阅读理解之说明文10篇(名校模拟)-（含解析）2024年中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题速递(广州专用)

2024年中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题速递(广州专用) 第五期 专题03 阅读理解之说明文10篇(名校模拟) （2024·广东广州·一模）William Butler Yeats, was an Irish poet and dramatist and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was born in Dublin on June 13,1865, His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry. Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments however were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama. Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition. Yeats is considered one of the few writers whose greatest works were completed after being awarded the Nobel Prize, which he won in 1923. He continued writing almost to the end of his life, producing his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, as there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between these ages. Such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929). After suffering from a variety of illnesses for several years, Yeats died in Menton, 1939. The last poem he wrote was the The Black Tower. After Yeats’s death, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the falling liners: Earth, receive an honoured guest: William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel (船) lie Emptied of its poetry. 1．What can you learn about Yeats’s family according to Paragraph 1 A．It was a happy family. B．It was shocked by Yeats’s choice. C．It was a typically wealthy family. D．It had an artistic atmosphere. 2．What does the underlined word “inherited” (in paragraph 1) probably mean A．failed to B．succeeded to C．gave up D．worried about 3．In what order did the following happen in Yeats’s life a. He won a Nobel Prize of Literature. b. He founded an Irish national theatre. c. He was dead in Menton. d. The Winding Stair was published. e. He wrote The Black Tower. A．b→a→e→d→c B．b→a→d→e→c C．a→b→d→c→e D．a→b→c→d→e 4．What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden’s lines A．Happiness. B．Sympathy. C．Emptiness. D．Admiration. （2024·广东广州·一模）When you think of a new place for growing food, you might think of Mars. But on ... ...