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1、课下能力提升(九)阅读理解AWhatdoliterarygreatsSirArthurConanDoyleandRobertBurnshaveincommon?TheybothlivedandwroteinEdinburgh,alongwithmanyotherbignamesinthefieldofliterature.ThisfacthelpedUNESCO(联合国教科文组织)awardthecitythetitleofWorld'sFirstCityofLiteratureonOctober14.Ed
2、inburghleftalastingimpressiononArthurConanDoyle(1859-1930).AlthoughhewasborntherehewenttoschoolinEnglandbutreturnedhomeformedicalschool.AftergraduatinghemovedtoLondonandbeganwritinghisSherlockHolmesstories.Hisinspirationforthecharactercamefromoneofhisprofe
3、ssorsatuniversity.Holmes'methodsweresocleverthattheyactuallyfurtheredtheadvanceofthestudyofcriminology(犯罪学).RobertBurns(1759-1796)isstillregardedasScotland'snationalpoet,morethan200yearsafterhisdeath.Heiscelebratedallovertheworldthroughtranslationsofhiswor
4、kandtheannualBurnsNightsupperonhisbirthday.Oneofhissongs,MyLoveisLikeaRedRedRoseranksamongthefinestlovesongseverwrittenandAuldLangSyne(《友谊地久天长》)issungallaroundtheworld.AsoneofthefirstliteratesocietiesinEurope,theScottishParliamentpassedtheworld'sfirstcompu
5、lsory(义务)educationlawin1496.Bythe1790s,almostallScotscouldread.VisitorstoScotlandoftenobservedthateventhelowestmembersofsocietyhadcopiesofBurns'poemsandotherbooks.语篇解读:本文简单介绍了苏格兰的文坛巨匠亚瑟·科南·道尔和罗伯特·伯恩斯以及苏格兰产生众多文学巨匠的历史渊源。1.EdinburghwasawardedthetitleofWorld's
6、FirstCityofLiteraturebecause________.A.thefirstawardceremonyofliteraturewasheldthereB.manyliterarygreatslikeSirArthurConanDoyleandRobertBurnswerebornthereC.itleftadeepimpressiononmanyliterarygreatslikeSirArthurConanDoyleD.manyliterarygreatslikeSirArthurCon
7、anDoyleandRobertBurnsoftenwroteaboutit解析:选B 推理判断题。根据第一段所表述的:文坛巨匠亚瑟·科南·道尔和罗伯特·伯恩斯与文学界的其他一些名人一样,他们两人都出生在爱丁堡,笔耕于爱丁堡。在这座城市里诞生了许许多多的作家,正因为这浓郁的书香,联合国教科文组织于10月14日把“世界首座文学之城”的荣誉授予了爱丁堡。2.ArthurConanDoylewasrememberedmainlyforhis________.A.detectivestoriesB.lovepoem
8、sandsongsC.contributiontothestudyofcriminologyD.cleverwritingskills解析:选A 推理判断题。根据第二段中的内容:亚瑟·科南·道尔创作了福尔摩斯故事系列,其探案方法被描绘得非常奇妙,这让犯罪学研究也获益匪浅,得到了进一步的发展。由此推理他是以“侦探小说”而出名。3.InhonourofRobertBurns,________.A.MyLoveisli
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