2016届安徽省高考英语一轮复习提能演练：综合二（人教版必修4～选修6）_高考复习指南

2016届安徽省高考英语一轮复习提能演练：综合二（人教版必修4～选修6）

　　The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children’s book written in 1900 by L. Frank Baum. It was originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago, and has since been reprinted countless times, sometimes under the name The Wizard of Oz. It is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. The book has been in public domain since 1956.

　　The story describes the adventures of a girl named Dorothy in the land of Oz. Dorothy Gale is a young girl who lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Emily and her little dog Toto. One day a cyclone（大旋风） appears and the farmhouse is caught up in the cyclone and deposited in a grassy field in the country of the Munchkins. The falling house kills the Wicked Witch of the East, who had established a reign of terror over the Munchkins.

　　The Good Witch of the North comes with the Munchkins to greet Dorothy, and gives her the Silver Shoes the Wicked Witch of the East had been wearing when she was killed. In order to return to Kansas, the Good Witch of the North consults a magical blackboard which recommends, “Let Dorothy go to the City of Emeralds” and asks the Wizard of Oz to help her. The Good Witch of the North also kisses Dorothy on the forehead, stating that no one will harm a person who has been kissed by her. On her way down the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy meets some remarkable characters: she liberates the Scarecrow（稻草人） from the pole he’s hanging on, restores the mobility of the rusted（生锈的） Tin Woodman, and encourages the Cowardly Lion to journey with her and Toto to the Emerald City. The Scarecrow wants to get a brain, the Tin Woodman a heart, and the Cowardly Lion courage; and they are convinced by Dorothy that the Wizard can help them too. Before the Wizard will grant their wishes, however, they have to kill the Wicked Witch of the West， which Dorothy finally manages to do, thus making all their wishes come true.