2017届高考英语一轮复习技能提升练：选修8 Unit 4《Pygmalion》（新人教版含解析）
<p> 选修八 <span word="Unit">Unit</span> 4 高考提能练</p><p> 阅读理解·组块专练——练速度</p><p> (限时：35分钟)</p><p> Ⅰ.阅读理解</p><p> <span word="A">A</span></p><p> (2016·甘肃省高三第一次诊断)<span word="When">When</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span><span word="one">one</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="London">London</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="interesting">interesting</span> <span word="place">place</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span>.</p><p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="St">St</span>. <span word="Pauls">Pauls</span> <span word="Cathedral">Cathedral</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="palaces">palaces</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="markets">markets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="shops">shops</span>.</p><p> <span word="Then">Then</span>, <span word="too">too</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="crowds">crowds</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Knights">Knights</span>, <span word="scholars">scholars</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="highwaymen">highwaymen</span> (拦路强盗) <span word="or">or</span> <span word="thieves">thieves</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="infamous">infamous</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="clever">clever</span> <span word="robberies">robberies</span>, <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span>.</p><p> <span word="Here">Here</span>, <span word="also">also</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="noblemen">noblemen</span> <span word="dressed">dressed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="gold">gold</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span>, <span word="Spain">Spain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="France">France</span>; <span word="slaves">slaves</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="captains">captains</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ministers">ministers</span>, <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="servants">servants</span> — <span word="all">all</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="chances">chances</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gray">gray</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="circled">circled</span> <span word="London">London</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="gates">gates</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="welcome">welcome</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="Into">Into</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="curious">curious</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span>, <span word="quick">quick</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eager">eager</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="sights">sights</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="town">town</span>?<span word="s">s</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="plainly">plainly</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="secrets">secrets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="woods">woods</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="men">men</span>?<span word="s">s</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span>nd he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays, he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since; for it is the use of this knowledge of the world, combined with his own genius, that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.</p>
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