2019-2020年高中英语 Unit 4 Pygmalion Reading quiz II练习 新人教版选修8

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1、2019-2020年高中英语Unit4PygmalionReadingquizII练习新人教版选修8II.Task-basedreading.GeorgeBernardShawBorninamiddle-classfamilyinDublin,GeorgeBernardShawwasforcedtoleaveschoolat15totakeajobasaclerk.Hisfatherbecameanalcoholic1andin1876ShawwenttoLondonwithhismother.InLondon,Shawregula

2、rlywenttotheBritishMuseuminordertoeducatehimself,afactwhichmaypartlyaccountfortheoriginality2andindependenceofhisthinking.Inthemid-1880s,hebegantobeactiveinthesocialistmovement,beingawell-knownorator3.Healsobecamefamousforhismusic,dramaandartcriticism.Shaw’sicstoryPygm

3、alionwasadaptedasthemusicaledyandfilmMyFairLady.Buttheplayalsoaddressesimportantissuesofclassandsocialpowerintherelationshipbetweentheflowergirlandherteacher.In1923,Shawproducedwhatwasregardedashismasterpiece,SaintJoan,forwhichhereceivedthe1925NobelPrizeforLiterature.A

4、lthoughhislaterworkisnotconsideredtobeofthesamestandard,Shawcontinuedtowriteintohis90sandwasalwaysinthepubliceye.AfterthoseofWilliamShakespeare,Shaw’splaysareamongthemostwidelyproducedinEnglish-languagetheatre.HislettersareconsideredtobeamongthebestintheEnglishlanguage

5、.Notes1.alcoholicn.酗酒者2.originalityn.独创性3.oratorn.演讲家TaskReadthepassageandfillintheblanks.1.GeorgeBernardShawwasaplaywrightaswellasan__________.2.Hisself-educationinBritishMuseumplayedakeyroleinoriginalityand__________ofhisthinking.3.In1925,ShawwontheNobelPrizeforLiter

6、aturefor__________.