17．Four centuries ago，the author of one of the greatest comic creations in all of world literature breathed his last breath．Miguel de Cervantes （1547-1616），the author of Don Quixote （《堂•吉訶德》），is to the Spanish what Shakespeare is to the English and Dante is to Italians-a national literary（文學(xué)的） hero．
Cervantes'book is still appreciated（欣賞） today because it's a truthful comedy．Don Quixote，like human beings generally，has great difficulty distinguishing（區(qū)別）reality from imagination．Readers laugh at him，but when we laugh，we laugh with recognition．
Alonso Quijano is an older Spanish gentleman who loves romances．In truth，he reads far too many romances and they have affected his mind．Quijano is so mixed up that he decides that he must become a knight （騎士） himself．
Quijano becomes"Don Quixote de La Mancha"，an aristocratic （貴族的） name that suits a knight．Next，since every knight needs a horse，he finds himself an old one．But the horse named Rocinante is nothing like a horse a knight would ride．He's old and tired from a life of farm work．
The old heroes of the romances all had a lady to love，someone highborn （出生高貴的） like the knight himself．Don Quixote chooses Aldonza Lorenzo，a farmer's daughter，to be his beloved．She becomes"Dulcinea del Toboso"，or"the sweet woman of Toboso"．Does this please Aldonza Lorenzo？It cannot，because she is all in Don Quixote's imagination．
Now comes Cervantes'second great creation：Sancho Panza．Quijano makes his servant Quixote's squire （隨從），because every self-respecting knight has a squire．Sancho is a sensible foil （陪襯） to the foolish master．
The pair have many adventures ahead of them，but none will be as heroic as a knight's should be．We laugh，rather than cry，as we read．
Cervantes'novel has given us a word that sums up the character type of Alonso Quijano："quixotic"．In English we use the word to describe someone who is idealistic （理想主義的） but foolish in pursuit （追求） of his ideals．It was Cervantes'genius （才能） to see this common trait（特點） and invent a great comedic character．We should salute （向…致敬） him for it on the 400th anniversary of his death on April 22．
59．Why is Don Quixote still popular today，according to the article？D
A．Its fun comes from imagined love and imagined adventures．
B．It has been translated into most languages in the world．
C．It shows how one can be affected by reading romances．
D．It is a comedy that reflects life truthfully．
60．Alonso Quijano thinks he needs all of the following EXCEPTC to become a knight．
A．a(chǎn) horse B．a(chǎn) squire
C．a(chǎn) beautiful companion D．a(chǎn) proper name
61．The underlined word"sensible"in Paragraph 6is closest in meaning toB．
A．understanding B．reasonable
C．senseless D．independent
62．Which of the following about Don Quixote is TRUE？C
A．Readers often burst into tears after reading it．
B．The adventures in it are typical of stories about knights．
C．It vividly describes a character type that has become a classic one in literature．
D．It makes fun of those who devote themselves to pursuing their ideals．
分析 本文講述了Cervantes作品《堂吉訶德》中的人物形象堂吉訶德，并贊揚作者對這一人物形象的成功刻畫．
解答 59-62 DCBC
59．D 根據(jù)Cervantes'book is still appreciated（欣賞） today because it's a truthful comedy．Don Quixote，like human beings generally，has great difficulty distinguishing（區(qū)別）reality from imagination．可知，《堂吉訶德》至今受歡迎的原因是這部作品反映了現(xiàn)實蘑菇答案為D
60．C 根據(jù)Quijano becomes"Don Quixote de La Mancha"，an aristocratic （貴族的） name that suits a knight．Next，since every knight needs a horse，he finds himself an old one．Quijano makes his servant Quixote's squire （隨從），because every self-respecting knight has a squire．可知，作為一名騎士需要一個恰當?shù)拿�、一匹馬和一名隨從，故答案為C
61．B 根據(jù)Sancho is a sensible foil （陪襯） to the foolish master．The pair have many adventures ahead of them，but none will be as heroic as a knight's should be．We laugh，rather than cry，as we read．可知，此處Sancho此處僅僅是對愚蠢的堂吉訶德的恰當?shù)呐阋r，故答案為B
62．C 根據(jù)Cervantes'novel has given us a word that sums up the character type of Alonso Quijano："quixotic"．可知，Cervantes成功地將一個文學(xué)形象描繪成了文學(xué)經(jīng)典形象，故答案為C
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