__. ---the nearest neighbors were miles away and there were no real _14__ between the farms ． In 1926 Lessing was sent to a school in Salisbury ． She _15__ the Girls ’ High School at the age of fourteen and then earned her_16__ as a nursemaid, telephone operator and clerk ． Lessing has written poems, plays, and science fiction novels and _17__ great achievements in literature ． One of her most widely _18__and translated works is The Golden Notebook, an experimental novel, which was _19__ upon its publication as a landmark of the _20__ Movement. However, she refused an offer becoming a Dame(女爵士 ) of the British Empire on the grounds that there was no British Empire ． 1．A．satisfied B．concerned C．covered D．taken 2． A． social B． natural C． economic D． agricultural 3． A． positions B． stories C． characters D ．themes 4． A． cultural B． chemical C． scientific D ．physical 5． A． Peace B． Biology C． Economy D． L iterature 6． A． American B． Asian C． African D． Australian 7． A． educated B． praised C． recognized D． a warded 8． A． mother B． father C． sister D． brother 9． A． trained B．