四川省成都市2023_2024学年高二英语上学期期中备考模拟试卷二.docxVIP

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第一部分阅读

［共两节，满分50分］

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

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篇

ToniMorrisonwasanAmericanwriterwhoreceivedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature.Hernovels,Beloved,SongofSolomonandothersexploredthewayAfrican-Americanssearchforfreedomandidentityinacountryobsessedwithskincolor.Morrisonwasnearly40whenshepublishedherfirstnovelTheBluestEyein1970.TheNobelPrizecommitteedescribedherwritingas“languageitself,alanguageshewantstoliberatefromrace”.HernovelsdiscussedAmericaspast,focusingonblackhistoryandtheeffectsofslaveryandracism.Shecalledhercharacters“theunfreeattheheartofthedemocratic(民主的)experiment”.

In1988,shewonthePulitzerPrizeforhernovelBeloved,thestoryofamotherwhokillsherbabydaughterratherthanpermithertoreturntoslavery.Itbecameabest-sellerandwaslatermadeintoafilm.ManyAmericansadmiredherasthecountrysgreatestwriter,includingformerPresidentBarackObama.

Shewasbornin1931.SheattendedHowardUniversity,anall-blackuniversityinWashington,D.C.AtHoward,shereadAfrican,BritishandAmericanliterature,includingwritersWilliamFaulknerandVirginiaWoolf.Afterashortmarriage,shebecameasinglemotheroftwosonsandworkedasabookeditorinNewYork.

SeveralpublishersrejectedherfirstbookTheBluestEye,butitimpressedTheNewYorkTimesbookcriticJohnLeonard,whobelievedMorrisonwasanimportantnewvoice.Hesaidherwritingwassofullofpainandwonderthatthenovelbecomespoetry”.

MorrisonenjoyedherliteraryfameandwasproudofherNobelPrize.

()1.WhatareToniMorrisonsbooksmainlyabout?

A.Women’sequalityandrights.

B.ThedevelopmentofAmerica.

C.TheliteratureofAmerica.

D.Blackhistoryandracism.

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