2018-2019学年高中一轮复习英语选修六Unit2高考拆组训练.doc

选修六Unit2高考拆组训练

阅读理解组块专练——练速度

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(2018·余杭高级中学高三二模)GwendolynBrookswasthefirstAfricanAmericantowinaPulitzerPrizeforLiterature.GwendolynBrookswrotehundredsofpoemsduringherlifetime.Shehadmorethan20bookspublished.ShewasknownaroundtheworldforusingpoetrytoincreaseunderstandingaboutblackcultureinAmerica.

Herpoemsdescribedconditionsamongthepoor,racialinequalityanddruguseintheblackmunity.Shealsowrotepoemsaboutthestrugglesofblackwomen.Butherskillwasmorethanherabilitytowriteaboutstrugglingblackpeople.Shewasanexpertatthelanguageofpoetry.ShebinedtraditionalEuropeanpoetrystyleswiththeAfricanAmericanexperience.

Inherearlypoetry,GwendolynBrookswroteabouttheSouthSideofChicago.TheSouthSideofChicagoiswheremanyblackpeoplelive.Inherpoems,theSouthSideiscalledBronzeville.Itwas“AStreetinBronzeville”thatgainedtheattentionofliteraryexpertsin1945.Criticspraisedherpoeticskillandherpowerfuldescriptionsabouttheblackexperienceduringthetime.TheBronzevillepoemswereherfirstpublishedcollection.

In1950,GwendolynBrooksbecamethefirstAfricanAmericantowinthePulitzerPrizeforLiterature.Shewontheprizeforhersecondbookofpoemscalled“AnnieAllen”.“AnnieAllen”isacollectionofpoetryaboutthelifeofaBronzevillegirlasadaughter,awifeandmother.Sheexperiencesloneliness,loss,deathandbeingpoor.Ms.Brookssaidthatwinningtheprizechangedherlife.

Hernextworkwasanovelwrittenin1953called“MaudMartha”.“MaudMartha”receivedlittlenoticewhenitwasfirstpublished.Butnowitisconsideredanimportantworkbysomecritics.Itsmainideasaboutthedifficultlifeofmanywomenarepopularamongfemalewriterstoday.

Insomeofherpoems,GwendolynBrooksdescribedhowwhatpeopleseeinlifeisaffectedbywhotheyare.Oneexampleisthispoem,“CornersontheCur