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1、2022高考英语一轮选训习题 Unit 4 Pygmalion（含解析）新人教版选修8一、阅读理解AThe Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize has apparently still been unable to contact Bob Dylan about his acceptance of the honour. On Thursday, Dylan gave a concert in Las Vegas and didnt mention the fact that he had just won the worlds most h
2、onoured literary award. He didnt acknowledge it on Friday when he performed in Coachella, either. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, he said that hed “absolutely” attend the ceremony “if its at all possible”， and he finally called the Academy to accept the prize though later he wrote a person
3、al letter to the Academy, which said he would not receive the award in person at the December ceremony in Stockholm. But what would happen if Dylan had continued to screen the Academys calls? JeanPaul Sartre is the only known winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature to have declined the award volunta
4、rily; he had written a letter to the mittee in 1964 asking not to be considered at all, but these were the days before email, and the letter arrived when they had already decided to give it to him that year. Sartre believed every individual is responsible for creating a purpose for their life. By ac
5、cepting the prize, Sartre would have to associate himself with the institution that honoured him. “It is not the same thing if I sign JeanPaul Sartre or if I sign JeanPaul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner，” he plained. “A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution(名流), even
6、if it takes place in the most honourable form.”Other writers have declined it because they feared persecution(迫害). The Soviet writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn did not travel to Stockholm for his ceremony in 1970, because he was concerned that the Soviet Union would not allow him to return afterwards. T
7、he mittee refused Solzhenitsyns request for a public ceremony at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow, so he initially turned down the prize, but formally accepted it in 1974 after he was exiled (放逐) But while it is possible to refuse to accept the prize money, it isnt possible to refuse the title. Accordi
8、ng to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prizes cannot ever be returned.【文章大意】本文讲述的是2016诺贝尔文学奖的获得者Bob Dylan最初忽视自己获得诺贝尔奖的事实，并列举了其他拒绝诺贝尔奖的作家。如果拒绝接受诺贝尔奖，会发生什么呢？【难句分析】On Thursday, Dylan gave a concert in Las Vegas and didnt mention the fact that he had just won the worlds most honoured literary
9、 award.(第一段第二句)分析：句中that引导同位语从句，说明the fact的内容。译文：在周四，Drlan在拉斯维加斯举行音乐会并且没有提及他刚获得世界上最受尊崇的文学奖项的事实。1. Which word can replace the underlined word “screen” in Paragraph 1?AIgnore. BExamine.CAbuse. DBlame.答案与解析：A考查词义猜测。根据第一段的内容可知，一开始瑞典文学院联系不到Bob Dylan，而他在公开场合也不曾提及获奖事宜，故可推知，画线词的意思是“忽视，不予理睬”，故选A项。2. Why did
10、Sartre refuse the Nobel Prize?ATo keep things unchanged.BHe thought ill of the prize.CTo avoid adding weight to his name.DThe mittees letter arrived too late.答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution(名流)，even if it takes place in the most honou
11、rable form.”可知，JeanPaul Sartre认为作家必须拒绝把自己变成一个名流，即使是以最尊贵的形式也不行。由此可推知，他拒绝接受诺贝尔文学奖的原因是他不想让这个奖使他名声大噪。故选C项。3. What did Solzhenitsyn ask the mittee to do?AHelp him travel to Stockholm.BAward him in Moscow.CPublish his works worldwide.DProtect him from being prisoned.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The mittee refuse
12、d Solzhenitsyns request for a public ceremony at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow”可知，Solzhenitsyn曾向委员会要求在莫斯科瑞典大使馆颁奖，但被委员会拒绝了。故选B项。4. What would be the possible result if Dylan refused the award?AThe prize money would belong to him.BThe award would be still listed in his name.CHe would be forced to atte
13、nd the ceremony. DSomeone else would accept the title instead.答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“.it isnt possible to refuse the title. According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prizes cannot ever be returned.”可知，拒绝诺贝尔奖的头衔是不可能的，且诺贝尔奖不能退还。由此可推知选B项。BCrossing your legs is an extremely mon habit; mos
14、t people dont even notice that theyre doing it when they sit down. While you may find it fortable to sit with one knee crossed over the other, it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.A study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring stated that sitting with your legs crossed can i
15、ncrease your blood pressure. The reason for this is that the blood in your legs has to work against gravity to be pumped back to your heart and that crossing one leg over the other increases resistance, making it even harder for the blood to circulate. This causes your body to increase your blood pr
16、essure to push the blood back to the heart. You wont feel any immediate effects, but repeated, drawn-out increases in blood pressure can cause long-term health issues. So, planning to sit for a long period of time? Dont keep your legs crossed.Crossing your legs at the knee can also cause pressure on the major nerve in your leg that passes just below your knee
