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閱讀強(qiáng)化訓(xùn)練(十六)(建議用時(shí)：25分鐘)閱讀理解DonQuixote，theclassicbySpanishRenaissancewriterCervantes，hasinspiredliterarymovementsfromthe18th-centurypicaresquenovelstothemostspecialworksofthe21st-centurypost-modernismandhasprovidedthepowerforcriticalworksbyeveryonefromThackeraytoOrtegayGasset.ShakespearepaidCervantes(hiscontemporary)therarecomplimentofusingQuixoteassourcematerialforoneofhislaterplays，Cardenio.Theconceptofthenovelissimple：AlonsoQuijano，alandownerfromLaMancha，isattractedbythebooksaboutknights(騎士)．Drivenmadbythespecialplots，charactersandphilosophyinthese17th-centurynovels，QuijanodecidestobringdignitybacktothelostprofessionofknightunderthenameDonQuixote.Hecarriesasword，asuitofarmor(盔甲)andahorse，andsetsoutintoSpain.ThefirstfewscenesinvolveQuixotealoneagainsttheworld，meetingvariouspeople，butbeforeahundredpagesCervantesintroducedSanchoPanza，Quixote’stalkativesquire(侍從)．Intheendlessdiscussions，Quixote’scrazyconceptionoftheworldisbroughtcrashingtoearthbySancho’spracticalideas.Thereaderfaces，atthesamemoment，anidealviewoftheworldandthecruelfactsoftheactualworld.Quixote’sinsistenceonhisownrealityinthefaceofargumentstothecontrarymakeshimaninterestingcharacterbecauseweknowthatQuixoteisjustwrong.Yet，despiteallofthepainhesuffersinpursuitofthatwrong，hecontinuestobelievethathe’sright.Sowereadonpageafterpage，waitingtoseehowmuchmorethemanwhoconsidershimselfaknightisabletotakebeforehegivesin.JustasQuixotebuildshiscastlesfromcriminalcampfires，webuildourunderstandingofCervantes’Spain，whichwassocruellyrealandsodream-like.We，likeDonQuixote，aredriventohallucinate(產(chǎn)生幻覺(jué))bywhatmightbe，intheend，justaverygoodstory.【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】本文主要介紹了西班牙文藝復(fù)興代表作家塞萬(wàn)提斯的著作《堂吉訶德》。1．WecanlearnfromthefirstparagraphthatDonQuixote________．A．isnotverypopularamongyoungpeopleB．changedthewritingstyleofShakespeareC．wasn’twellrecognizedatCervantes’timeD．hasgreatinfluenceinthefieldofliteratureD解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段DonQuixote...hasinspiredliterarymovementsfrom...powerforcriticalworks可知，《堂吉訶德》在文學(xué)領(lǐng)域具有巨大的影響力。2．AlonsoQuijanosetsoutintoSpaintoseek________．A．greatwealth

B．realknowledgeC．knightspirit

D．personalexperienceC解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Quijanodecidestobringdignitybacktothelostprofessionofknight...可推斷，Quijano即堂吉訶德本人所追求的是騎士精神。3．AccordingtoParagraph3，thenovelmainly________．A．describesthechangesofapersonB．focusesonthesocialproblemsinSpainC．criticizestheliteraryworksinthe17thcenturyD．dealswiththeconflictbetweenidealandrealityD解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Quixote’scrazyconceptionoftheworld...cruelfactsoftheactualworld.可知，《堂吉訶德》主要探討了理想與現(xiàn)實(shí)的沖突。4．What’stheauthor’spurposeofwritingthistext?A．TointroduceandcommentonDonQuixote.B．Toexplain

thenewmeaningofDonQuixote.C．TodiscussthedevelopmentofSpanishRenaissance.D．ToanalysethecharacteristicsofRenaissanceliterature.A解析：寫(xiě)作意圖題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文是一篇書(shū)評(píng)，主要介紹并評(píng)論了《堂吉訶德》這部著作。完形填空Whenyouthinkaboutallthetechnologicalrevolutionsaroundus，itmakesyouwonderifthingsarereallybetter.Insomecases，the

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