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1、单元质量检测（一）(时间：100分钟满分：120分).阅读理解(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。AHistorical fiction helps kids learn about a specific time period. These stories help make history come alive.The Warlords KitesThe Warlords Kites is Virginia Pilegards fifth book about a young boy named Chuan. Kids i
2、n grades 24 reading the book are taken back to feudal (封建的) China to enjoy the adventures of Chuan as he constructs and flies a kite to fight against an enemy. Pilegards colorful use of imagery (形象化描述) and practical mathematics tricks pushes kids to read more and find out if Chuan can stop the invas
3、ion.George Washingtons SocksElvira Woodruffs George Washingtons Socks describes the story of a group of friends who travel back in time to the Revolutionary War. Their journey leads them to meet the Native Americans, cross the Delaware River and talk to George Washington. Written for children aged 9
4、12, the book explores the obvious hardships of war.On the Blue CometWritten by Rosemary Wells for kids in grades 47, On the Blue Comet tells the story of a young boy named Oscar who travels through time in search of his father. The book begins with the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and takes kids throu
5、gh the Great Depression. This historical piece both educates and entertains.Number the StarsLois Lowrys Number the Stars tells the story of Annemarie, whose family hides her best friend during the Nazis roundup of Jews during World War . Kids aged 1014 reading the story gain both an understanding of
6、 the Nazi occupation in Europe and the heroic nature of people when they are faced with tough choices.语篇解读：本文是应用文。文章介绍了四本适合青少年阅读的历史小说。1What makes kids enjoy reading The Warlords Kites?AThe story of a fierce war.BThe Chinese long history.CChuans rich imagination.DPilegards writing techniques.解析：选D细节理
7、解题。根据第二段中的最后一句可知，作者对故事情节形象化的描述，和文中实用的数学技巧的应用让孩子们对小说有读下去的欲望，也就是其独特的写作手法让孩子们对书产生极大的兴趣。2When does the story of Annemarie happen?ADuring the Great Depression.BDuring the Revolutionary War.CDuring the Second World War.DDuring the Stock Market Crash.解析：选C细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知，故事发生在二战时期。3Whats the authors purp
8、ose of writing the text?ATo tell some stories.BTo do historical research.CTo introduce some books.DTo look back on the past.解析：选C写作目的题。结合全文可知，文章介绍了四本适合青少年阅读的历史小说。BKazuo Ishiguro, who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, has a number of strings to his bow, or rather his guitar.The 64yearold is wor
9、ldfamous as a writer of fiction, but his early dream was to be a great singer and songwriter, like 2016s winner, Bob Dylan.As his name indicates, Ishiguro comes from a Japanese background, although he came to Britain from Japan at the age of 5 and is a British citizen who writes in English.He was ed
10、ucated at the University of East Anglia, a school that has become known for training writers.Ishiguros writing is highly selfcontained.This certainly gives his writing a quality in common with that of Jane Austen, an author to whom he is often compared.The best example of this is his novel The Remai
11、ns of the Day, which later became a successful film.The central character of the book is a butler (男管家) called Stevens.He is a loyal servant to an English lord, and a character who some people might call repressed.He misses out on affection and love because he will not admit his feelings to anyone.W
12、e have to read between the lines to uncover the “real” story, which isnt quite the one the butler is telling.Stevens finds it a challenge to communicate, and communication is often a theme in Ishiguros novels.In this authors works, there is a gap between our feelings and our ability to communicate t
13、hem.The Nobel Committee stressed it when talking about Ishiguros works: The writer has uncovered the abyss (深渊) beneath our unreal sense of connection with the world.语篇解读：本文描述了2017年诺贝尔文学奖得主石黑一雄的写作风格：大多沉静克制，但在平静的表面下却隐藏着巨大的情感力量。4What did Ishiguro want to be in the beginning?AA famous writer.BA guitar
14、player.CA second Bob Dylan. DA singer and songwriter.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段中的“but his early dream was to be a great singer and songwriter, like 2016s winner, Bob Dylan”可知，他早年的梦想是成为一位伟大的歌手和词曲作家，就像2016年的诺贝尔文学奖得主鲍勃迪伦那样。5Why is the story not quite the one Stevens tells in The Remains of the Day?ABecause he is
15、 not allowed to tell the truth.BBecause he misses out on what he desires.CBecause he doesnt express himself truly.DBecause he has low social status as a servant.解析：选C推理判断题。由第三段内容可知，石黑一雄的写作风格很克制，而他的小说The Remains of the Day是最佳范例；再根据第四段中的小说人物介绍“a character who some people might call repressed.He misses
16、 out on affection and love because he will not admit his feelings to anyone”可推知，The Remains of the Day的故事其实不像主人公Stevens讲述的那样，这是因为Stevens很克制，不会表达自己真实的情感。故选C项。6What does the underlined word “it” refer to?AThe authors sense of the world.BThe theme of Ishiguros works.CThe reason for choosing the winner.DOur ability to
