2020年高中英语牛津译林版选修8阅读强化训练六20

1、阅读强化训练(六)(建议用时：25分钟) 阅读理解Criticisms of the Common Core curriculum(课程) have mostly centered on its attention to keeping things new，fresh and relevant.English classrooms are now asked to focus on current events，rather than timeless works，for fear of losing students interest.Thats good news for student

2、s hoping to enter fields like science，tech，and journalism but notsogood news for those interested in the arts.Even kids who arent longing to(渴望) write poetry might benefit from reading it，however，as it aids selfreflection and patternforming.But classic poetry hasnt been excluded from public school c

3、lassrooms just yet.Organizations like Get Lit，a nonprofit based in LA and run by former teacher Diane Luby Lane，are keeping it alive.Founded in 2006，Get Lit began as a onewoman show performed by Lane，which developed into a curriculum she began teaching at public high schools in California.Today，her

4、lesson plans meet Common Core standards，and are taught at over 100 public high schools in the state.The process of the lessonplanturnedartwork is simple：participants select classic poems，then write and perform their own spokenword responses.The poems then can qualify for the organizations Classic Sl

5、am.Some have even been selected to be included in a book，Get Lit Rising：Words Ignite.Claim Your Poem.Claim Your Life.According to the publisher，the teens included in the book come from a variety of backgroundssome are battling with mental illness or eating disorders，others have parents who are in pr

6、ison，and still others are homeless.Lane says that classic poetry isnt just the language of the upper classes.In an interview with LA Weekly，she said，“It makes me so angry because we decide，Well，if youre going to go to classes，youd better bring hip hop(嘻哈)here because thats what the kids like.”Lane b

7、elieves both hip hop and the classics matter.Both Walt Whitman and Kendrick Lamar deserve to go down in history and to be taught in schools.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。Get Lit公益组织将经典诗歌引进校园，带领学生致敬经典的同时创造属于自己的经典作品。1What do we know about the Common Core curriculum?AIt has been praised all the time.BIt focuses on cu

8、rrent events.CIt ruins students interest.DIt is homeworkcentered.B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的focus on current events，rather than timeless works可知，该课程重视时事。2What does the author think of poetry learning?AInteresting. BBeneficial.CUpsetting. DTough.B解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的Even kids who arent longing to(渴望) write poetry

9、might benefit from reading it，however，as it aids selfreflection and patternforming.可知，作者认为学习诗歌很有益处。3What can we learn about Get Lit?AIt aims to select classic poetry.BIt puts on talk shows worldwide.CIt is a poetry learning curriculum.DIt is unacceptable by many students.C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的which devel

10、oped into a curriculum可知，Get Lit已经演变成一种课程。4What is Lanes opinion on classic poetry?AIt is more important than hip hop.BIt should be given more attention.CIt is the language of upper classes.DIt fails to attract most students interest.B解析：推理判断题。根据末段内容可推断，Lane认为经典作品值得学习，应受到更多重视。 完形填空One day a professo

11、r entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were seated and 1 the test to begin. Once the professor was done with 2 the test papers, he asked all students to turn the test pages and begin.The students were 3 to see that there was no question but just a black dot

12、(点) in the center of the page. The professor 4 the students expression and told them，“I want you to write about what you 5 there.”The students then started the test. At the end of the 6 ， the professor took all answer sheets(答卷) and 7 reading each answer. All of them gave a(n) 8 of the black dot and

13、 tried to explain its position. After the professor finished reading, all the students were 9 Now, the professor began to explain，“Dont worry. Im not going to give you 10 for this but I just want you to 11 about something. Here everyone 12 the white paper and focused on the black dotthe 13 is with o

14、ur lives.The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents 14 in our life. Actually, we always have reasons to 15 our friends around us, the job that provides us with our livelihood, etc. 16 ， we just focus on health issues, lack of money, and the 17 . We never see that these problems are very 18 compared with everything