太原市2017年高三年级模拟试题（一）英语试题
第二部分阅读理解
本部分共两节，满分60分。
第一节：（共15小题；每小题3分， 满分45分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
JunotDiaz, TheBriefWondrousLifeofOscarWao
ThewinnerinCulturecritics’survey isJunotDiaz’sfirstnovel,aboutabookwormcalledOscar,whodreamsof findinglove.Italsowasnamedasthenumber-onebookbythemostcritics.“It isabigdealformetofallinlovewithabookwhosetopicissciencefiction, fantasyandimagination,”saysElizabethTaylor,theChicagoTribune’sliterary editor.
EdwardP.Jones,TheKnownWorld
Setin1855ontheplantation ofHenryTownsend——bornaslave,nowaslave-owner---TheKnownWorldisa success,leadingreadersintoacomplexmoraltimewithoutmakingsimple judgments.Facinganearlydeath,Townsendthinksaboutthefutureofhis 50-acreVirginiaplantationandtheslaveshetreatsthewayhisformerowner, nowhisteacher,taughthim.
HilaryMantel,WolfHall
Mantel’sboldly reimaginedlegendof16thCenturyEurope,toldfromthepointofThomas Cromwell,winningtheManBookerandNationalBookCriticsCircleawards,was adaptedtothestageandhasbeenfilmedasanewBBCminiseries(短剧).MaryAnn Gwinn,SeattleTimesbookeditorwrites,“Ihaveneverfeltsocompletelyburied intoacharacter’smind,nottomentionalongagoandfar-away place.”