寒假作业2025年江苏中考英语阅读理解限时练习之阅读理解专项（含解析）

寒假作业2025年江苏中考英语阅读理解限时练习之 阅读理解专项 阅读理解 (一） （2024·金桥模拟） 阅读理解 The end of the year is drawing near, and winter is in full activity. The season brings along with its strong winds and snow — an environment that's never comfortable to be in. This unpleasant and even frightening part of winter can be often seen in literature. In Shakespeare's King Lear (1606), the king has given away his kingdom and been driven out by his two ungrateful daughters. He is out in the winter cold, suffering (遭受痛苦) things that are usually saved for the poorest and most unlucky human beings. The winter is bad enough for Lear, but being driven out by his family is worse. A song from another Shakespeare's play, As You Like It(1599), is fitting for this poor old man's situation: "Blow, blow, thou winter wind/Thou art not so unkind/As man's ingratitude (忘恩负义)". Here, winter is used to bring out the ugliness of inhumanity (无人性). There aren't many things that are worse than winter, according to Shakespeare. Once winter became less of a danger to human beings, it became more positive in literary works. Since Charles Dickens, the representation of the season in literature often has something to do with happy Christmas celebrations. The cold of the winter weather provides a contrast (对比) to the fun going on indoors. Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) was the start of this, but Christmas is still a common, cheery element (元素) in stories that feature winter scenes today. Consider the joy felt by Harry Potter and his friends in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) as they sit down for their festive meal： "Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat, roast turkeys; mountains of roast and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas; tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce." It is almost as much a pleasure to read about the meal as it might have been to eat it. Although winter still isn't the most cheerful season in novels and poems, it's safe to say that writers have surely "warmed up" since Shakespeare's days. 1．What can we learn from Shakespeare's works A．Winter is compared with the ugly side of humanity. B．Shakespeare didn't like winter for its bad weather. C．It's in winter when King Lear drove his two daughters off. D．King Lear was forced to give away his kingdom in a cold winter. 2．The author mentions Charles Dickens in the passage because ____. A．a lot of his works are related to winter. B．he started a new way of representing winter C．he is the most popular author of winter stories. D．his works make people feel cheerful in winter 3．The example of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is used mainly to show ____. A．Christmas is still a symbol of joy in modern stories. B．traditional Christmas food makes the winter cheery C．it's a pleasure to read Christmas-related books in winter D．winter has become the happiest season ... ...