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1、Unit 2 Poems阅读理解组块专练练速度(限时：30分钟).阅读理解A(2019绍兴高级中学高三二模)Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than 20 books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increas
2、e understanding about black culture in America.Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an exp
3、ert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzevil
4、le. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first
5、African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. B
6、rooks said that winning the prize changed her life.Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are p
7、opular among female writers today.In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, “Corners on the Curving Sky”By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bron
8、zeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues. 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了非裔美国女诗人Gwendolyn Brooks在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。1What does the text mainly talk about?AThe life of Gwendolyn Brookss.BThe poems of Gwendolyn Brookss.CThe understanding about black culture.DThe struggle of black women.解
9、析：选B主旨大意题。根据第一段和其余各段的段首可知，本文主要讲了非裔美国女诗人Gwendolyn Brooks在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。2What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brookss from the second paragraph?AShe mainly wrote about struggles of black women.BShe was good at using the language of poetry.CHer writing skills were a little worse than her ability.DHer poems
10、were mainly about the African experience.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“She was an expert at the language of poetry.”可知，Gwendolyn Brooks是诗歌语言的专家。3The author develops the passage mainly by _.Aproviding examples Busing statisticsCcomparing opinionsDdescribing her experiences解析：选A写作手法题。文中第三至第六段分别列举了Gwendolyn Brook
11、s的一些作品，如诗歌“Annie Allen”“Corners on the Curving Sky”和小说“Maud Martha”。故作者主要是用举例法来行文的。4In the next part, the author would most probably talk about _.AThe difficulties Gwendolyn Brookss would meetBthe poems related to political issuesCthe award Gwendolyn Brooks had gainedDthe racial inequality the black
12、 had to face解析：选B推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知Gwendolyn Brooks的诗歌中涉及政治问题，故接下来最有可能讲的是与政治问题有关的诗歌，B项正确。BEveryone seems to be living for someone else.I had once helped a friend of mine run a watermelon stall. I noticed something interesting when people came to buy watermelons, but nobody paid any attention to it b
13、ecause it seemed to be a common practice: almost every buyer would lift the melon up to their ear, smartly rap it, apparently trying to listen to something. I wondered what they expected to hear. Finally I could no longer hold back my curiosity and made bold to ask a customer an elderly gentleman ab
14、out this. Hearing my question, he roared with laughter. Then he replied in a selfmocking tone，“Young lady, I have been doing this for more than fifty years. But all I know is that everybody would stare at you like you were a fool if you just pick up a melon and leave.”Not long after that, my waterme
15、lon stall friend sent me an invitation to her wedding, which really surprised me. I asked her, “How come youre seized by a sudden whim to get married? I even didnt know you had got a boyfriend.” She answered while counting money, “Everyone has to get married anyway. So, it is better to get married s
16、ooner than later.”Have they forgotten their own heart? It may be safer and save a lot more worries to swim_with_the_tide. The use of WE or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride. But why do people usually feel uneasy when using “I”？I find these somewhat funny.We have got used to following others example. We feel at ease and justified simply b
