初中英语中考复习 13 走近外国著名作家-2023年中考英语新热点时文阅读

2023年中考英语新热点时文阅读-走近外国著名作家

01

（2022·安徽·合肥市五十中学新校三模）

Have you seen this meme (表情包) online before? The man in the meme is Michael Rosen, a famous British children’s book writer who has written about 140 books. He’s known as “nice granddad” in China.

Michael Rosen was born in Middlesex, the UK in 1946. His parents were both teachers. Michael Rosen started writing poems about people he knew when he was twelve years old.

Michael Rosen is busy with the teaching of writing and the reading of literature (文学作品) in schools. He visits schools to encourage children with his love for books and poems. He is one of the first poets to make visits to schools around the UK and the world. He is also one of the first poets to write about his own childhood (童年) experiences and to write them in the language children actually use.

However, life hasn’t always treated Rosen well. Eddie, his second son, died at the age of 18. Rosen couldn’t forget how he felt. The death of his son was the inspiration (灵感) for Michael Rosen’s Sad Book. In March 2020, Rosen was sent to the hospital because of COVID-19. Later, Rosen recovered (恢复), but one of his ears went deaf and he had to learn how to stand up again, just like a kid. However, for Rosen, it was not the end of the world. He turned the sad experience into writing. He wrote the book Many Different Kinds of Love and faced up to life with the most important thing — optimistic (乐观的) spirit.

1．When did Michael Rosen start writing poems?

A．In 1946. B．In 1958. C．In 1964. D．In 2020.

2．What happened to Michael after he recovered from the hospital?

A．He couldn’t hear anything.

B．He had to learn how to run again.

C．He turned the sad experience into writing.

D．He felt it was the end of the world.

3．What can you know about “nice granddad” according to the passage?

A．He had a sad childhood.

B．He didn’t love his second son.

C．He never gave up his writing in his life.

D．He wrote jokes in the lanuange children use.

02

（2022·河北石家庄·八年级期末）If you tell others you have been to a fairy (梦幻般的) place, how do they feel? Usually, they might say, “What an imagination you have!”

That’s what happened to Marco Polo. Marco Polo lived in Italy. In his time, very few people traveled. But Marco Polo’s father traveled to other countries. Marco Polo went with his father. They went far to the East.

Marco met Kubla Khan (忽必烈). Kubla Khan asked Marco to work for him. Marco then became his helper and traveled all over China.

After many years, Marco Polo came back to Italy. He wrote a book about China. It told all of the strange and wonderful things. But very few people believed him. No one else had been to China. They had no idea where China was. Almost everyone thought he’d made it all up.

Many years later, other Europeans came to China. Then they found that Marco was right. Christopher Columbus read Marco Polo’s book, and he believed it. He tried to sail to that part of the world. You know what happened. He found America after his long trip by ship.

4．What did Marco Polo do in China?

A．He traveled all over China.

B．He worked in Eastern China.

C．He wrote a book about China.

D．He became a farmer in China.

5．What did Marco Polo write in his book?

A．His trip to China.

B．How he found America.

C．China’s wonderful things.

D．Why he traveled to China.

6．What did people think of Marco Polo’s book at first?

A．Interesting. B．Useful. C．Unbelievable. D．Wonderful.

7．What does the underlined word “sail” mean?

A．Travel on foot. B．Travel by air. C．Travel by train. D．Travel by ship.

8．What is the writer’s purpose (目的)?

A．To introduce China’s history.

B．To introduce Marco Polo’s story.

C．To encourage people to be brave.

D．To encourage people to travel more.

03

（2022·云南昆明·二模）Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford of England. He was one of eight brothers and sisters. His father, John Shakespeare, was a successful businessman. William went to school in Stratford, but he didn’t go to university. At the age of fifteen he went straight to work in his father’s business.

When he was eighteen, he met and fell in love with Anne Hathaway. She was eight years older than him. They got married in November 1582, and six months later their daughter Susanna was born. In 1585 they had twins, Hamnet and Judith. We don’t know much about the following seven years of his life. We only know that he moved to London, leaving Anne and the children in Stratford, and that by 1592 he was writing plays and working as an actor.

His plays were very popular and he made a lot of money. In 1597 he bought a big house in Stratford for his family, but he stayed in London for another thirteen years. He continued to write and act and also bought a theater. In 1611 he finally retired and moved back to Stratford to live in the house he had bought. In total, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets (fourteen-line poems). Shakespeare died in Stratford on his birthday, on 23 April 1616. People around the world today still remember him as one of the most important writers of all time.

9．What’s Shakespeare’s first name?

A．John. B．William. C．Hamnet. D．Judith.

10．In which year did Shakespeare go to work for his father?

A．1564. B．1579. C．1582. D．1592.

11．What does the underlined word “retired” probably mean?

A．wanted to work B．didn’t want to work C．didn’t need to work D．needed to work

12．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Shakespeare has eight brothers and sisters.

B．Shakespeare’s wife is eight years younger than him.

C．Shakespeare bought a house in London for his family.

D．Shakespeare died on his birthday in Stratford in 1616.

13．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Shakespeare’s Hometown B．Shakespeare and His Wife

C．The Life of Shakespeare D．Shakespeare and His Plays

04

（2022·山东淄博·二模）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Charles Dickens is one of the most famous English novelists of all time. He was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812. He was the ___14___ (two) of the eight children. His family was terribly poor and they lived in London. Charles was ___15___ unhappy little boy because his father spent many years in prison(监狱). In England at that time, people who could not pay their debts(债务) were sent to prison. Besides, the family was ___16___ poor that Charles had no chance to go to school.

After his father was free, Dickens began to work in a factory at the age of 12. This was a terrible experience that he never forget. ___17___ he was 16 years old, he started working for a newspaper. He also ___18___ (write) some short stories for magazines. In 1836, he published his first book, Sektches by Boz. He also started publishing(出版) the novel The Pickwick Papers that became really ___19___ (success).

Later Dickens’s books were based on people who he had known and places which he had lived in. For example, in Olive Twist (1838) he described children who ___20___ (be) poor and he wrote about children whose parents had died. In David Copperfield (1850) he wrote about the prison visits that he paid to ___21___ (he) father. Dickens continued writing and became a library star. He wrote 15 novels and ___22___ (hundred) of short stories.

Dickens continued writing until his ___23___ (die). In 1865, he had a train accident from which he never fully recovered(康复). He died on June 9, 1870 at Gad’s Hill Place, his country home in England. His final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, was left unfinished.

05

Today I want to share my hero with you. She is Helen Keller. She was __24__ in the US in 1880. __25__ she was nineteen months old, she had a high fever. After that she became deaf and blind, so she couldn’t __26__ to what people talked about. It was __27__ for other children to learn, but for Helen, it was much more difficult. In 1887, a young teacher called Anne Sullivan began to help Helen. She wrote words on Helen’s hand with __28__ finger.

From then on, Helen learned to read. She had special books with letters she could touch. She also learned to write __29__ speak.

After she finished university, she visited many __30__, such as Australia, Germany and France. She was very famous __31__ her courage(勇气) and hard work. She did her best to help people like her. She is __32__ world­famous writer and an educator. We can learn a lot from her. She died at the __33__ of 88. People will remember her forever.

参考答案：

1．B    2．C    3．C

【导语】本文主要介绍了英国著名儿童图书作家迈克尔•罗森的经历。

1．推理判断题。根据“Michael Rosen was born in Middlesex, the UK in 1946. His parents were both teachers. Michael Rosen started writing poems about people he knew when he was twelve years old.”迈克尔•罗森1946年出生，在十二岁时就开始写关于他认识的人的诗。可推知迈克尔•罗森1958年开始写诗。故选B。

2．细节理解题。根据“He turned the sad experience into writing.”可知迈克尔从医院康复后，把这段悲伤的经历写成了文字。故选C。

3．推理判断题。根据“The man in the meme is Michael Rosen, a famous British children’s book writer who has written about 140 books. He’s known as ‘nice granddad’ in China.”表情包中的人是英国著名儿童图书作家迈克尔•罗森，他写了大约140本书。他在中国被称为“nice爷爷”。可推知“nice爷爷”一生从未放弃写作。故选C。

4．A    5．C    6．C    7．D    8．B

【导语】本文讲了马可波罗的故事，他走遍中国并写了一本关于中国的书，但其他人不知道中国在哪里，所以没人想信他，后来有人来到中国并想信了马可波罗，哥伦布长途旅行后发现了美洲。

4．细节理解题。根据“Kubla Khan asked Marco to work for him. Marco then became his helper and traveled all over China.”可知，马可波罗在中国时走遍了中国。故选A。

5．细节理解题。根据“He wrote a book about China. It told all of the strange and wonderful things.”可知，他写了一本关于中国的书，这本书讲述了所有奇怪和美妙的事情。故选C。

6．细节理解题。根据“But very few people believed him. No one else had been to China. They had no idea where China was. Almost everyone thought he’d made it all up.”可知，很少有人相信他，几乎所有人都认为这一切都是他编造的。故选C。

7．词义猜测题。根据“and he believed it. He tried to sail to that part of the world…He found America after his long trip by ship.”可知，他试图航行到世界的那个地方，他乘船长途旅行后发现了美洲。所以此处sail是指乘船旅行。故选D。

8．主旨大意题。本文讲了马可波罗走遍中国并写了一本关于中国的书，但其他人不知道中国在哪里，所以没人想信他，后来有人来到中国并想信了马可波罗，哥伦布长途旅行后发现了美洲。所以主要讲的是马可波罗的故事。故选B。

9．B    10．B    11．B    12．D    13．C

【导语】本文介绍的是世界文化名人、剧作家、诗人莎士比亚的生平和经历。

9．细节理解题。根据“His father, John Shakespeare, was a successful businessman, William went to school in Stratford, but he didn’t go to university.”可知，莎士比亚的名字是威廉。故选B。

10．推理判断题。根据“Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford of England.”和“At the age of fifteen he went straight to work in his father’s business.”可推理出，莎士比亚是在1579年为他父亲工作的。故选B。

11．词义猜测题。根据“In 1611 he finally and moved back to Stratford to live in the house he had bought.”可知，他搬回斯特拉特福，下划线单词的意思应是“退休”，和“didn’t want to work”同义。故选B。

12．细节理解题。根据“Shakespeare died in Stratford on his birthday, on 23 April 1616.”可知，1616年，莎士比亚在他的生日那天在斯特拉特福德逝世。故选D。

13．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文介绍的是世界文化名人、剧作家、诗人莎士比亚的生平和经历，故文章的最佳标题应是“莎士比亚的一生”。故选C。

14．second    15．an    16．so    17．When    18．wrote    19．successful    20．were    21．his    22．hundreds    23．death

【导语】本文主要讲述了英国有史以来最著名的小说家之一——查尔斯·狄更斯。

14．句意：他在八个孩子中排行老二。根据“of the eight children”可知用序数词表示顺序，故填second。

15．句意：查尔斯是一个不快乐的小男孩，因为他的父亲在监狱里待了很多年。空处是表示泛指，且unhappy是一个以元音音素开头的单词，应用an修饰，故填an。

16．句意：此外，家里很穷，查尔斯没有机会上学。根据“that”以及形容词“poor”可知此处是so...that“如此……以至于”引导的结果状语从句，故填so。

17．句意：当他16岁的时候，他开始在一家报社工作。根据“he was 16 years old, he started working for a newspaper.”可知两句是时间关系，表示“当……时候”，应用when引导时间状语从句，故填when。

18．句意：他还为杂志写了一些短篇小说。句子前后都是一般过去时，动词应用过去式，故填wrote。

19．句意：这部小说非常成功。success是名词，此处应用其形容词形式successful作表语，故填successful。

20．句意：例如，在《雾都孤儿》(1838)中，他描述了贫穷的孩子，他还写了父母去世的孩子。根据主句动词“described ”可知定语从句应用一般过去时，主语是复数，be动词用were，故填were。

21．句意：在《大卫·科波菲尔》(1850)一书中，他写到了他去监狱看望父亲的经历。空后是名词，所以应用形容词性物主代词his修饰father，故填his。

22．句意：他写了15部小说和数百篇短篇小说。固定短语hundreds of“成百上千，好几百”。故填hundreds。

23．句意：狄更斯一直写作到去世。die是动词，his是形容词性物主代词，应修饰名词death，故填death。

24．born    25．When    26．listen    27．difficult    28．her    29．and    30．countries    31．for    32．a    33．age

【导语】本文主要介绍了海伦凯勒的故事。

24．句意：她于1880年出生在美国。根据“She was...in the US”可知是出生在美国，be born in“出生在”。故填born。

25．句意：在她十九个月大的时候，她发高烧。根据“she was nineteen months old, she had a high fever”可知当她十九个月大的时候，用when引导时间状语从句，放句首首字母大写。故填When。

26．句意：后来她又聋又瞎，听不懂人家说什么。根据“she became deaf and blind”可知她听不到别人说什么，listen“听”，情态动词后加动词原形。故填listen。

27．句意：其他孩子学起来很难，但对海伦来说，要困难得多。根据“but for Helen, it was much more difficult”可知学习对其他孩子来说已经很难了，但是对海伦来说，学习要更难，作be动词的表语用形容词difficult“困难的”。故填difficult。

28．句意：她用手指在海伦的手上写字。根据“She wrote words on Helen’s hand with...finger”可知是用她的手指，修饰名词用形容词性物主代词her“她的”。故填her。

29．句意：她还学会了写作和说话。根据“learned to write...speak”可知她学会了写作和说话，and“和”。故填and。

30．句意：大学毕业后，她访问了许多国家。根据“such as Australia, Germany and France”可知她参观了很多国家，此处用名词复数countries“国家”。故填countries。

31．句意：她以勇敢和努力工作而闻名。be famous for“因为……而闻名”。故填for。

32．句意：她是世界著名的作家和教育家。此处泛指“一名作家”，world以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。故填a。

33．句意：她在88岁时去世。at the age of“在……岁时”。故填age。