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1、东阳中学2018年下学期10月阶段考试卷高二英语第一部分听力(共两节,每小题1.5分,共30分)第一节:听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。第二部分阅读理解(共两节,共35分)第一节(共10个小题;每小题2.5分,共25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.并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AIn1812,theyearCharlesDickens
2、wasborn,therewere66novelspublishedinBritain.Peoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacentury——mostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719,butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.Thesteam-poweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages;theliteracy(识字)rateinEnglandwasunder50%
3、.Manyworksoffictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors,oftenwithsomethinglike “Byalady.”Novels,forthemostpart,werelookeduponassilly,immoralorjustplainbad.In1870,whenDickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,whohadleda
4、nexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadershipandwhosecharacters——fromOliverTwisttoTinyTim——wereheldupasmoral.TodayDickens’greatnessisunchallenged.Removinghimfromthepantheon (名人堂)ofEnglishliteraturewouldmakeaboutasmuchsenseastheLouvresellingofftheMonaLi
5、sa.HowdidDickensgettothetop?Forallthefeelingsreadersattachtostories,literatureisanumbergame,andthebestoftimeisextremelydifficulttopass.Some60,000novelswerepublishedduringtheVictorianage,from1837to1901;todayacasualreadermightbeabletonameahalf-dozenofthem.It'spartl
6、ytruethatDickens’styleofwritingattractedaudiencesfromallwalksoflife.It’spartlythathiswritingsrodeawaveofsocial,politicalandscientificprogress.Butit’salsothatherewrotethecultureofliteratureandputhimselfatthecenter.Noonewilleverknowwhatmixoftalent,ambition,energyan
7、dluckmadeDickenssuchadistinguishedwriter.Butasthe200thanniversaryofhisbirthapproaches,itispossible——andimportantforourownculture——tounderstandhowhemadehimselfalastingone.21.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesBritishnovelsinthe18thcentury?A.Theyweredifficulttounderst
8、and. B.TheywerepopularamongtherichC.Theywereseenasnearlyworthless D.Theywerewrittenmostlybywomen22.DickensiscomparedwiththeMonaLisainthetexttostress______