Question

【題目】 Little Women is a novel by an American writer, which was published in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March from childhood to womanhood.

These four sisters live with their mother. Meg and Jo March, the elder sisters, both work outside the home for money to support the family. Meg teaches four children in a nearby family, while Jo helps her grand-aunt March, who is very rich. Beth helps with the housework, and Amy attends school. Their nearest neighbor is a rich man whose orphaned grandson lives with him. The sisters introduce themselves to the handsome shy boy, Laurie, who is the age of Jo.

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Meg is the beautiful sister; Jo is the tomboy（愛打鬧的女孩）; Beth is the musician; and Amy is the charming artist with blond curls. Jo is easy to get angry. One of her challenges（挑戰(zhàn)）in growing up is to control her anger. Laurie enjoys his neighbors, joining the family often in play. His grandfather, Mr. Laurence, is charmed（吸引）by Beth, and gives her the piano used by Laurie’s late sister.

【1】Who wrote the novel Little Women?

A.Louisa May Alcott.B.Jo March.C.Laurence.D.Laurie.

【2】What does Little Women tell about?

A.About the lives of four sisters when they are young.

B.About the lives of four sisters when they are old.

C.About the lives of four sisters after they get married.

D.About the lives of four sisters when they grow up.

【3】What is Amy and how does she look like?

A.She is an artist and has golden curly hair.B.She is a musician and charming.

C.She is a teacher and has blond curls.D.She is an artist and easy to get angry.

【4】Who is Mr. Laurence?

A.He is very rich.B.He is Laurie’s neighbor.

C.He is Laurie’s grandfather.D.He is Jo’s grandfather.

【5】What do we know about Laurie from the passage?

A.He lives with the four sisters.B.He is an orphan.

C.He is easy to get angry.D.He doesn’t like his late sister.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

本文主要介紹的是美國作家在1868和1869出版的小說《小婦人》。這部小說描述了Meg、Jo、Beth和Amy March四姐妹從童年到成年的生活。

【1】推理判斷題。通讀全文，可知文章提到的Jo March、Laurie、Laurence是小說中的人物。故可推知選項(xiàng)A是作者。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March from childhood to womanhood.可知，描寫了四姐妹的成長(zhǎng)過程，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)and Amy is the charming artist with blond curls.可知，Amy是有金色卷發(fā)的迷人藝術(shù)家。故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Laurie enjoys his neighbors, joining the family often in play. His grandfather, Mr. Laurence, is charmed（吸引）by Beth, and gives her the piano used by Laurie's late sister.可知His grandfather, Mr. Laurence, Laurence是Laurie的爺爺。故選C。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Their nearest neighbor is a rich man whose orphaned grandson lives with him. The sisters introduce themselves to the handsome shy boy, Laurie, who is the age of Jo.” 他們最近的鄰居是一個(gè)富有的人，他的孤孫子和他住在一起。姐妹們把自己介紹給這個(gè)英俊靦腆的男孩Laurie，他和Jo同年齡，可知Laurie是一個(gè)孤兒。故選B。