（湖北专用）高中英语 Unit 3 Learning about Language语篇训练（含解析） 新人教版必修3.docVIP

unit 3learning about language阅读理解adoes knowledge of a writers private life help to explain his works? its an age-old question, but its also one in which interest is aroused(激起)again by antonia frasers book about her life with harold pinter, must you go? the book is obviously a personal account rather than a study of the plays. all the same, id argue it sends a good deal of light on pinter, the dramatist(剧作家). i start from the belief that all information about a writer is helpful. in fact, one of the pleasures of writing pinters biography was discovering that nearly all his plays were started by some strong personal memory. this got me into trouble with some critics. i remember martin esslin, a great pinter scholar, arguing that i had reduced the value of pinters betrayal by linking it to the dramatists seven-year-long love affair with joan bakewell. but, as i saw it, that was simply the plays origin. all i had done, i hoped, reminded people that pinter was a writer who would make use of his own life experience. that point can also be seen from antonias book. theres an interesting account of a dinner with tom stoppard where pinter says that he doesnt plan his characters lives and then asks his fellow dramatist, “dont you find they take you over sometimes? ”, to which stoppard firmly replies, “no. ”that says a lot. one reason why the homecoming is a great play is that pinter allows his characters, almost unconsciously, to take over. despite stoppards many strengths, he tends to keep his characters under a much tighter control.again, theres an eye-opening passage in antonias book where she recalls a moment in 1983 when pinter refers back to his relationship with his former wife, vivien, “while she was alive, if you think about it, so much of my work was about unhappy frozen married relationships. ”in shortas stoppard once wroteinformation, in itself, about anything, is light. and modern biography, particularly in the hands of masters, has been helpful to literature by opening writers lives to public eyes. for that reason, among many others, i welcome antonia frasers book. 1. what is true about antonia frasers book? a. it is well received by the public. b. it carries antonias views about biography. c. it is helpful to the study of pinters works. d. it includes serious studies of pinters works. 2. what do the author of this article and martin esslin disagree on? a. the literary value of pinters betrayal. b. the literary value of the accounts of pinters life. c. the truthfulness of the contents of antonias book. d. the truthfulness of pinters love affair with joan bakewell. 3. what can we infer about pinter and stoppard? a. they treat their characters in different ways. b. stoppard has more strengths than pinter. c. they often have dinner together. d. they often argue with each other. 4. this article is probably. a. a feature storyb. a book reviewc. a news reportd. a biographybgalaxy saw a man and a woman who communicated with the sign language at the train station when she was on the way home one evening. she noticed that the woman asked the man for the direction. he told her that he did not know. galaxy decided to help them. she had learned the sign language when she served as a volunteer in the deaf and mute(聋哑)school. then she showed the woman the direction and left her email address to them in case they needed her help later. she received an email from that man the next day. kazrim was his name. galaxy replied his mail sincerely. they both started chatting online soon after and began seeing each other. although they only communicated with the sign language, it never bothered her. galaxy was fond of him gradually. obviously, kazrim was the same too. he presented galaxy with a bunch of sunflowers and asked her sincerely, “are you willing to be my girlfriend? ”galaxy was pleasantly surprised. she requested him to give her some time to persuade her parents. as she had expected, her parents were very angry after they had learned of their love story. galaxy explained, “kazrim is an excellent and a very optimistic person. he has a very positive attitude towards life and work. he cares for others always. he is 100% better than the normal. moreover, the mute is still a human. he should possess a perfect and wonderful love. ”her parents asked to see him, then. the very worried galaxy took kazrim home a few days later. when they were on the train, kazrim told her, “im going to tell your parents that ill be looking after you well with all my life! ”galaxy was deeply moved. as soon as they had entered the house, galaxy introduced him to her parents. she said, “this is kazrim. ”just right after her speech, an unbelievable thing happened. kazrim threw the gift away and held her in his arms tightly. he said, “you can talk? ”it was the same question that galaxy wanted to ask, too. the four people were shocked all of a sudden. as a matter of fact, kazrim always believed that galaxy was a mute and he still fell in love with her deeply. 5. how did galaxy and kazrim get to know each other? a. they met each other by chance. b. they were introduced to each other. c. they once studied at the same university. d. they both served in a special needs school. 6. how did galaxy probably communicate with kazrim before she took him home? a. writing words on paper. b. using the sign languagec. judging from his expressiond. speaking her native language. 7. what did galaxy expect her parents to do? a. to have a talk with kazrimb. to prepare for her marriage. c. to treat kazrim as a normal man. d. to accept kazrim as her boyfriend. 8. what can we learn about the two young people from the passage? a. they fell in love at first sight. b. they cheated each other to win love. c. they mistook each other for being mutes. d. they ignored the anger of galaxys parents.c“confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits(品质)in the americans. they show confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk. living and competing with all these confident american students, i find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor. as a student, being confident means you should never hesitate to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind. dont mind if it sounds simple or silly. otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all. whats worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issuethis is the last comment any graduate would like to receive.being confident for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if i did not get it. pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace. but the time i most need to be confident is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades i have given for their speeches(the course im teaching here is public speaking). modesty is a trait highly valued in china, but it wont be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good american graduate program. 9. to compete with american students its very important to. a. be quite confidentb. be polite and friendlyc. have more discussions with themd. understand what they think about10. a professor will have the worst opinion of a student who. a. gives a silly or simple answerb. tries to seize any chance to speak in classc. shows no interest in the coursed. is considered to have no opinion of his own11. the author is most likely to feel embarrassed if. a. he asks a student to repeat what he has saidb. the students bargain with himc. he pretends to know what he doesntd. he has to give a speech12. we can learn from the second paragraph that. a. we should also remain modest in americab. modesty doesnt help in americac. the americans also like modest peopled. modesty can help you through an american graduate program13. the passage is mainly developed by. a. providing examplesb. making comparisonsc. giving different figuresd. telling personal experiences答案解析【文章大意】本文主要叙述了作家的作品与作家的个人生活之间的关系。1. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。根据文章的前两段可知, antonia fraser的书有助于我们学习pinter这位剧作家的作品。故c项正确。2. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。根据第二段内容, martin esslin认为“我”将作家pinter与joan bakewell长达7年的恋爱与他的作品背叛联系在一起, 这样做降低了这部作品的价值, 可是“我”认为这正是该剧本创作的源泉。从这些叙述看, 作者与martin esslin的分歧是b, 描述pinter的个人生活的文学价值。3. 【解析】选a。推理判断题。根据第三段中stoppard和pinter的对话可推知, 他们对待自己故事人物的方式不同。4. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。本文主要从剧作家pinter的作品与其私人生活之间的关系出发探讨pinter的剧本, 因此这是一篇书评, 故选b项。【文章大意】galaxy和kazrim因为一次偶然的机会相遇并相爱。他们都误以为对方不会说话, 毅然决定走到一起。当galaxy带kazrim去见自己的父母时, 他们才惊讶地发现原来他们都能说话。5. 【解析】选a。推理判断题。从第一段可知, 在一次问路的过程中他们相识, 因此是偶然相识的。6. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第二段最