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1、阅读强化训练(十六) (建议用时：25分钟) 阅读理解Don Quixote，the classic by Spanish Renaissance writer Cervantes，has inspired literary movements from the 18thcentury picaresque novels to the most special works of the 21stcentury postmodernism and has provided the power for critical works by everyone from Thackeray to Ort
2、egay Gasset.Shakespeare paid Cervantes(his contemporary) the rare compliment of using Quixote as source material for one of his later plays，Cardenio.The concept of the novel is simple：Alonso Quijano，a landowner from La Mancha，is attracted by the books about knights(骑士)Driven mad by the special plots
3、，characters and philosophy in these 17thcentury novels，Quijano decides to bring dignity back to the lost profession of knight under the name Don Quixote.He carries a sword，a suit of armor(盔甲) and a horse，and sets out into Spain.The first few scenes involve Quixote alone against the world，meeting var
4、ious people，but before a hundred pages Cervantes introduced Sancho Panza，Quixotes talkative squire(侍从)In the endless discussions，Quixotes crazy conception of the world is brought crashing to earth by Sanchos practical ideas.The reader faces，at the same moment，an ideal view of the world and the cruel
5、 facts of the actual world.Quixotes insistence on his own reality in the face of arguments to the contrary makes him an interesting character because we know that Quixote is just wrong.Yet，despite all of the pain he suffers in pursuit of that wrong，he continues to believe that hes right.So we read o
6、n page after page，waiting to see how much more the man who considers himself a knight is able to take before he gives in.Just as Quixote builds his castles from criminal campfires，we build our understanding of Cervantes Spain，which was so cruelly real and so dreamlike.We，like Don Quixote，are driven
7、to hallucinate(产生幻觉) by what might be，in the end，just a very good story.【解题导语】本文主要介绍了西班牙文艺复兴代表作家塞万提斯的著作堂吉诃德。1We can learn from the first paragraph that Don Quixote _Ais not very popular among young peopleBchanged the writing style of ShakespeareCwasnt well recognized at Cervantes timeDhas great infl
8、uence in the field of literatureD解析：细节理解题。根据第一段Don Quixote.has inspired literary movements from.power for critical works可知，堂吉诃德在文学领域具有巨大的影响力。2Alonso Quijano sets out into Spain to seek _Agreat wealthBreal knowledgeCknight spirit Dpersonal experienceC解析：推理判断题。根据第二段Quijano decides to bring dignity bac
9、k to the lost profession of knight.可推断，Quijano即堂吉诃德本人所追求的是骑士精神。3According to Paragraph 3，the novel mainly _Adescribes the changes of a personBfocuses on the social problems in SpainCcriticizes the literary works in the 17th centuryDdeals with the conflict between ideal and realityD解析：细节理解题。根据第三段Quix
10、otes crazy conception of the world.cruel facts of the actual world.可知，堂吉诃德主要探讨了理想与现实的冲突。4Whats the authors purpose of writing this text?ATo introduce and comment on Don Quixote.BTo explain the new meaning of Don Quixote.CTo discuss the development of Spanish Renaissance.DTo analyse the characteristi
11、cs of Renaissance literature.A解析：写作意图题。根据文章内容可知，本文是一篇书评，主要介绍并评论了堂吉诃德这部著作。 完形填空When you think about all the technological revolutions around us，it makes you wonder if things are really better.In some cases，the 1 are good；in others，not so much.For instance，everything I buy on Amazon involves 2 a few b
12、uttons on my phone and waiting for items to 3 If there is a problem, I 4 the problem by email to Amazon and an email comes back with 5 on shipping the item back to the seller.It is my understanding if you have Alexa，an intelligent personal assistant，you can 6 your stuff through her and give her othe
13、r 7 tasks such as turning off the lights or turning on the music.You have to believe if Alexa can understand your specific commands she can 8 understand everything you are saying.This sometimes annoyed me.Once，I went to the kitchen and found I was out of milk.“Alexa，would you 9 milk on the list？”“Im
14、 wondering if skim milk(脱脂牛奶) would be a 10 choice because your weight seems to be increasing rapidly.”“I dont need this sort of thing.”“ 11 you may.”An argument happened and a silence 12 I unplugged(拔掉插头) her later.After that，I called Amazon and 13 a very pleasant girl on the phone.She laughed when
15、 I told her I was tired of Alexa and I wanted to change her 14 The girl said once the artificial intelligence advances to a certain stage，it would be very 15 to change the operating data.To solve my problem，she suggested 16 Alexa with a new one.I was 17 the new one would be another “Jeannie”，a film character，whose kindness ends up bringing much 18 I asked if the new one will serve me well.She ensured that it would， 19 I needed to pay extra $50 per month.I thanked her for her perfect 20 and ended the conversation by saying，“Im sorry，but whats your name
