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1、综合模拟练(三)第一部分听力(略)第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A(2017广东佛山教学质检)After two years of careful consideration，Robert McCrum has reached a conclusion on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English.Take a look at a few in his list：The Pilgrims Progr
2、ess by John Bunyan (1678)A story of a man in search of truth told with the simple clarity and beauty of Bunyans prose makes this an English classic.Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)By the end of the 19th century，no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions and translations.This
3、 worldfamous novel is a complex literature that one cannot resist.Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)A great work thats been repeatedly printed，Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in English.Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1748)Clarissa is a tra
4、gic heroine，pressured by her dishonorable family to marry a wealthy man she dislikes，in the book that Samuel Johnson described as “the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart”Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749)Tom Jones is a classic English novel that gets the spirit of
5、 its age and whose characters are wellknown since they have come to represent the society at that time.Emma by Jane Austen (1816)Jane Austens Emma is her most outstanding work，mixing the best parts of her early books with a deep sense of feelings.The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Ed
6、gar Allan Poe (1838)Edgar Allan Poes only novela classic adventure story with supernatural elementshas fascinated and influenced generations of writers.语篇解读罗伯特麦克拉姆经过两年的仔细斟酌，选出他认为的一百部最优秀的英语小说。本文就其中的七本小说进行了简单的介绍，以供喜爱读英文小说的人们选择性阅读。21Which English book has got the most translations before the 20th centu
7、ry?ARobinson Crusoe. BGullivers Travels.CTom Jones. DEmma.答案A解析细节理解题。根据Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)标题下的“By the end of the 19th century，no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions and translations.”可知，在20世纪前，鲁滨逊漂流记是被翻译最多的英文小说。故选A项。22What does Samuel Johnson think we can le
8、arn about from the book Clarissa?AA love story. BQuarrels in a family.CThe human heart. DThe spirits of the time.答案C解析细节理解题。根据Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1748)标题下的“in the book that Samuel Johnson described as the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart”可知，这本书被认为是世界上
9、第一部关于剖析人心的小说。故选C项。23What makes the characters in Tom Jones famous?ATheir classic lifestyles.BTheir different nationalities.CTheir typical spirits of the age.DTheir representation of the society.答案D解析细节理解题。根据Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749)标题下的“.whose characters are wellknown since they have come t
10、o represent the society at that time.”可知，该部小说的人物之所以有名是因为他们代表了当时的社会。故选D项。B(2017湖北黄冈质检)On Christmas Day,2003，a woman named Nancy Sue Brown took her daughter and grandchildren to see a movie at an AMC theater.When the movie was over，the crowd made for the exits.A theater employee had just finished mopp
11、ing the hallway and dutifully placed the “wet floor” sign in the slippery area.No one slipped due to the wet conditions，but someone did manage to knock over the sign.And by the time Ms Brown got to the area，the sign was lying on the floor.And shortly thereafter，so was she.Her foot got caught in the
12、sign，in a bad way，and she fell.Unfortunately Ms Brown had undergone a back operation，and the fall caused more damage than it otherwise would have.So she and her husband sued(提起诉讼)AMC argued that the entire point of the “wet floor”sign above was to warn of danger，and therefore，courts should encourage
13、 the use by not allowing Browns case to proceed(继续进行)AMC referred to a case about a December,1998 incident，where a “wet floor” sign，not in use，fell to the floor causing another tripandfall.In that case，Georgias Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the store，but didnt go so far as to say that “wet floo
14、r” signs couldnt give rise to legal liability(责任) in tripandfall accidents.In the Brown case，the Supreme Court therefore rejected AMCs argument that the former case applied.But the Browns argued something surprising that the “wet floor” sign was，itself，dangerous，because “using this type of sign in a
15、reas passed by lots of customers creates an unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm to the public in the form of tripping hazards(危险)”Thats rightthe safety sign，used in the way it was designed，was itself dangerous.The court thankfully didnt accept that argument，at least not entirely.But it did conclud
16、e that Browns case could continue to a jury(陪审团)“a merchants selection and use of equipment designed to warn customers of one danger that has the potential to expose them to a different one”语篇解读本文主要介绍了布朗夫人在美国一家AMC 影院看完电影离开时，被“小心地滑”的指示牌绊倒受伤后，向法院提起诉讼以及法院的审判结果。24According to the text，Ms Brown .Aslipped on the wet
