2018年江苏省高考英语二轮专用题型组合练（6）含解析

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1、题型组合练(六)(对应学生用书第179页)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(文化教育)　【导学号：25874095】(2017·南京、盐城高三二模)GrantWood'sAmericanGothicisapaintingthat'spuzzledgenerationswho'vestoppedtowonderattherealmeaningbehindit.Weallknowit：aseriouslookingcoupleinfrontoftheirgothicarchedwoodenhouse—inastylecalledCarpenter'sGothic，forwhichthepain

2、tingisnamed.Itwaspaintedin1930，whenUSartistswereinspiredtopaintrealisticscenesofruralAmericaduringtheDepressioninastylethatbecameknownasRegionalism.Thecoupleareidentifiedeitherasafarmerandhiswife，orasadaughterwithherunsmilingandoverprotectivefather.Wood'ssister，Nan，whoposedforthepicture，a

3、lwaysinsistedthetwowerefatheranddaughter，perhapsfindingtheagegaptooimproper.Therelationshiphasalwaysremainedinterestinglyconflicting.Unlikehereldercompanion'sfixedstare，thewomanglancesofftotheside.Herexpressionisactuallydifficulttodetermine.Shelookssorrowful，orperhapsuncomfortable，thoughh

4、erstraitlacedprimness(拘谨保守的古板)isweakenedbyanescapingcoilofhairatthebackofherneck.Asifholdingguardagainstthoseanticipatedintruders(侵入者)—probably，protectinghisdaughterwife'svirtue，thoughshedoesn'tseemparticularlyhappyaboutit－themanholdsapitchforkinasoldierlikefashion.Andthatiswhatlendsthewo

5、rkitsuneasy(不协调的)comedy.Everythingaboutitisanartfulsetup.Firstofall，Nanneveractuallyposedwiththemaninthepicture，noraretheyinanywayrelated.WoodhadspottedthehouseduringadrivetothetownofEldoninIowa.Itimmediatelygavehimanidea.“Thatideawastofindtwopeoplewho，bytheirstraitlacedcharacters，wouldbe

6、suitableforsuchahome，”helaterexplained.Thecouplewereactuallypaintedseparately，andneithersitterwaspaintedinfrontofthehouse.Thefarmer，asyoumighthavealreadyguessed，isn'tactuallyafarmer，butacertainDrBryonMcKeeby，awealthydentistfromCedarRapids，whereWoodlivedwithhismotherandsister.Thecouple'scl

7、othingtoohasbeencarefullyhandpickedbytheartist.Inaddition，boththeirfaces，Nan'sinparticular，havebeenthinnedandlengthened，ashavethefamousgothicwindowandroof.And，ifyoulookcarefully，youmightevendetectsomethingfunerealaboutthescene，beyondthetombstonefeaturesofthecouple.I