小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com选择性必修第三册UNIT8LITERATURE(二)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(★)Whatdoesitmeantocryoverabook？“I’mareaderwhodidnotweep.”RuthGraham，awell-knowncritic，wrote.“Doesthismakemeheartless？Ordoesitmakemeagrown-up？”Tearshaveplayedasurprisinglyimportantpartinthehistoryofthenovel.Readershavealwaysaskedabouttherolethatemotionplaysinreading：Whatdoesitmeantobedeeplymovedbyabook？Whichbooksareworthyobjectsofourfeelings?Indifferenttimes，peopleansweredthosequestionsindifferentways.Inthe18thcentury，whenthenovelwasstillanewform，cryingwasasignofreaders’virtue.“Sentimental”novels，fulloftouchingscenes，gavereadersanoccasiontoexercisetheir“finerfeelings”．Yourtearprovedyoursusceptibility(易感性)tothesufferingofothers.Atthattime，sentimentalnovelswerehugelypopular，butalsoeasytoattack.Tears，afterall，hadnonecessaryconnectiontoactualvirtue，andtheycouldbefake.Therecouldalsobetoomanyofthem.AsthecriticJohnMullanpointsout，bytheendoftheeighteenthcentury，theword“sentimental”hadacquiredanewmeaning“addictedtoindulgence(沉溺)insuperficial(肤浅的)emotion”—bringingitclosertothemeaningthatithasforustoday.Inthe19thcenturythemeaningoftearsevolvedintwodifferentdirections.Somewriterssoughttowaken“higher”feelingsintheirreaders：Victoriansentimentalistswrotetouchingscenesinanefforttoinspiresocialandpoliticalreform.However，the“sensation”novel，adifferenttypeofVictorianbest-seller，showedthattearscouldbeenjoyableinthemselves.Sensationnovelsweretheforerunners(先导)ofthemodernthrillerandmystery.Heavyonsecrets，andmadness，theywereknownforcreatingphysical“sensations”intheirreaders—trembling，afastbeatingheart，andtears.Buttheseweretearswithoutmoralpurposeoreffect.Today’sdebateaboutcryingwhilereadinglooksbackonallofthishistory.Thedebate，infact，isaboutwhybooksmattertous，andwhatreadingis“for”．Talkingaboutwhatmakesuscryisawayoftalkingaboutourselves.1．Whatwaspeople’sattitudetowardscryingovernovelsintheearly18thcentury?A．Doubtful.B．Positive.C．Unclearing.D．Worried.2．Whatcanweknowabout“sensation”novelsaccordingtoparagraph5?A．Theyweresimilartothemodernthrillerandmystery.B．Theywerethesameassentimentalnovels.小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.comC．Theywereaimedforsocialandpoliticalreform.D．Theywereintendedtoamusethereaders.3．Howdoestheauthorpresentthistext?A．Byprovidingexamples.B．Bymakingcomparisons.C．Byfollowingtheorderoftime.D．Byfollowingtheorderofimportance.4．What’sthebesttitleforthetext?A．CryingWhileReadingThroughCenturiesB．TheHistoryoftheNovelC．SentimentalNovels&SensationNovelsD．WhyBooksMattertoUsBAnewstudyfoundsomeprimates(灵长类)areleavingtheirtreehomesandspendingmoretimeontheground.LedbyTimothyEppley，PhD，scientistsstudiednearly50speciesofmonkeysandlemurs(狐猴)tolookatthereasonbehindthesechanges.About15yearsago，Eppleyworkedwithsouthernbamboolemurs，whichwereknowntospendmostoftheirdaysinthetrees，feedingonbambooleaves.However，hewassurprisedtofindtheselemurswerespendingmosttimeonthegroundandhadanincrediblydiversediet.Hewonderedwhetherhabitatreductionandlimitedfoodresourceavailabilityweredrivingthemtomovetotheground.Thisinspir...