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1、.............2018-2019学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第I卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ALucilleCliftonwasthefirstAfricanAmericanpoetlaureate(桂冠诗人)ofMaryland.Criticscallheroneofthegreatestwritersofourtime.LucilleCliftonwasborninDe

2、pew,NewYorkin1936.ShebeganwritingpoetrywhenShewasabouttenyearsold.Shehaddevelopedaninterestinpoetrybecauseofhermother，ThelmaSayles.Hermotherwasalsoapoetalthoughherpoemswereneverpublished.AsachildLucillewouldsitonhermother'slapandlistenasshereadpoetry.Shelear

3、nedtolovewordsandthepowerofwords.Thatstayedwithherasshegrew.Whilehermothertaughthertolovepoetry,herfathergaveherthegiftofstorytelling.HewouldtellLucilleinterestingstoriesaboutherancestors,especiallytheonenamedLucillewhowashisgrandmother.SamuelCliftonsaidshew

4、asthefirstblackwomantobelegallystayedinthestateofVirginia.LucilleCliftonwroteaboutitinherpoemcalled“Lucy”．Lucilleoftentalkedaboutherloveforwords.Shelovedthesoundofwordsandthewaythewordsfeltinhermouth.Shelovedfindinginterestingwaystousewordstoexpresswhatwasha

5、ppeningintheworld.Unlikehermother,LucilleClifton'spoetryisnottraditionalatall.Herpoemsdonotrhymeorfollowaspecialkindofpattern.Theydonotusefancywords.Herpoetryisknownforbeingsimple,truthfulanddirect.Itiswrittenthewaypeoplespeak,inacasual,relaxedlanguage.There

6、isvery..........................littlepunctuationandevenlesscapitalization(首字母大写).Manyofthepoemsareuncomfortablyhonest.LucilleCliftonoftensaidthatshetriedtocomforttheafflicted(折磨)andafflictthecomfortable.Overtheyears,sheseemstohaveperfectedthatart.1.Whatcanb

7、elearnedfromthepassage?A.Lucille'sparentsinfluencedheralot.B.Lucille'sfatheroftenreadpoemstoher.C.Lucille'smotherpublishedsomepoems.D.Lucille'sparentstaughthertolovewords.2．Whatisthelastparagraphmainlyabout?A．Lucille'sgreatworks.B．WordsthatLucilleused.C．Luci

8、lle'swritingstyle.D．BackgroundofLucille'spoems.3．Fromthepassage，weknowthatLucilleis________.A.funny　　　　　　B.creativeC.selfishD.beautiful4．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．LucilleCliftonwasthefirstAfri