2019年高中英语 Module 3 Adventure in literature and the

1、1课时跟踪练（七）Introduction&Reading—Pre-readingⅠ.阅读理解ATHEBRONTEFAMILYYorkshireinEnglandwasthesettingfortwogreatnovelsofthe19thcentury.ThesewereCharlotteBronte'sJaneEyreandEmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights.Theyoungestsister,Anne,wasalsoagiftednovelist,andherbookshavethesameextraordinaryqualityashersisters'.TheirfatherwasPatrickBronte,borninIreland.Hemovedwithhiswife,MariaBronte,andtheirsixsmallchildrentoHaworthinYorkshirein1820.Soonafter,Mrs.Bronteandthetwoeldestchildrendied,leavingthefathertocareforthere。

2、mainingthreegirlsandaboy.Charlottewasbornin1816.Emilywasbornin1818andAnnein1820.TheirbrotherBranwellwasbornin1817.Lefttothemselves,thechildrenwroteandtoldstoriesandwalkedoverthehills.Theygrewuplargelyself­educated.Branwellshowedagreatinterestindrawing.Thegirlsweredeterminedtoearnmoneyforhisarteducation.Theytookpositionsasteachersortaughtchildrenintheirhomes.Aschildrentheyhadallwrittenmanystories.Charlotte,asayounggirl,alonewrote22books,eachwith60to100pagesofsmallhandwriting.Therefore,theyturnedt。

3、owritingforincome.By1847,CharlottehadwrittenTheProfessor;Emily,WutheringHeights;andAnne,AgnesGrey.AftermuchdifficultyAnneandEmilyfoundapublisher,buttherewasnointerestshowninCharlotte'sbook.(Itwasnotpublisheduntil1859.)However,onepublisherexpressedaninterestinseeingmoreofherwork.JaneEyrewasalreadystarted,andshehurriedlyfinishedit.Itwasacceptedatonce;thuseachofthesistershadabookpublishedin1847.JaneEyrewasimmediatelysuccessful;theothertwo,however,didnotdosowell.PeopledidnotlikeWutheringHeights.They。

4、saiditwastoowild,tooanimal­like.ButgraduallyitcametobeconsideredoneofthefinestnovelsintheEnglishlanguage.EmilylivedonlyashortwhileafterthepublicationofthebookandAnnediedin1849.CharlottepublishedShirleyin1849,andVillettein1853.In1854shemarried2ArthurBellNicholls.Butonlyayearlater,shediedoftuberculosis(肺结核)ashersistershad.语篇解读：本文主要讲述了英国女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特姐妹三人的一生及著作。1．WhatdidtheBrontesisterswanttodoforBranwell?A．Helphimwritestories.B．Helphimgettrainedinart.C．Teachhimhowtodrawwell.D．Teachhimhowtoeducatehimse。

5、lf.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句“Thegirlsweredeterminedtoearnmoneyforhisarteducation.”可知，勃朗特姐妹想资助Branwell学习美术。2．Weknowfromthetextthat________.A．JaneEyrewaspublishedin1847B．CharlotteBrontewrote22booksinallC．theBrontesistersreceivedagoodeducationD．PatrickBrontehelpedhisdaughterswiththeirwritings解析：选A推理判断题。根据第四段最后两句话可知，姐妹三个在1847年各出了一本书，而《简·爱》就是其中之一。因此正确答案为A项。3．Whichofthefollowingwaspublishedafterthedeathofitswriter?A．Shirley.B．Villette.C．AgnesGrey.D．TheProfessor.解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，夏洛蒂死于1855年。由第四段可知，她的著作《教。

6、师》是在1859年出版的。因此正确答案应为D项。4．WhatdoweknowabouttheBrontesistersfromthetext?A．Theirnovelsinterestedfewpublishers.B．Noneofthemhadmorethantwobookspublished.C．Noneofthemlivedlongerthan40yearsold.D．Emilywastheleastsuccessfulofthethree.解析：选C推理判断题。夏洛蒂出生于1816年，死于1855年；艾米莉生于1818年，死于“ashortwhileafterthepublicationofthebook”；安妮生于1820年，死于1849年。经计算可知，姐妹三个都没有活过40岁。BA12­year­oldgirlfromCaliforniabecamethewinnerofthe90thScrippsNationalSpellingBeeafterspelling35wordscorrectly.AnanyaVianyspent45minutesand21roundsgoin。

7、gbackandforthwith14­year­old3RohanRajeev,ofEdmond,Okla.ButRohanfinallymisspelledtheword“marram”，andAnanyawentontowinaftercoollyspellingtwomorewordscorrectly.Thewinningwordofthisyearwas“marocain”.AnanyawilltakehomemorethanD|S40,000incashandprizes.Formedin1925,theSpellingBeeisthenation'slargestandlongest­runningeducationalcontest(竞赛).Itaimsnotonlytoencouragechildrentoperfecttheartofspelling,butalsotohelpwidentheirknowledgeoftheEnglishlanguage.Participantscannotbeolderthanfourteen,norcantheybepastt。

8、heeighthgrade.ToqualifyfortheBee,aspellermustwinaregional(地区的)contest.Ananya'swinwasthefirstsinglevictoryinthreeyearsattheBee,withthecontestpreviouslyendingin_a_tiesince2013.Thebeeaddedatestthisyeartobreakthesituation.Ananyaisthe13thIndian­Americantowinthebeeinarow.Shestoodoutasanewcomerlastyear.Herscoreonthewrittenspellingandvocabularytestwouldhavebeenhighenoughtomakethetop50,butshemissedaword“multivalent”onstage.Asasixth­grader,shecouldhavecomebackfortwomoreyears,hadshefailed.Now,she'llreturno。

9、nlytohelppresentthetrophy(奖杯)tonextyear'swinner.Amongtheotherstandoutspellersthisyearwastheyoungestcontestantever,6­year­oldEdithFuller,fromTulsa,Okla.Butshewassenthomeintearsdespitespellingallofherwordscorrectly.Thegirldidnotgetahighenoughscoreinarequiredwrittenexam,forcinghertofailtoqualifyforthefinalround.语篇解读：2017年6月1日，第90届全美拼写大赛落下帷幕，年仅12岁的印度裔女孩AnanyaVinay摘得冠军。5．WhatcanwelearnabouttheScrippsNationalSpellingBee?A．ItisAmerica'slargestcontest.B．ItencouragesforeignerstolearnEnglish.C．ThefirstSpe。

10、llingBeewasheldin2013.D．Afourteen­year­oldchildinninthgradecan'tparticipateinit.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段“Participantscannotbeolderthanfourteen,norcantheybepasttheeighthgrade.”可知，参加者需同时满足14岁及其以下和八年级及其以下的要求，因此14岁在上九年级的孩子不能参加拼写大赛。6．Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“inatie”inParagraph4mean?A．Beingnotattractive.B．Withtwowinnersachievingthesamescores.4C．Beingcriticizedbythepublic.D．Withtwoplayersquittingthecompetition.解析：选B词义猜测题。根据画线词前一句“Ananya'swinwasthefirstsinglevictoryinthreeyearsattheBee”和后一句“Thebeeaddedatestthis。