高考维“升”素18——文学欣赏 (时间:分钟) 维A 完形填空 高考曾用材料:2010江苏卷A篇 选材相似度:★★★ 设题相似度:★★★ 难度系数:★★★★ Wranglers and Stranglers Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin,who seemed to have amazing creative __1__ talent.They were wouldbe poets,novelists,and essayists.They were extraordinary in their __2__ to put the English language to its best use.These promising young men __3__ regularly to read and critique (评论) each other's work.And critique it they did! These men were merciless with one another.They __4__ the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces.They were heartless,tough,even mean in their __5__.The sessions became such areas of literary criticism that the __6__ of this special club called themselves the “Stranglers (扼杀者)”. In order to __7__,the women of literary talent in the university __8__ to start a club of their own,one comparable to the Stranglers.They __9__ themselves the “Wranglers (争论者)”.They,too,read their __10__ one another.But there was one great difference.The criticism was much softer,more __11__,more encouraging.Sometimes,there was almost no criticism at all.Every effort,even the weakest one,was __12__. |