高考英语阅读题 文学欣赏
明天就要高考了，今天小编准备了一些比较有代表性的高考英语阅读理解题给大家考前练练手，希望可以帮助同学们在高考前尽快找到自己的做题状态。
文学欣赏
高考曾用材料：2010江苏卷A篇
选材相似度：★★★
设题相似度：★★★
难度系数：★★★★
Wranglers and Stranglers
Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin，who seemed to have amazing creative __1__ talent.They were wouldbe poets，novelists，and essayists.They were extraordinary in their __2__ to put the English language to its best use.These promising young men __3__ regularly to read and critique (评论) each other's work.And critique it they did!
These men were merciless with one another.They __4__ the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces.They were heartless，tough，even mean in their __5__.The sessions became such areas of literary criticism that the __6__ of this special club called themselves the “Stranglers (扼杀者)”.
In order to __7__，the women of literary talent in the university __8__ to start a club of their own，one comparable to the Stranglers.They __9__ themselves the “Wranglers (争论者)”.They，too，read their __10__ one another.But there was one great difference.The criticism was much softer，more __11__，more encouraging.Sometimes，there was almost no criticism at all.Every effort，even the weakest one，was __12__.
Twenty years later an alumnus of the university was making an exhaustive __13__ of his classmates' careers when he __14__ a vast difference in the literary accomplishments of the Stranglers as opposed to the Wranglers.Of all the __15__ young men in the Stranglers，no one had made a significant literary __16__ of any kind.From the Wranglers had come six or more successful __17__，some of national renown such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings，who wrote The Yearling.
Talent between the two?Probably the same.Level of __18__?Not much difference.But the Stranglers were strangled，while the Wranglers were determined to give each other a(an) __19__.The Stranglers __20__ an atmosphere of argument and selfdoubt.The Wranglers highlighted the best，not the worst.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。一所大学里有两个文学小组，他们对待他人的作品的方式不同，一个小组主要采用批评的方式，而另一个小组采取的却是鼓励的方式，后来，两个小组的组员所取得的文学成就完全不同。
1.A.architectural B.artisticC.literary D.musical
答案 C [考查语境逻辑。从后面的“They were wouldbe poets，novelists，and essayists.”可知他们即将成为诗人、小说家等，由此可知他们拥有了不起的文学天赋。architectural“建筑的”;artistic“艺术的”;musical“音乐的”。]
2.A.strength B.ability C.performance D.power
答案 B [考查语境中名词的辨析。从前面的“talent”可知他们很有文学天赋，所以此处是指他们在语言方面有着非凡的能力。strength“力量，力气”;performance“表演”;power“权力，力量”。]
3.A.gathered B.organized C.challenged D.collected
答案 A [考查语境逻辑。结合后面的“to read and critique(评论)each other's work”可知他们聚集在一起来阅读和评论彼此的作品。]
4.A.turned B.translated C.combined D.divided
答案 D [考查固定搭配。结合后面的“the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces”可知他们把最微小的文学表达都分解成很多份，来批评他人的作品。turn...into“把……变成”;translate...into“把……翻译成”;combine不与into连用。 ]
5.A.appreciation B.criticism C.assessment D.judgment
答案 B [考查语境逻辑。根据前面的“critique(评论)each other's work”可知此处表示他们在评论的时候一点也不留情面。appreciation“欣赏”;assessment“估计，评估”;judgment“判断”。]
6.A.leaders B.organizers C.members D.arrangers
答案 C [考查语境逻辑。从后面的“of this special club called themselves...”可知此处是指这个俱乐部的成员。leader“领导者”;organizer“组织者”;arranger“组织者，经办者”。]
7.A.participate B.practice C.succeed D.compete
答案 D [考查上下文暗示。结合后面的“the women of literary talent in the university __8__to start a club of their own，one comparable to the Stranglers”可知这个大学的具有文学天赋的女同学们决定组建一个她们自己的俱乐部来和那些男同学们竞争。participate“参加”;practice“练习”;succeed“成功”。]
8.A.determined B.agreed C.promised D.dreamed
答案 A [考查语境逻辑。此处指这些女同学们下决心来开办自己的俱乐部。agree“同意”;promise“允诺”;dream“梦想”。]