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【題目】 Jane Eyre（簡愛）tells the story of a good and independent woman, who does not depend on others and does not give up even facing many difficulties. Jane is poor and an orphan（孤兒）and is treated badly by her rich aunt and cousins. She is sent away to a school where the pupils are treated very badly. Jane remains strong, because she knows she is good. And when she had the chance to run away, she does. Jane takes a job in the house of a rich man called Mr Rochester.

Jane falls in love with Mr Rochester who is twenty years older than her. Jane is sad when Rochester brings a beautiful woman Blanche to his house. Jane thinks Rochester will marry Blanche. So she decides to leave. Rochester asks her to stay but she will not. She tells him she loves him and says that she is poor and not beautiful, but it does not mean that she has no feelings. She speaks to Rochester as a ‘spiritual equal’.

Rochester asks Jane to marry him and she agrees, but on the day of the wedding she finds out that Rochester is already married. Jane decides to leave and even though Rochester says his wife is mad and begs Jane to stay, she cannot. Jane will not stay with a man who is already married. She has no family to protect her and no money, but she is proud and she wants to do the right thing.

When Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was first published, it was called an autobiography（自傳）. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, like Charles Dickens, shows the double-standards in Victorian Britain. The poor and especially orphans were not given any protection by the law, they were seen as animals not humans. The rich lived a life of luxury(奢侈) and by giving a little money to charity they thought they had done their best.

【1】What does the underlined “independent” mean in the first paragraph?

A.堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的B.大方的C.自立的D.嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)?/span>

【2】Jane doesn’t marry Rochester because _____________________________.

A.Rochester is twenty years older than herB.Jane thinks Rochester will marry Blanche

C.Rochester is already marriedD.Jane has no family to protect her and no money

【3】In this passage, how many names in the book are mentioned?

A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.

【4】The ‘double-standards’ in Victorian Britain refers to ________.

A.the unequal rights between men and women

B.the different thoughts between adults and children

C.the huge differences between the rich and the poor

D.the different lives between material and spiritual worlds

【5】The passage is mainly about ________.

A.British life in the 19th centuryB.English literature

C.Charlotte Bronter’s life and worksD.the book Jane Eyre and its value

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述名著《簡·愛》中主人翁是一個(gè)善良而獨(dú)立的女人，她不依賴別人，即使面對許多困難也不放棄。講述了這本書的價(jià)值所在。

【1】詞句猜測。根據(jù)下文“who does not depend on others and does not give up even facing many difficulties.” 她不依賴別人，即使面對許多困難也不放棄。可知上文中Jane是一個(gè)獨(dú)立的女人。independent的意思是“自立的，獨(dú)立的”。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文中“Rochester asks Jane to marry him and she agrees, but on the day of the wedding she finds out that Rochester is already married. Jane decides to leave and even though Rochester says his wife is mad and begs Jane to stay”可知，Jane沒有嫁給Rochester，是因?yàn)?/span>Rochester已經(jīng)結(jié)婚了。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文中“Jane falls in love with Mr Rochester who is twenty years older than her.”及“Jane is sad when Rochester brings a beautiful woman Blanche to his house.”可知，文中提到了3個(gè)人的名字：Jane；Mr Rochester；Blanche。故選B。

【4】推理判斷。根據(jù)文中“In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, like Charles Dickens, shows the double-standards in Victorian Britain. The poor and especially orphans were not given any protection by the law, they were seen as animals not humans. The rich lived a life of luxury(奢侈) and by giving a little money to charity they thought they had done their best.”可知，窮人，特別是孤兒沒有受到法律的保護(hù)，他們被視為動(dòng)物而不是人類。富人過著奢侈的生活，通過給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)一點(diǎn)錢，他們認(rèn)為自己已經(jīng)盡力了。維多利亞時(shí)代英國的“雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”是指貧富之間的巨大差異。故選C。

【5】主旨大意。通讀整篇短文可知，這篇短文主要介紹了《簡·愛》一書及其價(jià)值。故選D。