高中英语人教版选修8练习：单元质量评估（四）含解析.docVIP

高中英语 单元质量评估(四) 时间：100分钟　分数：120分 第一部分　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) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing.His mother took him to see the famous showman, P．T.Barnum.Mr.Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show.He hired Charles parents along with him, and they travelled the world together. He gave the two－foot－tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb.He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes.When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads.To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England. During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people.He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.Toms act was very popular and brought in a lot of money.By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich.He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five. Fortunately for Tom, Mr.Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well.One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher.Tom was able to win her love, and they married. The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town．They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2，000 guests.Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage.The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Toms house in Connecticut. Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war.Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings.In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through the marriage ceremony for fun. [语篇解读]　本文主要介绍了著名的侏儒演员Charles Stratton的故事，尤其是他的婚礼给当时处于内战中的美国人民带来了很多快乐。 1．The underlined words “talk of the town” means ________． A．it was in the newspaper B．it was the most