2021届湖北华中师大第一附中高三上期中考试英语卷一、b阅读理解/b1.(2017高三上·湖北期中)阅读理解BritishWomenWritersindifferentperiodsoftimeTheEnglishRenaissanceTheEnglishRenaissancebeganinthelaterpartofthefifteenthcenturyandlasteduntilthe1660s.AmongthemostfamouswomenwritersofthisperiodisAphraBehn,whoisseenasthefirstprofessionalwomanwriterinEnglish.Shewroteanumberofplaysthatdealtwithtopicssuchasracismandslavery.AgoodexampleisOroonokopublishedin1688.AphraBehn'sworksincludealsotheplaysTheAmourousPrince,TheTownFop,TheDutchLoverandheronlytragedy,Abdelazer.TheneoclassicalperiodAmongthewell-knownwomeninBristishliteratureduringtheneoclassicalperiod,from1660totheendoftheeighteenthcentury,isAnneFinch.Shewrotepoetryandtriedtoexpressallthatshesawandexperienced.TwootherwomenarerecognizedfortheircontributiontoneoclassicalBritishliterature:MaryAstellandLadyMaryWortleyMontagu.MaryAstellwasaphilosopherandafeministwriter.Sheisbestknownnowforhertheoriesontheeducationofwomen.TheRomanticperiodJaneAustenisoneofthemostfamouswomenwritersthatworkedduringtheRomanticperiod(1798-1832).Herworksincludeseveralnovels,mostofwhichfocusonmarriageasawayforyoungwomentosecuresocialstandingandeconomicsecurity.HermostfamousnovelsarePrideandPrejudice,SenseandSensibilityandEmma.AnotherfamouswomanwriterfromtheEnglishRomanticismisMaryShelley.SheistheauthorofFrankenstein,HistoryofSixWeeksTourandTheLastMan.TheVictorianperiodTheVictorianperiod,betweenthe1830sand1900,wasthetimewhentheBrontesisters,GeorgeEliotandElizabethGaskelllivedandwrote.CharlotteBronte,EmilyBronteandAnneBronteproducedmanyBritishliteraryclassics.Charlotte'snovelsincludeJaneEyre,Shirley,VilletteandTheProfessor.MaryAnneEvansadoptedthemalepennameGeorgeasshewantedtosetherselfapartfromthefemininegenreofcookbooksanddomesticmoraltales.HermostfamousnovelisTheMillontheFlosspublishedin1860.(1)Accordingtothepassage,AphraBehnwasfamousfor________.A.novelsB.poetryC.playsD.cookbooks(2)Inwhichperiodcanreadersfindbooksaboutracialdiscriminationwrittenbymomen?A.IntheEnglishRenaissance.B.Intheneoclassicalperiod.C.IntheRomanticperiod.D.IntheVictorianperiod.(3)Accordingtothepassage,whydidMaryAnneEvanspublishherstoriesunderthenameofGeorgeEliot?A.Womenwereforbiddentowritenovelsthen.B.Herworkswouldbedifferent.C.Ithelpedpromoteherworks.D.Itsoundedmorepopular.(4)Ifareaderisinterestedinwomen'seducation,whoseworkscanbethebestchoice?A.AnneFinch's.B.MaryAstell's.C.MaryWortleyMontagu's.D.MaryShelley's.2.(2017高三上·湖北期中)阅读理解TheGreatestNavigationalJourneyIn1787CaptainBlighwasgivencommandof“TheBounty”,athree-year-oldmerchantship.HismissionwastotransportbreadfruitplantsfromtheislandofTahititotheWestIndies.Weknowthepopularstoryofthisvoyageandtherebellion,inwhichBlighhasbeenpresentedashard,violentandthoroughlyunpleasantcaptain.However,thereisquitealotofevidencetosuggestthatthispictureisfarfrombeingtrue.Heseemstohavebeenunusuallythoughtfulaboutthehealthandwelfareofhismen.Forexamplehemadesurethathiscrewgotexercise,insistedoncleanlinessonhisship,andadoptedthepracticeofgivingthemadrinkwhichpreventedscurvyeveryday.WhenCaptainBligharrivedinTahiti,itbecameclearthatitwouldbesomemonthsbeforethebreadfruittreeswerereadytobetakentotheWestIndies.Insteadofgoingoffrightaway,hegavehiscrewextendedshoreleave.Thismayhavebeenamistakeasmanywereunhappyaboutleavingwhenthetimecame.Finally,on...