内蒙古自治区赤峰市赤峰二中2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次月考试题第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选.项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFourFamousBooksinAmericanHistoryThe1920swasthefirstrecognizably“modern”periodinAmericanhistoryandthebooksatthattimeremaincurrentinmanysenses.Herearefourbookspublishedinthe1920sthateveryoneshouldread.TheGreatGatsbyWhetherornotittrulyishis“best”novel,there’sareasonthatF.ScottFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsbyremainshismostpopularworktoday.ThethemesinthenovelreflectthesuddenchangeinAmericaitself.ThenovelalsoconveystheAmericanDream,theideathatself-made(白手起家的)menandwomencouldmakethemselvesintoanythinginthiscountry.Fitzgeraldrejectedtheidea,however.UlyssesUlyssesemploys“streamofconsciousness”,atechniquethatseekstoexactlycopytheinnermonologue(独白)ofaperson,whichwascommonlycreditedtoWilliamJames.JamesJoycewasn’tthefirstwritertousethistechnique(Dostoveskyuseditinthe19thcentury),buthewasthefirstonetoattemptitonthemassivescaleinthisbook.TheSoundandtheFuryWilliamFaulkner’sgreatestworkisthisnovelthatisusuallyconsideredasoneofthemostchallengingnovels.Thestoryisofabigfamilyindecline.Formuchofthenovel,thepointofviewisthefirstperson,whilethefinalsectionsuddenlyswitchestothethirdperson.Techniqueslikethatarewhatmakethisbookremarkable.RedHarvestThisclassicnovelfromDashiellHammettremainsincrediblyinfluentialforitstone,languageandplot（情节）.Aprivatedetectiveishiredtocleanupacorrupt(腐败的)town,aplacewherethepolicealsoinvolveinthecorruption.Soundsfamiliar,right?It’sbecausesomanybooks,filmsandTVshowshavestolenthebasicplotofRedHarvest.Whichbookreflectsthechangeofthesocietythen?Ulysses.B.TheGreatGatsby.C.TheSoundandtheFury.D.RedHarvest.WhatisspecialaboutTheSoundandtheFury?Itusesthetechniqueofstreamofconsciousness.Itisthemostpopularworkin1920s.Itiswrittenindifferentpersons.Ithasbeenadoptedalotforfilms.WhatmightbethethemeofRedHarvest?Thecrime.B.Thelanguagelearning.C.Theadventureintheharvesttime.D.Thebraveryofthepolice.BShiriMagargrewupinasmallvillageinthecen