2021版高考英语大一轮复习Unit2Poems练习新人教版选修6.doc

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1、Unit2　PoemsⅠ.阅读GwendolynBrookswasthefirstAfricanAmericantowinaPulitzerPrizeforLiterature.GwendolynBrookswrotehundredsofpoemsduringherlifetime.Shehadmorethan20bookspublished.ShewasknownaroundtheworldforusingpoetrytoincreaseunderstandingaboutblackcultureinAmerica.Herpoemsdescribedconditionsamong

2、thepoor,racialinequalityanddruguseintheblackcommunity.Shealsowrotepoemsaboutthestrugglesofblackwomen.Butherskillwasmorethanherabilitytowriteaboutstrugglingblackpeople.Shewasanexpertatthelanguageofpoetry.ShecombinedtraditionalEuropeanpoetrystyleswiththeAfricanAmericanexperience.Inherearlypoetry

3、,GwendolynBrookswroteabouttheSouthSideofChicago.TheSouthSideofChicagoiswheremanyblackpeoplelive.Inherpoems,theSouthSideiscalledBronzeville.Itwas“AStreetinBronzeville”thatgainedtheattentionofliteraryexpertsin1945.Criticspraisedherpoeticskillandherpowerfuldescriptionsabouttheblackexperiencedurin

4、gthetime.TheBronzevillepoemswereherfirstpublishedcollection.In1950,GwendolynBrooksbecamethefirstAfricanAmericantowinthePulitzerPrizeforLiterature.Shewontheprizeforhersecondbookofpoemscalled“AnnieAllen”.“AnnieAllen”isacollectionofpoetryaboutthelifeofaBronzevillegirlasadaughter,awifeandmother.Sh

5、eexperiencesloneliness,loss,deathandbeingpoor.Ms.Brookssaidthatwinningtheprizechangedherlife.Hernextworkwasanovelwrittenin1953called“MaudMartha”.“MaudMartha”receivedlittlenoticewhenitwasfirstpublished.Butnowitisconsideredanimportantworkbysomecritics.Itsmainideasaboutthedifficultlifeofmanywomen

6、arepopularamongfemalewriterstoday.Insomeofherpoems,GwendolynBrooksdescribedhowwhatpeopleseeinlifeisaffectedbywhotheyare.Oneexampleisthispoem,“CornersontheCurving7Sky”.Bytheendofthe1960s,GwendolynBrooks’spoetryexpandedfromtheeverydayexperiencesofpeopleinBronzeville.Shewroteaboutawiderworldandde

7、altwithimportantpoliticalissues.1.Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?A.ThelifeofGwendolynBrooks.B.ThepoemsofGwendolynBrooks.C.Theunderstandingaboutblackculture.D.Thestrugglesofblackwomen.2.WhatcanwelearnaboutGwendolynBrooksfromthesecondpara