2020屆高考英語閱讀理解之主旨大意題復習

“for a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising.”
armantrout, a native californian, received her bachelor’s degree at uc berkeley, where she studied with noted poet denise levertov, and her master’s in creative writing from san francisco state university. she is a founding member of language poets, a group in american poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think.
in march, she won the national book critics circle award for “versed.”
“this book has gotten more attention,” armantrout said, “but i don’t feel as if it’s better.”
the first half of “versed” focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the united states as it fought the war against iraq. the second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in .
armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not. “rae armantrout is a unique voice in american poetry,” said seth lerer, head of arts and humanities at ucsd.
“versed”, published by the wesleyan university press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies. the new edition is scheduled to appear in may.
70. what can we learn from the text?
a. about 2,700 copies of “versed” will be printed.
b. cancer made armantrout stop writing.
c. armantrout got her degrees at ucsd.
d. “versed” has been awarded twice.
解析：歸納判斷題。根據文章中的won the pulitzer prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, “versed”.以及in march, she won the national book critics circle award for “versed.”可知d項正確。
答案:d
9.【 浙江】
in ancient egypt, the pharaoh(法老)treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. however, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.
shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. once a friend and i packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. as we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, ”oh boy, bad day for a picnic. the weatherman says it’s going to rain.”i wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. not for his stupid weather report, for his while
  several months ago i was racing to catch  a him as i breathlessly put my handful of cash across the grey hound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile ,”oh that bus left five minutes ago.”dreams of head-cutting!