绝密启用前2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语模拟试卷（三）第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A Rachel Hores fascinating novels move between the past and the present. Her latest The House on Bellevue Gardens is set in London now and in the early 1960s.Best-selling author Rachel Hores previous novels include The Glass Painters Daughter, which was shortlisted(入围) for the 2010 Romantic Novel of the Year award, and A Gathering Storm, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Historical Novel of the Year award.Here, she shares three books that made an impact on her life.Orlandoby Virginia WoolfReading Orlando for the first time in my late teens gave me a wonderful sense of freedom and the possibilities that a life full of books can offer. Forever young, Orlando possesses “the strength of a man and a womans grace”.He lives through four centuries and has many disguises; sometimes he even changes his gender.It was an excellent literary work through history that excited and inspired me.Flight Behaviourby Barbara KingsolverIve read many of Barbara Kingsolvers novels, including her well-known The Poisonwood Bible, admiring how easily she writes about the power and beauty of the natural world, of which humanity is a dependent part.I particularly love Flight Behaviour because she engages the reader easily with an ambitious subject for fiction climate change.Her story makes us all care about what we are doing to our world.The Hawk in the Rainby Ted HughesWe were given The Thought Fox to read at school and I was so deeply impressed with its central image of the fox in the snow inspiring the poem that I spent that weeks money on the book it appears in. I read and re-read it and was amazed!I loved the writers technique of description, as well as the energy, the violence and the sensuousness (敏感) of those poems.Everyone should have their discovery of poetry moment, and mine was Ted Hughes.1Which of the following books was shortlisted for the 2012 Historical Novel of the Year award?AThe House on Bellevue Gardens.BThe Glass Painters Daughter.CA Gathering Storm.DFlight Behaviour.2Which book did Rachel Hore read when she was in her late teens?AFlight Behaviour.BOrlando.CThe Poisonwood Bible.DThe Hawk in the Rain.3For what does Rachel Hore admire Barbara Kingsolver?AThe topic of her novel.BHow she writes about the power and beauty of the natural world.CHow her novels excite and inspire readers.DHer technique of description.【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了对畅销书作家Rachel Hore的生活产生影响的三本书，介绍了作者以及Rachel Hore的阅读体会。1细节理解题。根据第二段“Best-selling author Rachel Hores previous novels include The Glass Painters Daughter, which was shortlisted(入围) for the 2010 Romantic Novel of the Year award, and A Gathering Storm, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Historical Novel of the Year award.”可知畅销作家Rachel Hore之前的小说包括入围2010年度浪漫小说奖的The Glass Painters Daughter，以及入围2012年度历史小说奖的A Gathering Storm。由此可知，A Gathering Storm入围了2012年度历史小说的提名。故选C。2细节理解题。根据Orlando部分中“Reading Orlando for the first time in my late teens gave me a wonderful sense of freedom and the possibilities that a life full of books can offer. (十几岁时第一次读到奥兰多，让我感受到了自由的美好，也感受到了充满书香的生活所能带来的可能性)”由此可知，Rachel Hore在十几岁的时候读过Orlando这本书。故选B。3细节理解题。根据Flight Behaviour部分中“Ive read many of Barbara Kingsolvers novels, including her well-known The Poisonwood Bible, admiring how easily she writes about the power and beauty of the natural world, of which humanity is a dependent part.(我读过Barbara Kingsolver的很多小说，包括她著名的毒木圣经，很欣赏她如此轻松地描写了自然世界的力量和美丽，而人性是其中不可或缺的一部分)”由此可知，Rachel Hore因为Barbara Kingsolver描写自然世界的力量和美丽的方式而崇拜她。故选B。B Who needs friends? According to most psychologists (心理学家), we all do, especially nowadays when so many other aspects (方面) of modern life are changing. It seems that having friends keeps us both healthy and happy.The number of TV series about groups of friends shows just how important friendship is to us. Psychologist Dorothy Rowe says that many of us now turn to our friends, instead of our families, for advice, comfort and security (安全感). One woman named Rebecca she interviewed even told her that if she had got to choose between her husband and her friend, she would choose her friend.Since our friends mean so much to us, it is not surprising that the happiest marriages are also friendships. “Once the romantic stage of a relationship has passed, it is friendship that holds people together,” says Rowe. If the couple do not make some change, they will either get tired of each other and break up or stay together and seek friendship with others.But is friendship equally important to women and men? According to author Rhonda Pritchard, women are more likely than men to have close friends. “You tell a friend things that youd never tell a partner”, says one woman she interviewed. For men, friendship is usually based on doing things together rather than the private conversations t