必修二Unit 5 Music Grammar课时作业

Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)

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　　Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89. The book remains a towering presence in American literature. It tells the tale that a white lawyer defends a black man accused of rape in the Deep South. It sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. 55 years after it was published, in 2015，she released the sequel, Go Set a Watchman.

　　Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama.She was the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee.She was a guardedly private person, respected and protected by residents of her town, rarely giving interviews despite her fame.

　　 Tributes have been paid to the Alabama­born writer.Former US President George W Bush, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, said she was "a legendary novelist and lovely lady". Lee's literary agent Andrew Nurnberg said: "Knowing Lee these past few years has been not just a complete delight but an extraordinary privilege. When I saw her just six weeks ago, she was full of life, her mind and rapid thought as sharp as ever. We have lost a great writer, a great friend."Spencer Madrie is the owner of an independent book store in Lee's hometown. It focuses largely on Lee's works. He said："The world has lost a brilliant mind and a great writer. We will remember Harper Lee for her straightness，her talent, and the truths she gave the world, perhaps before the world was ready. We are grateful to have had a connection to an author who offered so much. There will always be something missing from Monroeville and the world largely in the absence of Harper Lee."

　　【语篇解读】　文章主要介绍了美国历史上颇具盛名的作家，小说《杀死一只知更鸟》的作者哈波·李。美国各界对其逝世表达了缅怀之情。

　　1．The book, To Kill a Mockingbird，________．

　　A．is also called Go Set a Watchman

B．is a tale about a war between the white and the black