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山西省朔州市怀仁市第一中学等2022-2023学年高二下学期7月期末英语试卷

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一、阅读理解

Withoutpoetry,weloseourway.Poetsarespecialexistenceinourworld.Learnalittleaboutsomeoffamouspoetsbyreadingourshortbiographies.

PatrickKavanagh

OneofthemostpopularmodernpoetsofIreland,Kavanaghwasbornintoaruralfarmingfamily,andheneverforgothisroots.HisworkwasastraightforwardrepresentationofIrishrurallife.Hisepicpoemandperhapshisgreatestoffering,TheGreatHunger,waspublishedin1942.Thepiecepresentedthepovertyofcountrylife.

OscarWilde

BorninDublin,intoafamilyofintellectuals,Wildedevelopedhiswritingstyleoverthecourseofmanyyears.Bytheearly1890shewasoneofthemostwidelycelebratedplaywrightsinLondon.Apartfromhispoemsandplays,heisperhapsbestknownforhiscleversatirical(讽刺的)statementsaswellashisclassicnovelThePictureofDorianGray.

ShelSilverstein

Anaccomplishedcartoonist,playwrightandsongwriter,Silversteinisbestknownforhisseveralseriesofpoetrybooks.WorkssuchasAMissingPiece,ALightintheAttic,andWheretheSidewalkEnds,arenowmaincollectionsofthechildren’sliterarygenre.

JohnKeats

BorninLondonin1795,JohnKeatspoetryplayedaleadingroleinthesecondgenerationoftheRomanticMovement,OdetoaNightingalewasoneofhisgreatpoems.Keatsasapoetwasnothighlyregardedduringhisownlifetime,despitethefactthatJohnKeatsfiguredsoprominently(重要地)inBritishpoetry.Hewasnotwellacceptedbypolitesocietyatthattime.

1．Whomaywritemanypoemsonfarmers’life?

A.JohnKeats. B.OscarWilde.

C.ShelSilverstein. D.PatrickKavanagh.

2．Whichofthefollowingismoresuitableforchildren?

A.ALightintheAttic. B.TheGreatHunger.

C.OdetoaNightingale. D.ThePictureofDorianGray.

3．WhywasKeatsnotwellrespectedduringhislifetime?

A.Heonlywroteseveralpoems.

B.He