发布时间 : 星期一 文章江苏省启东中学2018_2019学年高二英语暑假作业第28天阅读专练(含解析)牛津译林版更新完毕开始阅读1d7ee7e3a7c30c22590102020740be1e640ecc14
第28天 阅读专练
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About 15 years ago, I taught A Problem from Hell, a book on genocides(大屠杀), to a group of 18- and 19-year-olds in a mid-west university in the US. In my class there was a young man who had spent his boyhood in Bosnia as NATO bombed his hometown. My other students, amazed by his connection to the genocide in the textbook, asked him what it was like to grow up in a war-zone. “A pretty normal childhood as you had here，” he said. “We played cards inside a lot, and when there was no bombing we kicked a ball in the street.”
In the past few years, the world has seen a rapid increase in refugees(难民), with the number hitting 60 million. Viet Thanh Nguyen's story collection The Refugees reminds us that literature is news that stays news. Set in the Vietnamese communities in California as well as in Vietnam, the stories do not aim to surprise us with new twists or shock us with wonderful details, as war and refugee stories could easily choose to do. Rather, like the young man from Bosnia, Nguyen's characters tell these stories because they are the only ones known to them.
Included in the collection are two of the most touching pieces, both about siblings(兄弟或姐妹) separated by geography and history. In “Black-Eyed Women”，
the narrator(讲述人), a young Vietnamese woman, is visited by the ghost of her elder brother, who died young on the boat when the family took flight from the war. The tale of love and loss, violence and violation, may not be unfamiliar to the reader, but the determination of the brother's ghost(he has taken decades to swim across the Pacific to reach America) and the sister's abandoning herself to a half death make the story lasting.
As an echo, the closing story, “Fatherland”， explores a more complex situation between two siblings. The narrator, a young Vietnamese woman, meets her half-sister, visiting from the US for the first time. Adding to the tension is the fact that her father has named the narrator and her siblings after his first set of children. Two sisters, one American and one Vietnamese, yet named the same by the father—it may sound strange, but isn't it the fate many refugees have to face: a life left behind, that could have been theirs; and a life in an adopted country.
The theme of doubleness—choice and inevitability(不可避免性), home and homelessness, starting afresh and being stuck—is present not only in the stories of Vietnamese refugees, but also of those who have become refugees from their own homes and loved ones. “Smiling at your relatives never got you very far, but smiling at strangers and acquaintances sometimes did.” So a pilot, who fought in the Vietnam war and is now revisiting the country for the first time, thinks while waving at the locals from a tour bus. He's distant from his daughter, just as a Mexican American in the collection is distant from his wife, or a young man from Hong Kong is distant from his father.
The collection is full of refugees, whether from external or from a deeper, more internal conflict between even those who are closest to each other. With anger but not despair, with reconciliation(和解) but not unrealistic hope, and with genuine humour that is not used to insult anyone, Nguyen has breathed life into many unforgettable characters.
( ) 1. The first paragraph is intended to ________．
A. describe the boring life of war victims B. appeal to the readers to help war victims
C. criticize NATO's killing of innocent people D. introduce the story collection The Refugees
( ) 2. Which of the following about The Refugees is True?
A. It tells the news in a literary form. B. It is full of surprising twists and plots.
C. The author experiences the stories himself. D. Its characters narrate their own stories.
( ) 3. How are Black-Eyed Women and Fatherland mainly developed? A. By giving examples. B. By making contrasts.
C. By providing evidence. D. By making classifications. ( ) 4. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that ________． A. relatives hate their loved ones for being left behind B. separation from loved ones tends to make them distant C. people become refugees due to their double character D. smiling is a good way to keep loved ones together
( ) 5. Which of the following is the theme of The Refugees? A. Despair, suffering, and regret. B. Anger, humour and hope.
C. Sympathy, regret, and reconciliation. D. Dream, hope, and expectation. ( ) 6. The Refugees mainly focuses on ________． A. the problems of identity, love, and family for refugees B. the miserable lives of refugees in the adopted countries C. the refugees' reunion with their families after separation D. the various reasons for people's being reduced to refugees
B
I wanted to stop at a sporting goods store “Going Out of Business” sale we passed in the mall. “There's nothing we need，” my husband's usual ill-tempered male comment. “It's all overpriced junk. If they had anything good they wouldn't be going out of business.”
“But, it's sporting goods. Could be some good deals for the grandkids. And, you like boats and fishing stuff. I've put up with that photo of your ‘dream-canoe’
stuck on the bathroom mirror for years now. Maybe you'd enjoy just looking around？”
“Are you crazy？” His eyes got funny and he said something like. “This loser store wouldn't carry something like that. And I'm sure not going near those sucker(傻瓜) crowds.”
I squared my chin and marched into the crowded store. Aisles(过道) and aisles of sporting equipment, boy toys were strung with huge blaring signs. CLOSING OUT SALE─Up to 80% OFF. NO REFUNDS.
Up and down the aisles I walked and explored, humming to myself and enjoying the excitement of a sale. All of a sudden, there, at the back of the store, in gleaming silver, full of lifejackets, paddles and fishing stuff, sat the exact canoe of my husband's picture. I gasped and blinked three times. Yup. It was still there. The Supremo Numero-Uno blah, blah. My__heart__beat__wildly. I made my way through the crowds, scrambled over junk in the aisles and nearly fell into the canoe looking for the price tag. There it was─a little tattered(破旧的), with the manufacturer's suggested retail price at $6，750 plus tax crossed out and a handwritten TO CLEAR $750 AS IS. NO RETURNS. Must be a mistake. $6，000 off? Salesman. I had to talk to a salesman. I spotted a young fellow with a “Hi. I'm Mathew” tag trying to hide out from bargain hunters. I grasped his sleeve. “Mathew. Tell me about this El Supremo canoe. What's wrong with it? Why is it only $750？”
“Oh. There's nothing wrong with it. It's brand new. We're closing the store. That is all. It's on clearance like everything else. I think that includes lifejackets, paddles and a bunch of fishing gear, too. I'll go check.”
A few minutes later he came back and said, “I'm sorry ma'am. Someone made a mistake on the sale tag. It's supposed to be $4，750 for the whole package. I just talked to my Dad who is running the close-out. He said it was worth more than $8，000 regular price so it's still a real good deal.”
I felt tears well up in my eyes. “Oh well，” I said sadly. “Of course, it was too good to be true. This is exactly like my husband's dreamboat. I guess I started to dream myself when I saw that price tag. He's going to be 62 years old Friday. Had to retire early for his health. It's been hard on just the pension but the stubborn