D项。

　　2．What is Thomas Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree considered to be?

　　A．One of his masterworks.

　　B．His first popular success.

　　C．His best novel in perfection of art.

　　D．One of his best collections of poems.

　　C　解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句"Under the Greenwood Tree(1872) was never surpassed(超越) in happy and delicate perfection of art．"可知，《绿树林下》在艺术的恰当和熟练方面从未被超越。

　　3．Which of the following is one of his novels of character and environment?

　　A．Desperate Remedies.

　　B．A Pair of Blue Eyes.

　　C．Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

　　D．The Dynasts.

　　C　解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第三句"This was the earliest of what he called his novels of character and environment, which included The Return of the Native, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, his masterpiece, and Jude the Obscure．"可知，Tess of the d'Urbervilles是性格和环境小说，故选C。

　　4．What type of writing is this text?

　　A．A novel． B．A biography.

　　C．A book review. D．A news report.

　　B　解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了作家Thomas Hardy和他的一些作品，属于人物传记，故选B。

　　B

　　(2019·昆明高三调研)A study of 500，000 songs released(发行) in the U．K. between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music had decreased in happiness and increased in sadness.

In a report published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their mood. "'Happiness' is going down,'sadness' is going up, and at the same time, the songs are becoming more 'danceable' and more 'party­like'，" co­author Natalia L. Komarova told The Associated Press.