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1、安阳市第三十六中学高二（下）英语第一次月考试题命题人：杜娟2017.3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，满分30分）阅读下面矩文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYoumayhaveheardofthebookMobyDick（《口鲸记》），writtenbytheAmericanauthorHermanMelville.YoumayalsoknowthatMobyDickisconsideredoneofthegreatestnovelseverwr
2、itten.However,itmightsurpriseyoutofindoutHermanMelvillewasnotalwaysahighlyregardedauthor.Melville"sfirsttwonovels,TypeeandOmoo,werewidelyreadandfinanciallysuccessfully・Theywerebothexcitingtalesofadvcnlurcsatseaandexperienceswithpeopleinforeignlands・Melvillebecamequitefamous・H
3、owever,uponthepublicationofhisthirdbook,Mardi,Melville"spopularitybegantoweaken.Hewasnolongerinterestedintel1ingtaiesofpureadventure,andhiswritingtookonastylethatalienated（使疏远）thegeneralreadingpublicofhistime.MelvillepublishedMobyDickinOctoberof1851・Itwasanorigirmlnovel,combi
4、ningaspectsofsociologyandphilosophy,whichconfusedreadersbyitscomplexsymbolism.Thebooksoldpoorly.Melville，snextbook,Pierre,wasalmostcompletelydisregardedbythepublic.Debtfrustrationandi11healthfinallyforcedMelvilletotakealow-payingjobasacustomsinspector・Eventually,Melvilleaband
5、onedprose（散文）andbegantowritepoetry.TheCivilWaristhemainsubjectofMelville"spoetry.Heandhisbrothermadeatriptothefront1ine,andhepublishedabookofpoems,Battle-PiecesandAspectsofWar,basedonthisexperience.Melvillediedin1891attheageof72atthispoint,hisworkhadbeencompletelyforgottenbyt
6、hepublic.Histalentwastogounrecognizedforthenextthirtyyears.Then,in1920s,hisreputationbegantoimproveascriticsandreadersrediscoveredhiswork.TodayMobyDickisoneofthebest-knownnovelseverpennedbyanAmericanauthor・1.WhatwereMelville^sfirsttwonovelsmainlyabout?A.Adventurousvoyagesandf
7、oreignexperiencesB・Histravelexperience.C.Hissuccessfulcommunicationski1Is.D.Adventurousexperiencesinthefrontline…2.WecanlearnfromthetextthatMobyDickA.madeMelvillepopularagain・C.wascopiedfromotherbooks.Pierre.3.Thetextmaybetakenfrom・A.awritingguide.C・ascienccmagazine.literatur
8、e.4.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.ThemainworksofMelvi1le.writing.C.Theu
