《2026年高中必刷题高二下英语人教版》

语篇类型：议论文
主题：经典作品语言现代化
词数：348
难度：偏难
建议用时：8分钟
[安徽芜湖2025期末联考]A bitter argument arose after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) — southern Oregon's annual theatrical festival — would be authorising playwrights (剧作家) to "translate" all of Shakespeare's plays into modern English.
The project drew anger from Shakespearean professors, artists and others who firmly believe in the power of Shakespeare's original texts and are against any attempt to simplify their language.
As an educator and lover of Shakespearean drama, I believe in the value of presenting Shakespeare's plays in their original language. I require my students to read Shakespeare's plays in their original form, and through my work on the World Shakespeare Project, I've witnessed undergraduates (本科生) in places such as India, Uganda and Argentina enthusiastically respond to the challenge.
Yet the anger over the OSF's new modernisation project is misguided. The organisation — which is known for experimentation — is simply taking part in a centuries - long tradition of adapting Shakespeare's original texts.
Among those criticising the new project is Professor James Shapiro at Columbia University, a well - known Shakespearean scholar who maintains that "with the language changed in this modernising way, the work just doesn't have the excitement and the quality of the original language." Earlier this month, before an audience at Shakespeare's Globe, he added, "It's a really bad idea." Notably, however, Shapiro, along with many others, responded quite differently to the translation of a different classic text. On Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney's often - praised 1999 translation of *Beowulf*, Shapiro wrote in *The New York Times*, "Examples like this add up to a translation that manages to achieve what seemed impossible before: a faithful translation that is meanwhile an original and fascinating poem in its own right." In this example, at least, Heaney's talent apparently overcame Shapiro's opposition to the concept of "adaptations".
The playwrights the OSF has authorised to "modernise" the language of Shakespeare's works may or may not achieve the same success as Seamus Heaney's *Beowulf* did. But for whatever reason, changing the language of Shakespeare's plays remains unacceptable, while the setting, costuming and theoretical conceptualisation of his plays are fair game for innovation.
1. Why does the author mention some undergraduates?
A. To clear up their misunderstanding about Shakespeare.
B. To stress their key role in the World Shakespeare Project.
C. To show their anger over the OSF's modernisation project.
D. To show that Shakespeare's original works have enduring appeal in their own right.
2. What can we say about James Shapiro?
A. He always keeps his word.
B. He thinks little of *Beowulf*.
C. He remains true to his work.
D. He has contradictory views.
3. What does the author say about Shakespeare's works?
A. Their innovation in some aspects is acceptable.
B. The language modernisation of them will be successful.
C. They have a greater influence on playwrights than *Beowulf*.
D. Their setting and costuming are as important as the language.
4. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To report a breakthrough in Shakespeare's plays.
B. To discuss a project that is linked to Shakespeare.
C. To advise lovers of Shakespearean drama to protest.
D. To awaken people's interest in Shakespeare's works.

答案： 刷阅读理解
【语篇导读】本文是一篇议论文。文章围绕将莎士比亚戏剧“翻译”成现代英语这一项目所引发的争论展开，通过对比不同观点，作者主张在传承莎士比亚戏剧的过程中，在保留原著语言价值的基础上，对场景、服装等方面的创新是可取的。
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1.D 推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，作者先是表明自己认同保持原著语言的价值并要求自己的学生阅读莎士比亚戏剧的原文，紧接着“I’ve witnessed undergraduates... enthusiastically respond to the challenge”表明即使来自不同文化背景的年轻学生也热情地阅读莎士比亚的原作。这支撑了作者的观点，即莎士比亚原作本身就具有持久的魅力。故选D项。
2.D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中詹姆斯·夏皮罗所说的“with the language changed in this modernising way，the work just doesn’t have the excitement and the quality of the original language.”和“Notably，however，Shapiro，along with many others，responded quite differently to the translation of a different classic text.”可知，夏皮罗一方面批评将莎士比亚作品翻译为现代英语的做法，认为这样做会令原作的语言失去其特色，另一方面却高度赞扬了对另一经典作品《贝奥武夫》的语言改编。这说明他持有相互矛盾的观点。故选D项。
贴士：抓住文中的转折和对比是解题的关键。“however...responded quite differently”直接提示了人物观点的矛盾之处。
3.A 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“But for whatever reason，changing the language of Shakespeare’s plays remains unacceptable，while the setting，costuming and theoretical conceptualisation of his plays are fair game for innovation.”可知，作者表示改变莎士比亚作品的语言仍不被接受，而对其布景、服装设计和理论构思进行创新被认为是合理的。这说明在莎士比亚作品的某些方面进行创新是可以接受的。故选A项。
黑板：while在此处意为“然而”，表示两种情况的对比，清楚地说明了可接受与不可接受的界限，是本题的题眼。
4.B 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段内容可知，文章围绕俄勒冈莎士比亚戏剧节授权剧作家将莎士比亚作品“翻译”成现代英语的项目展开，并对其引发的争议进行了讨论。故选B项。
长难句分析
Among those criticising the new project is Professor James Shapiro 介词短语作表语，表语前置，句子用倒装结构；those作介词Among的宾语；criticising the new project为现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰those at Columbia University，a well - known Shakespearean scholar who maintains that“with the language changed in this modernising way，the work just doesn’t have the excitement and the quality of the original language.”Professor James Shapiro的同位语句意：批评这一新项目的那些人包括哥伦比亚大学的教授詹姆斯·夏皮罗，他是一位著名的莎士比亚学者，坚称“这种现代化方式改变语言后，作品就失去了原作语言的感染力与特色”。