湖南省郴州市2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题.pdfVIP

湖南省郴州市2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

学校姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

Awriter’shomeisakindofautobiography,andvisitingtheplacewhereagreatworkof

literaturewaswrittengivesyouadeeperunderstandingofboththebookandthepersonwho

wroteit.Herearesomefamouswriters’housestocheckout.

Emersonlivedinthishousefor46yearsuntilhisdeathin1882andwrotehisessays

andSelfRelianceinastudyonthefirstfloor,althoughhissonlatersaidthat

Emerson’s“realstudy”wasnearbyWaldenWoods.

MargaretMitchell’sApartment

ForGonewiththeWindfans,MargaretMitchell’shouseistheirdreamplace.Mitchell

movedintoApartmentNo.1ofthisbuildingwhenshejustgotmarriedin1926andlived

thereforsixyears.Sheworkedonhernovelonatableinthelivingroom.Whenthenovel

wasacceptedforpublicationin1935,itimmediatelybecameabighit.

WilliamFaulkner’sRowanOak

RowanOak,Faulkner’shomeforalmost30years,iswherehewrotemanyofhismajor

works,includingLightinAugust.Inhisstudy,hesometimeswrotehisplotstructuresonthe

wall,andthenpaintedoverthemwhenhefinishedthebook.Infact,youcanstillseetheplot

forhisnovelAFablepenciledonthewallrightwhereheleftit.

ErnestHemingway’sHouse

ErnestHemingwaylivedinthishouseforthemostproductiveeightyearsofhislife.He

wrotemostofhismajorworksinhisoffice,whichyoucouldonlygettobywalkingacrossa

bridgethatextendedfromtheupstairsbedroom.Almosteverythinginthehousehadastory.

1Whichofthefourplaceshouseditsownerforthelongesttime?

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ARalphWaldoEmerson’sHouse.BMargaretMitchell’sApartment.

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CWilliamFaulkner’sRowanOak.DErnestHemingway’sHouse.