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高三英语试卷
(考试时间：105分钟满分：115分)
I.Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and
grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of
the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.
Pen names
Did you know that Lewis Carroll,best known as the writer of Alices
Adventures in Wonderland,was really named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
This is just one of the fascinating facts(1)
(find)in Pen Names,
a new book by Adrian Scott.Exploring the world of literary pseudonyms
(from the 19th century to the present day,Pen Names seeks to
understand and highlight some of history's most interesting pen names and
uncover the motivations behind them.
(2)】
(consist)of just under 140 pages,the book is a manageable work and begins
with a detailed introduction of the literary pseudonym's history.Scott outlines from the start of his
book that the decision to use pen names usually (3)(fall)into one of two categories:to
fit in or stand out.(4)to protect an author's identity or to increase their appeal to readers,
literary pseudonyms became commonplace from the 1800s onwards.
Pen Names takes us through the reasoning of individual writers as they developed and used
a pen name to author their work.Some of these literary figures are surprisingly well-known under
their own names but chose (5)(publish)some work under a second name.Charles
Dickens,for example,wrote under the name Boz.A more recent example included is the
publishing of novels which (6)(credit)to the pen name Robert Galbraith but were
actually written by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
(7)
all the case studies in Pen Names,the most interesting ones are those of authors
who created public images for their pseudonym or even,in some instances,welcomed them as an
entirely new identity.A particularly remarkable example is Scottish writer William Sharp,
(8)
came to see his pen name Fiona Macleod as a"demonstration of a different,female
side of his nature.”
Ultimately,(9)】
this book questions is whether it's important to know and
understand the identities of authors behind their pen names.According to Scott's work,although
it's important in some cases,it's a fascinating exercise to uncover the lives and motivations of these
authors,especially of(10)
we think we know so well.A clear and well-researched book,
Pen Names is an engaging and informative work that explores an interesting literary tradition.
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