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第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Very little is known of Emily Elizabeth Dickinson as the American poet always kept toherself and lived a life of solitude（独居）. She was born on 10th December 1830 at Am⁃herst， Massachusetts to Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She had an older brother，Austin， and a younger sister named Lavinia.

From 1840 to 1847， Emily Dickinson studied at the Amherst Academy， an academicinstitution that was co⁃founded by her grandfather， Samuel Fowler Dickinson. In 1847， shestudied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary（now known as Mount Holyoke College）butreturned to Amherst only after a year， and began her own unique life. After returning fromthe Seminary， Emily Dickinson withdrew from all social contact and refused to entertainguests. She chose to dress herself only in white and spent most of her time inside her room.She started writing poems at around this time. Her initial forays（最初的尝试）were con⁃ventional（传统的）， but later on， she experimented until she developed her own uniquestyle.

The 1860s contributed greatly to Emily Dickinson’s writing style and content. The USCivil War broke out in 1861. Her closest friends， Samuel Bowles， moved to Europe forhealth reasons， and Charles Wadsworth was relocated to San Francisco. In addition， shealso had persistent eye trouble. Although these years were very troublesome for Emily Dick⁃inson， this could also be considered as the most productive period of her life. During thistime， Emily Dickinson wrote around 800 poems.

Emily Dickinson never married and died on May 15， 1886. Her poems were publishedby her sister， Lavinia， in 1886. During her life， only seven poems were published， but Em⁃ily Dickinson has penned almost 2，000 poems.

1. What happened to Emily Dickinson in 1848？

A. She studied at the Amherst Academy.

B. She went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.

C. She felt lonely and returned to Amherst.

D. She began her life of solitude.

2. What can we infer from the third paragraph？

A. Emily Dickinson’s writing was set in the US Civil War.

B. Two of Emily Dickinson’s closest friends deserted her in 1861.

C. Emily Dickinson made fruitful achievements in the 1860s.

D. Emily Dickinson developed her own unique style.

3. When were most of Emily Dickinson’s poems published？

A. After her death in 1886.

B. During the US Civil War.

C. During her university time.

D. Before her death in 1886.

B

A new 20⁃volume collection of the late Chinese writer Wang Zengqi’s works was pub⁃lished by Zhejiang Literature & Art Publishing House， as a way to celebrate the 100th anni⁃versary of his birth.

Born in 1920， Wang was a reputed contemporary Chinese novelist， essayist and Pe⁃king Opera writer. At the National Southwest Associated University in 1939， he studied un⁃der the supervision of Shen Congwen， widely considered to be one of the greatest Chinesewriters. He was especially popular among readers for his faithful， vivid descriptions ofpeople and the details of daily things， gourmet dishes in particular.

He saw， first⁃hand， the development of the modern Chinese literary tradition after theMay Fourth Movement in 1919. He was not just an observer， but an important participantand builder of socialist literary traditions after 1949， and then， again， arguably a leader of the modern literary tradition established in the 1980s.

“This 20⁃volume collection reflects Wang’s literary view and writing style in a generalsense，”said Wang Lang， the eldest son of Wang Zengqi.

“They don’t reflect the whole picture of his writing， however. There was also a timewhen he was furious and wrote articles about social issues. It was also his view that writersshould take social responsibility. Although his works in this respect are limited， they arean important part of his writing career，”Wang Lang said.

One outstanding characteristic of Wang Zengqi’s writing is the use of colloquial lan⁃guage， which combined his mother tongue of Gaoyou from Jiangsu Province and the Beijingdialect， because he worked in the capital for a long time， said Li Er， deputy director of theNational Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. An exhibition of Wang Zengqi’s paintingsis currently running at the museum.

Unlike many other popular writers in the 1980s， Wang Zengqi remains popular amongtoday’s readers.

4. What makes Mr Wang popular among readers？

A. The vivid descriptions of surroundings.

B. The vivid descriptions of daily details.

C. The faithful descriptions of scenes.

D. The faithful descriptions of opera.

5. What is Mr Wang famous for？

A. Essays.

B. Poems.

C. Peking Opera.

D. Reports.

6. What did Mr Wang contribute a lot to？

A. Vividly describing people.

B. Establishing Peking Opera.