2024-2025學(xué)年高中英語Module2TheRenaissanceReadingandVocabulary課時作業(yè)含解析外研版選修8

Module2TheRenaissanceⅠ.閱讀理解In1812，theyearCharlesDickenswasborn，therewere66novelspublishedinBritain.Peoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacentury—mostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719—butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.Thesteam-poweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages；theliteracy(識字)rateinEnglandwasunder50%.Manyworksoffictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors，oftenwithsomethinglike“Byalady.”Novels，forthemostpart，werelookeduponassilly,immoralorjustplainbad.In1870，whenDickensdied，theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher，famousandbeloved，whohadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadershipandwhosecharacters—fromOliverTwisttoTinyTim—wereheldupasmoraltouchstones.TodayDickens'greatnessisunchallenged.Removinghimfromthepantheon(名人)ofEnglishliteraturewouldmakeaboutasmuchsenseastheLouvresellingofftheMonaLisa.HowdidDickensgettothetop？Forallthefeelingsreadersattachtostories，literatureisanumbersgame，andthetestoftimeisextremelydifficulttopass.Some60,000novelswerepublishedduringtheVictorianage，from1837to1901；todayacasualreadermightbeabletonameahalf-dozenofthem.It'spartlytruethatDickens'styleofwritingattractedaudiencesfromallwalksoflife.It'spartlythathiswritingsrodeawaveofsocial，politicalandscientificprogress.Butit'salsothatherewrotethecultureofliteratureandputhimselfatthecenter.Noonewilleverknowwhatmixoftalent，ambition，energyandluckmadeDickenssuchadistinguishedwriter.Butasthe208thanniversaryofhisbirthapproaches，itispossible—andimportantforourownculture—tounderstandhowhemadehimselfalastingone.本文是一篇記敘文。文章講解并描述了英國聞名作家查爾斯·狄更斯及其作品是如何奠定他在英國文學(xué)中的地位的。1．WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesBritishnovelsinthe18thcentury?A．Theyweredifficulttounderstand.B．Theywerepopularamongtherich.C．Theywereseenasnearlyworthless.D．Theywerewrittenmostlybywomen.答案：C解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)文章第一段最終一句“Novels，forthemostpart，werelookeduponassilly，immoralorjustplainbad.”可知，那時多半的小說被認(rèn)為是沒頭腦的、有悖道德的或糟糕透頂?shù)?。故C項“它們被認(rèn)為幾乎是沒有價值的”與原文相符。2．DickensiscomparedwiththeMonaLisainthetexttostress________.A．hisreputationinFranceB．hisinterestinmodernartC．hissuccessinpublicationD．hisimportanceinliterature答案：D解析：推理推斷題。依據(jù)文章其次段最終一句“Removinghimfromthepantheon(名人)ofEnglishliteraturewouldmakeaboutasmuchsenseastheLouvresellingofftheMonaLisa.”可知，把他從英國文學(xué)的名人中移除就跟盧浮宮廉價出售《蒙娜麗莎》的感覺一樣，可見狄更斯在英國文學(xué)史上的重要性，由此可推知D項正確。3．Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthetext?A．Torememberagreatwriter.B．TointroduceanEnglishnovel.C．Toencouragestudiesonculture.D．TopromotevaluesoftheVictorianage.答案：A解析：寫作意圖題。文章介紹了查爾斯·狄更斯在英國文學(xué)中的地位以及他是如何獲此殊榮的，以此來紀(jì)念查爾斯·狄更斯這位宏大作家。Ⅱ.七選五HowtoLoseFatAreyouinterestedinlosingyourbodyfattolookslimmer?Thisarticleconcentratesonlosingfat,notweightormuscle.Youwillnaturallylookslimmer,andbeandfeelmorehealthyandattractive.__1__Steps1．Doproperexercise.Theseareexercisesthatgetyourheartrateashighaspossibleandburnfat.__2__Doingatleastonehourofcardio(有氧運動)everydayalongwithonehourofstrengthtrainingafewdaysperweekisthebesthabit.Thiswillmakeyoulosefatfaster,combinedwithmuscleexerciseandahealthy,low-fatdiet.2．__3__Eatingwhole,unprocessedfoodsisthebestwaytonottakeintoomuchfat.Thismeanseatingfoodsthatareintheirnaturalstatesuchasfruitandvegetables.Buyrawfoodsandcookmeatyourself,withplantoil.Protein(蛋白質(zhì))helpsgainmuscles.Youcanfindproteininfoodslikemilk,fish,beefandeggs.Getfilledwithlowcaloriesfoodssuchasvegetables.__4__3．Watchwhatyoudrink.Don'tdrinksoda,alcoholandfruitjuiceallthetime,sincethesedrinkscontainalotof“emptycalories”whichwillonlyleadyoutoputonunnecessaryweight.Greenteaisgood,healthychoice.__5__Drinkonefullglassofwatereverymorningwhenyouwakeup—itissaidtomakeyouloseweightfaster.A．Buildmuscles.B．Dietandeathealthily.C．Theseexercisesincluderunning,jogging,swimming,etc.D．Readonifyouareinterestedinobtainingalloftheseadvantages!E．Thiswillmakeyoueatles