2023年河南中考英语阅读理解D篇

语篇

Have you heard of Oliver Twist or Peter Pan? These are just some of the characters (角色) that have been created by British writers.

Geoffrey Chaucer was a famous poet in the 1300s. He wrote poetic short stories about people travelling to Canterbury. ____16____

Probably the most famous British writer was William Shakespeare. In the late 1500s and early 1600s, Shakespeare wrote plays that became famous all over the world. ____17____ Some of his plays were comedies, such as Twelfth Night, others were tragedies (悲剧), such as King Lear.

____18____ Early stories were often printed a chapter (章节) at a time in a newspaper. People would have to get the newspaper every week to read the whole story. One of the most famous stories Oliver Twist, was written by Charles Dickens at that time.

____19____ Maybe you have heard of some of them. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the adventure novel Treasure Island. J. M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan and Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Do you know a teddy bear called Winnie the Pooh? ____20____ And it is still one of children’s favorite characters.

There are so many famous characters in British plays, novels and poetry. What other characters do you know?

试题

根据材料内容，从下而五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A. It was created by A. A. Milne.

B. They are still very popular today.

C. British people love reading stories.

D. The stories are called The Canterbury Tales.

E. There are many children’s books by British writers.

答案

16. D    17. B    18. C    19. E    20. A

解析

【导语】本文主要介绍了英国的戏剧、小说和诗歌以及其中的著名人物。

【16题详解】

根据“He wrote poetic short stories about people travelling to Canterbury”可知他写了一些关于去坎特伯雷旅行的人的富有诗意的短篇小说，选项D“这些故事被称为《坎特伯雷故事》”符合语境。故选D。

【17题详解】

根据“Shakespeare wrote plays that became famous all over the world”可知莎士比亚的戏剧非常有名，选项B“它们现在仍然很受欢迎”符合语境。故选B。

【18题详解】

根据“...People would have to get the newspaper every week to read the whole story”可知英国人喜欢读故事，选项C“英国人爱读故事”符合语境。故选C。

【19题详解】

根据“Maybe you have heard of some of them. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the adventure novel...”可知此处介绍了儿童故事，选项E“有许多英国作家写的儿童读物”符合语境。故选E。

【20题详解】

根据“Do you know a teddy bear called Winnie the Pooh”可知此处介绍这个角色相关的信息，选项A“它是由A.A.米尔恩创造的”符合语境。故选A。