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2018-2019学年下学期高三期中考试卷

英 语

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第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）(略)

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had "seven fathers," because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

　　In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university's Writers' Workshop, however, she felt lonely－a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her "creative voice".

　　"It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn't think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That's when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn't write about."

　　Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book talks about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children's book, and a short-story collection.

　　21. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

　　A. She had seven brothers.

　　B. She felt herself a nobody.

　　C. She was too shy to go to school.

　　D. She did not have any good teachers.

　　22. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________.

　　A. run away from her family

　　B. develop her writing style

　　C. make a lot of friends

　　D. search for a husband

　　23. According to Cisneros, what was the key factor in her success?

　　A. Her feeling of being different.

　　B. Her training in the Workshop.

　　C. Her childhood experience.

　　D. Her early years in college.

　　24. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

　　A. It is quite popular among students.

　　B. It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros.

　　C. It wasn't a success as it was written in Spanish.

　　D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

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