Question

Have you read " 'To Kill a Mockingbird’ The only novel by Harper Lee offers moral lessons about racial justice and respect．It tells the story of a young girl named Scout and her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer．He defends a black man ．

Tom Robinson wrongfully accused of raping（強(qiáng)奸）

a white woman．In the end, an all-white- jury （陪審團(tuán)）sentences Tom Robinson to death． The book is set in the American, South in the 1930s．

But it came out on July11th, 1960 as the civil rights movement in the United States was gaining strength.

Laws and customs in the South, however, still kept blacks and whites mostly separated．

A mockingbird is a land of gray songbird．The book

gets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his

childhood when his father gave him a gun. Atticus Finch said, "I remember when my daddy first gave me that gun, he told me that I should never point at anything in the house, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them．But remember, it was a sin （罪過） to kill a mockingbird, for they don't hurt anyone, they just make music．"

Some people said, " 'To Kill a Mockingbird' treats racism in a way that is simplisite（過分單純化的）, even offensive to blacks, and out of date in today's America．" Still, it has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over forty million copies. It is often required reading in high schools. Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in America in 1961 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007.

The story takes place in a town that Harper Lee called Maycomb. But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up．Since then her hometown Monroeville has changed a lot．A number of African-Americans serve m the local government．The courthouse, made famous by the book, is now a museum．A small shop and a fast-food restaurant called Mel's Dairy Dream have replaced Harper Lee's childhood home．

1.We can learn from the passage that Harper Lee __．

A．has written more than-one novel in her life

B．lived in a town called Maycomb as a child

C．had been awarded two prizes in America by 2007

D．likes a mockingbird very much that makes music

2.According to the passage, __ in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is compared to a Mockingbird．

A．Harper Lee B．Scout

C．Attricus Finch D．Tom Robison

3.What is the main idea of the 4th paragraph?

A．A mockingbird doesn't hurt anyone at all．

B．To tell readers how the novel gets its title,

C．A mockingbird is a kind of gray songbird．

D．To kill a mockingbird is more than a hunting．

4.We can infer from the passage that the novel "To Kill Mockingbird" __．

A．was published about 60 years ago

B．was very popular in the late 1930s

C．has been read by millions of high school students

D．gets its title from a story told by Harper Lee's father

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了美國作家哈潑·李于1960年發(fā)行的小說《殺死一只知更鳥》，榮獲當(dāng)年度普立茲獎(jiǎng)。此書一出版便獲得了極大的成功，并成為美國現(xiàn)代文學(xué)的經(jīng)典。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)第五段Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in America in 1961 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007，可知到2007年為止，Harper Lee在美國被授予普利策獎(jiǎng)和美國總統(tǒng)自由勛章兩次獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。答案選C。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)小說內(nèi)容和But remember, it was a sin （罪過） to kill a mockingbird, for they don't hurt anyone, they just make music．"可知湯姆·魯濱遜（Tom Robinson）：一個(gè)在種植園工作的誠實(shí)黑人。他被誣陷犯有強(qiáng)奸罪。最終在逃跑中被射殺。他是一只“知更鳥”－－什么壞事都沒做，只是“用它們的心唱歌給我們聽”。他象征了天真會(huì)被罪惡吞噬。，答案選D。

3.主旨大意題：根據(jù)第四段The book gets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his

childhood when his father gave him a gun. 可知此段講述了這本小說的名稱來歷。B項(xiàng)正確。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段Still, it has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over forty million copies. It is often required reading in high schools.在美國高中這本小說是必讀書籍。故C項(xiàng)正確。

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