河南省安阳市第三十六中学2016-2017学年高二3月月考英语试题含答案
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学必求其心得，业必贵于专精安阳市第三十六中学高二（下英语第一次月考试题命题人：杜娟2017。3第Ⅰ卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYoumayhaveheardofthebookMobyDick（《白鲸记》）,writtenbytheAmericanauthorHermanMelville.YoumayalsoknowthatMobyDickisconsideredoneofthegreatestnovelseverwritten.However,itmightsurpriseyoutofindoutHermanMelvillewasnotalwaysahighlyregardedauthor.Melville’sfirsttwonovels，TypeeandOmoo,werewidelyreadandfinanciallysuccessfully。Theywerebothexcitingtalesofadventuresatseaandexperienceswithpeopleinforeignlands。Melvillebecamequitefamous.However,uponthepublicationofhisthirdbook,Mardi,Melville’spopularitybegantoweaken。Hewasnolongerinterestedintellingtalesofpureadventure,andhiswritingtookonastylethatalienated(使疏远）thegeneralreadingpublicofhistime.MelvillepublishedMobyDickinOctoberof1851。Itwasanoriginalnovel,combiningaspectsofsociologyandphilosophy，whichconfusedreadersbyitscomplexsymbolism。Thebooksoldpoorly.
学必求其心得，业必贵于专精Melville’snextbook,Pierre，wasalmostcompletelydisregardedbythepublic.DebtfrustrationandillhealthfinallyforcedMelvilletotakealow—payingjobasacustomsinspector.Eventually,Melvilleabandonedprose（散文andbegantowritepoetry.TheCivilWaristhemainsubjectofMelville’spoetry.Heandhisbrothermadeatriptothefrontline，andhepublishedabookofpoems,Battle—PiecesandAspectsofWar，basedonthisexperience。Melvillediedin1891attheageof72atthispoint,hisworkhadbeen 