Question

【題目】

English book Animal Farm (1945) tells a story about farm animals. They are fed up with (受夠了) Mr Jones, the farmer. He treats them badly, so they decide to kick him off the farm and run the farm themselves.

One day an old pig called Old Major gathers the animals around him. He tells them that all animals should stand together. He says they should take over the farm. They say that all animals are equal.

After they get rid of (擺脫) Mr Jones, two pigs become the leaders of Animal Farm. One pig called Snowball is a great speaker. He has big ideas for Animal Farm. The other leader is a pig called Napoleon. Napoleon is a crafty (狡猾的) animal. He brings together supporters by offering them advantages.

Napoleon makes a war against Snowball and kicks him away from the farm. He turns Snowball into a big enemy. He says that Snowball is working with Farmer Jones and other farmers to do harm to Animal Farm.

But as it turns out it is Napoleon who is working with the enemies of the animals. He joins up with the old human enemies of the animals. But he tells the animals that he is working for them. At the same time the animals work hard. It seems that it is as bad to live under Napoleon as it was under Farmer Jones!

Why is the story so important?

Animal Farm is an excellent choice for learners of English because it’s very short. The language is also simple.

Like many famous stories Animal Farm is not just a book. It was played on the BBC radio in 1947. The big modern way of telling stories is in movies of course. Orwell’s book has become a film twice. Perhaps it won’t surprise you that the first one (1954) was a cartoon. In 1984 another film was made. This was a live-action (真人版的) film. The famous book has also been put on in the theater. In 1984 a play was made and it toured a number of British cities.

【1】Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. Napoleon turns snowball into a big enemy.

b. Animals are tired of Mr Jones.

c. Snowball becomes one of the leaders.

d. Napoleon kicks snowball off the farm.

e. Animals get rid of Mr Jones.

A.e a b c dB.a e b d cC.b e c a dD.b e a c d

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.George Orwell is the writer of the book Animal Farm.

B.All the learners of English should read this book.

C.The book became a film in 1947.

D.Snowball and Napoleon lead the farm in the end.

【3】The purpose of the passage is ______________________.

A.to make an advertisement for a new bookB.to introduce us a famous novel

C.to show a world of animalD.to attract us to watch a film

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

本文講述了《動(dòng)物莊園》。故事是動(dòng)物們受夠了瓊斯先生，想自己經(jīng)營(yíng)農(nóng)場(chǎng)。一天，老豬把他周?chē)�的�?dòng)物都聚集起來(lái)。擺脫了瓊斯先生，兩頭豬成為動(dòng)物莊園的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。一只叫雪球，一個(gè)叫做拿破侖。拿破侖很狡猾，他拉攏動(dòng)物們向雪球發(fā)起戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，把雪球變成了一個(gè)大敵人。《動(dòng)物莊園》是英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者的一個(gè)很好的選擇，因?yàn)樗�很短，語(yǔ)言也很簡(jiǎn)單。奧威爾的書(shū)兩次被拍成電影。第一部是一部卡通片，1984年又拍了一部電影。那本著名的書(shū)也被搬上了劇院。1984年，該劇在英國(guó)多個(gè)城市巡回演出。

【1】排序題。根據(jù)第一段“They are fed up with Mr Jones”可知?jiǎng)游飩兌加憛挱偹瓜壬�，所�?/span>b是第一個(gè)，排除選項(xiàng)A、B；根據(jù)第三段“After they get rid of (擺脫) Mr Jones”可知?jiǎng)游飩冓s走了瓊斯先生，所以e是第二個(gè)，根據(jù)下文“two pigs become the leaders of Animal Farm. One pig called Snowball is a great speaker.”可知雪球成為了其中的一個(gè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，所以c是第三個(gè)，根據(jù)下文“Napoleon makes a war against Snowball and kicks him away from the farm. He turns Snowball into a big enemy.”可知拿破侖把雪球變成了一個(gè)大敵人，并且把雪球趕出了莊園，所以a是第四個(gè)，接下來(lái)是d，故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Animal Farm is an excellent choice for learners of English because it’s very short. The language is also simple.”可知此處并不是所有人，所以選項(xiàng)B錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“Orwell’s book has become a film twice. Perhaps it won’t surprise you that the first one (1954) was a cartoon.”可知是1954年，所以選項(xiàng)C錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“Napoleon makes a war against Snowball and kicks him away from the farm.”可知拿破侖把Snowball趕出了農(nóng)場(chǎng)，所以選項(xiàng)D錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“Orwell’s book has become a film twice.”可知作者是奧威爾，所以選項(xiàng)A正確，故選A。

【3】主旨大意題。根據(jù)“English book Animal Farm (1945) tells a story about farm animals”可知此處是關(guān)于農(nóng)場(chǎng)的故事，所以本文是介紹一本著名的小說(shuō)，故選B。