2017--2018学年人教版选修八Unit 2 cloning using language课时作业 (4)
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  conclusively identify Cather herself with Nellie Birdseye.Nellie and Cather,both Midwestern onlookers and recorders,experienced four distinct stages in their relationships with the Henshawes and the McClures (especially with S.S.).My Mortal Enemy,I believe,was an extended attempt by Cather to deal with certain aspects of her own past and to move on in a world stripped of romantic illusion.

1.The underlined word "enigma" in Paragraph 1 means " ".

A.adaptation B.abstract

C.best­seller D.mystery

2.Cather didn't have My Mortal Enemy published immediately .

A.so as not to annoy the relatives of the prototype for Myra

B.for fear that the prototype for Myra should be badly hurt

C.because she meant to polish it by adding some new material

D.because she was forbidden to do so by the real­life couple

3.We can infer from the passage that .

A.Myra Henshawe is particularly true to her prototype

B.Cather had a good relationship with the real­life model

C.the writer considers My Mortal Enemy as a great work

D.scholars will put an end to their argument about the novel

4.In the passage,the writer .

A.restored the truth behind Myra

B.presented his own hypothesis

C.made a revision to Zitter's idea

D.renewed part of Klein's fiction

5.The proper title for the passage is " ".

A.Uncovering Cather's Personal Secret

B.Unlocking the Scholars' Imagination

C.Unfolding the Plot of My Mortal Enemy

D.Unmasking Cather's "Mortal Enemy"

Ⅱ.佳作背诵(日常活动)

  请认真阅读下面短文,并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

A new study shows that too many people are working through their lunch hour.Not taking a proper lunch break is unhealthy.It can make people sick,so then they need time off work.The study is from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy(CSP) in the UK.It interviewed over 2,000 people about what they do during lunch at work.Twenty percent of the workers said they did not take a lunch break.They worked through their lunch hour.Half of the people took a break but ate their lunch at their desk and surfed the Internet,answered e­mails or went on Facebook...The CSP told