2024年上海高一寒假英语作业暨高一上学期期末真题第7讲 ：阅读理解之说明文13篇（解析版）.docx

2024年上海高一寒假英语作业暨高一上学期期末真题第7讲

阅读理解之说明文

（解析版）

Passage1

（2023上·上海青浦·高一上海市青浦高级中学校考期末）

JohnSteinbeck’sTheGrapesofWrath,publishedin1939,wasfollowedtenyearslaterbyA．B．Guthrie’sTheWayWest.Bothbooksrecordamigration,thoughthatofGuthrie’spioneersisconsiderablylessbleak(没有希望的)inorigin.Whatstrikesoneatfirstglance,however,arethecommonalities.BothSteinbeck’sandGuthrie’scharactersareprimarilyfarmers.Theylooktotheirdestinationswithnearlyreligiousenthusiasm,imaginingtheir“promised”landthewaytheBiblicalIsraelitesenvisionedCanaan.Bothundergogreathardshiptomakethejourney.Butthetwostoriesdifferclearlyinorigin.Steinbeck’sOklahomansareforcedofftheirlandbythebanksthatowntheirmortgages(抵押借款),andtheyfollowafalsepromise—thatjobsasseasonallaborersawaittheminCalifornia.Guthrie’sfarmerswillinglyremovethemselves,sellingtheirlandandtradingtheirolddreamsfortheirnewhopeinOregon.Thepioneers’decisiontoleavetheirfarmsinMissouriandtheEastisfrivolousandill-foundedincomparisonwiththeOklahomans’unwillingresponsetodisplacement.Yetitisthey,thepioneers,whomourhistorybooksdeclaretheheroes.

1．Fromthecontextofthepassage,itcanbedeterminedthatthewordfrivolousmostnearlymeans______.

A．silly. B．careful. C．difficult. D．unexpected.

2．Whichofthefollowingsentencecanbestillustrate“Bothundergogreathardshiptomakethejourney.”?

A．ThemigrantsinTheWayWestcrosstheMissouri,thentheKaw,andmaketheirwayoverlandtothePlatte.

B．TheOklahomans’jalopies(破旧的汽车)breakdownrepeatedly,whilethepioneers’wagonsneedfrequentrepairs.

C．Today’stravelerswouldconsideritahardshiptospendseveraldays,letaloneseveralmonths,gettinganywhere.

D．TheJoadfamilyinTheGrapesofWrathlosesbothgrandmotherandgrandfatherbeforethejourneyiscomplete.

3．Whichofthefollowingisanimportantdifferencebetween