2013年高考英语 阅读理解与完型填空 诗人惠特曼.doc
2013年高考英语阅读理解与完型填空：诗人惠特曼题材：人物介绍体裁：记叙文题分：4分阅读时间：5分钟Whitman"worked without pay at army hospitals. He helped care for wounded and dy.ing soldiers. He sat beside these men for hours. He brought them food and wrote letters for them. After the Civil War,Whitman worked for govemment agencies. He watched' the United States try to heal itself and increase democracy. To Walt'Whitman, democracy was more than a political system or idea. It was the natural form of govemment for free"people. WhitnAn believed democracy was' meant to honor the rights ofevery person and the equality of all people. . IIi 1873, Walt Whitman suffered a. stroke. He spent the last years of his life in Camden, New Jersey and wrote more poems. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years af his life. He died in 1892. . 1. Leaves of Grass was publrished in _. . A. 1855 B. 1819 C. 1861 D. 1873 2. The underlined sentence "But most other poets and writers said nothjng or denounced it." (in Paragraph 3) is most likely to tell us that -' A. many great writers liked Whitman's poems very much . B. a lot of people agreed with Emerson C. many poets and writers thou8ht ill of Wh:itman:s poemS D. few poets and writers didn't like talking to Whitman 3. It can be inferred from the-fourth paragraph that Whitman was _. A, a great politician B. a man of devotion . . C; an honeSt official . D*: a brave soldier ' 4. Which of the following is the RIGHT order of Whitman's life? a. His first collection of poetry was published. b. He taught in a school as a teacher when:he was young. c. He helped the wounded soldiers in the war. d. He passed away in Camden, New Jersey. e. He was bom in New York City in 1819. A. e, c, b, a, d B. e, b, c, a, d C. e, b, c, d, a D. e, b, a, c, d2
