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1、【志鸿优化设计】2016届高考英语一轮复习 Module5 Newspapers and Magazines考点规范练11(含解析)外研版必修2.阅读理解(2014山西忻州联考)Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature.Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize.Munro didnt publish her first collection of short stories
2、 until she was 37 years old,but her stories have always been well-received.Lots of her stories share similar themes and characters,but each story has its own twists and turns.Even though shes won Canadas most famous literary award,the Giller Prize,twice,winning the Nobel Prize for Literature is the
3、cherry on top of Munros career.“It brings this incredible recognition,both of her and her career,and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person.Along with the well-respected title comes 1.3 million dollars.Munro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by
4、 all the attention and affection that has been coming my way”.Munro knew she was in the runningshe was named the second most likely person to win this years prize,after Haruki Murakami(村上春树) of Japanbut she never thought that she would win.Munros win also represents the long way Canadian writers hav
5、e come.“When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world.Now Canadian writers are read,admired and respected around the globe,” Munro said on Thursday.She is technically not the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature,b
6、ut many like to think that she is.In 1976 Saul Bellow,who was born in Quebec but moved to Chicago when he was still a child,won the prize.Even though he was born in Canada,he is mostly considered to be an American writer.“This is a win for us all.Canadians,by our very nature,are not very nationalist
7、ic,” said Geoffrey Taylor.“But things like this suddenly make you want to find a flag.”She wasnt sure if she would keep writing if she won the prize,saying that it would be “nice to go out with a bang.But this may change my mind”.1.What is the feature of Munros stories?A.They have their own complica
8、ted(复杂的) contents.B.They have similar story backgrounds.C.They have specific themes for children.D.They have the same characters in each book.2.For Munro,the Nobel Prize is an award for.A.her love for Canadian cultureB.her devotion to the short storyC.her special form of writingD.her career of editi
9、ng short stories3.What is implied in the sixth paragraph? A.Canadian writers paid little attention to the prize.B.Canadian writers are just a small community.C.Canadian writers have long been ignored.D.Canadian writers have a long way to win the prize.4.What does the passage mainly tell us? A.How Al
10、ice Munro wins the Nobel Prize.B.An introduction to the Nobel Prize for Literature.C.Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.D.A world-famous writer,Alice Munro.完形填空Xu Dexia is not known for writing megahit fairy tales but children still crowd around her for signatures whenever they meet her
11、.The 60-year-old woman is the editor-in-chief of a 1 for childrens literature.Having been 2 quality stories for more than 30 years,she is a storyteller of authority(权威),who knows children well.Children are 3 the countrys most desirable readers.This is evident from the 4 of publishing houses involved
12、 in childrens books:530 out of some 600 of them.The countrys most 5 childrens stories are imaginative fantasy tales since such stories 6 most to an“innocent,curious mind”.Children are 7 and born romantic.Their love for good stories is permanent.The magazines decades of success is based on the 8that
13、real literature is put out for them.The 9 minds are demanding and hard to interpret,and there is no tried and true recipe(秘诀)for an appealing story.By 10 books that fly off bookshelves,one can have a better idea of childrens tastes.The stories,which have very 11 to do with the game,are more than a b
14、attle with evil.They are situational descriptions which 12 emotional education.At the end of each chapter,there is a how-to-cope wise 13for the readers.Luolings Magic,a 14 of adventure stories that feature an otherworldly princess coming into grips with her magic home planet,while 15 the meaning of
15、friendship and family love,is the countrys first original childrens literature to reach the 1 million benchmark.“Todays kids choose their own reading 16,not what their parents suggest,”says Xu Dexia,who scouts(搜寻)around for childrens literature 17.Gao Wenyan,a well-read 12-year-old,would 18 through
16、the childrens section and pick out her 19,Alices Adventures in Wonderland.“I love it and have read it many times,because the book has all the right 20 that appeal to children:imagination,adventure and emotions.”1.A.newspaperB.playC.novelD.magazine2.A.readingB.introducingC.enjoyingD.studying3.A.amongB.beyondC.betweenD.at