2024年4月8日发(作者：)

Unit 5 The Value of Money A卷 基础夯实——人教版

（2019）必修第三册单元测试AB卷

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood

lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he

remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited(继承) excellent taste in art from his

family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly

drama and poetry.

Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task of

founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not

received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.

Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter

includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he

brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which

led him to worldwide recognition.

He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing

almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a

minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works

between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the

following lines :

Earth, receive an honored guest :

William Yeats is laid to rest.

Let the Irish vessel(器皿) lie

Emptied of its poetry.

of the following can describe Yeats's family?

filled Yeats's childhood with laughter.

was a typically wealthy family.

. tion.

was shocked by Yeats's choice.

had an artistic atmosphere.

ess. hy.

kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?

is the passage mainly about?

's literary achievements.

's artistic ambition.

's historic influence.

's national honor.

B

I was deeply moved by the kindness of an elderly flower seller at Sydney's Central Station one evening.

I was feeling as cold as the winter winds quickening the steps of the people who buried chins (下巴) in

scarves and hands deep into coat pockets. In many ways, 2020 had proven an arduous year. My teenage

daughter had left home for university, my job of 23 years was no more, and a creative project I'd given my

all to for years had also been suddenly called off. I also found out a person I considered a friend was far

from it.

A year earlier, I'd dreamt about an earthquake. In the dream, a red light flashed inside a building and

then the earth began to rock. Walls fell down on me as I ran into the open, feeling sorry for the people I

hadn't loved enough. Before I was buried completely by the falling world, I shouted, "Abuelo, ayudame,"

in my native Spanish. "Grandfather, help me!"

Now, with the very real aftershocks of a series of unexpected endings, I walked into a little flower shop

to buy a gift for a friend. The gentleman at the shop looked at me and turned away for a moment, returning

with a fragrant flower. "For you. You need to smile today," he said in a rich and beautiful accent, offering

me the flower with eyes full of care. It took all my strength not to cry. Then he gave me a grandfatherly

hug that made me want to tell him everything.

Instead, I thanked him and headed for the train. How did he know? I wondered. For the first time in

weeks, I felt hope.

underlined word in the second paragraph means "__________".

d gful

is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.A detailed description of the author's dream.

help that the author got from his grandfather.

earthquake that the author came across before.

author's sorry thoughts for the people he hadn't loved enough.

drove the author to walk into the flower shop?

A.A series of unexpected things.

gentleman in the flower shop.

did the author feel hope in the end?

e the gentleman showed his concern for the author.

e the gentleman gave the author a grandfatherly hug.

e the gentleman at the shop sent him a fragrant flower.

e the gentleman said some words in a rich and beautiful accent.

C

The number of people in my house has grown from six to seven recently. A young man from Spain has

come to spend six weeks with us. He is not an ordinary young man; he's actually my second cousin, and is

here to spend time with this side of the family, and of course, to learn English.

fragrant flowers in the shop.

idea of sending a gift to a friend.