2024-2025学年高二英语选择性必修第二册（配译林版）UNIT 2单元提能强化练.docx

单元提能强化练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Itwasonher14thbirthdaythatherfirstbook,IntheForestoftheNight,wasacceptedforpublication.Itwasahugesuccessgainingtheattentionofmillionsofyoungreaders.At16,hersecondnovel,DemoninMyView,alsoreachedthebookstores.Severalbookslater,theteenageauthorstillcontinuouslyworksinherroom,surroundedbyshelvesfullofdarktalesaboutvampires(吸血鬼)andwitches(女巫).AmeliaAtwater-RhodesiswidelyseenasAmerica’sfinestteenwriterandwasnamedoneofTeenPeople’s“20TeensWhoWillChangetheWorld”.

Bornin1984,shebeganmakingupstorieswhenshewasaboutthreeyearsold.“Ineverstoppedandsaid,‘Iwanttowrite’,”Ameliaremembers.“IlovedstoriesandcreatedstoriesbeforeIwasoldenoughtoknowhowtowritethemdown.”

Inherfamily,readingwasbasicandfun.“MyparentsencouragedmetoreadandtoreadanythingIwanted,solongasIwasreading,”shesaid.“TheyneverlimitedwhatIread.Later,whenIstartedwriting,theynevercriticizedwhatIdidorsaidIwas‘tooyoung’.TheyneversaiditwasimpossibleformetoachievewhatIhave.”

Inhershortbutsuccessfulcareer,Ameliahastrieddifferentstyles.Butvampireswerethefirstcharacterstoreallycomealiveinherwork.Fromthemshehasdevelopedawholeworld,onewhichshealwaysenjoyslearningmoreabout.

Asapublishedteenwriter,Amelia’sadvicetootherteenswhodreamofbeingauthorsis:justdoit!“Ibelieveanythingispossible.Don’tgiveupyourdreamsjustbecauseyoufearfailure.GettingabookpublishedisdifficultbutifIcandoit,otherscantoo.”

1.WhendidAmeliaAtwater-Rhodes’ssecondbookappearinbookstores?

A.In1984.B.In1987.

C.In1998. D.In2000.

2.WhatdoweknowaboutAmelia’sparents?

A.Theyhelpedherwithwritingstories.

B.Theyfullysupportedher.

C.Theythoughtshewastooyoungtoread.

D.Theychosewhatsheread.

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“them”inparagraph4referto?

A.Vampires. B.Teenagers.

C.