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1、昆明市2014高考英语(阅读理解)一轮训练题(3)及答案WilliamButlerYeats,amostfamousIrishwriter,wasborninDublinonJune13,1865.Hischildhoodlackedtheharmony(和睦)thatwastypicalofahappyfamily.Later,Yeatsshockedhisfamilybysayingthatheremembered“littleofchildhoodbutitspain”.Infact,heinherited(继承)excellenttasteinartfromhisfami
2、ly—bothhisfatherandhisbrotherwerepainters.Buthefinallysettledonliterature,particularlydrama(戏剧)andpoetry.Yeatshadstrongfaithincomingofnewartisticmovements.HesethimselfthefreshtaskinfoundinganIrishnationaltheatreinthelate1890s.Hisearlytheatricalexperiments,however,werenotreceivedfavorablyatthe
3、beginning.Hedidn’tloseheart,andfinallyenjoyedsuccessinhispoeticaldrama.Comparedwithhisdramaticworks,Yeats’spoemsattractmuchadmiringnotice.Thesubjectmatterincludeslove,nature,history,timeandaging.ThoughYeatsgenerallyreliedonverytradisionalforms,hebroughtmodernsensibilitytothem.Ashisliterarylif
4、eprogressed,hispoetrygrewfinerandricher,whichledhimtoworldwiderecognition.HehadnotenjoyedamajorpublicliftsincewinningtheNobelPricein1923.Yet,hecontinuedwritingalmosttotheendofhislife.HadYeatsstoppedwritingatage40,hewouldprobablynowbevaluedasaminorpoet,forthereisnootherexampleinliteraryhistory
5、ofapoetwhoproduceshisgreatestworksbetweentheageof50and75.AfterYeats’sdeathin1939,W.H.Audenwrote,amongothers,thefallingliners:Earth,receiveanhonouredguest:WilliamYeatsislaidtorest.LettheIrishvessel(船)lieEmptiedofitspoetry.68.WhichofthefollowingcandescribeYeats’sfamily?A.ItfilledYeats’schildhoo
6、dwithlaughter.B.ItwasshockedbyYeats’schoice.C.Itwasatypicallywealthyfamily.D.Ithadanartisticatmosphere.69.Accordingtothsepassage,whatdoweknowaboutYeats’slife?A.YeatsfoundedthefirstIrishtheater.B.Yeatsstucktomodernformsinhispeotry.C.Yeatsbegantoproducehisbestworksfromthe1910s.D.Yeatswasnotfavo
7、redbythepublieuntilthe1923NoblePrize.70.WhatkindoffeelingisexpressedinW.H.Auden’slines?A.Envy.B.Sympathy.C.Emptiness.D.Admiration.71.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A.Yeats’sliteraryachievements.B.Yeats’shistoricalinfluence.C.Yeats’sartisticambit