Indian boy Piscine Patel is troubled by his first name. It sounds like a rude word, and his classmates laughed at him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.

But Pi’s name problems are nothing compared to what is waiting for him.

Pi’s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge storm hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.

He finds himself on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.

As the tiger becomes hungrier, Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.

The boy and the tiger develop an amazing relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.

The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn’t believe him. Pi then tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details(细节).

Is there really another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee.

1.What’s the first trouble of the Indian boy Piscine Patel?

A.His classmates laughed at his name.

B.His family set sail across the Pacific to Canada.

C.A huge storm hits the ship with his family.

D.The tiger nearly killed him on the lifeboat.

2.Why are all the other animals on the lifeboat killed? Because     .

A.they are hunted by others

B.they are eaten by the tiger

C.they are sunk under the sea

D.they are killed and cooked by Pi

3.The passage mainly tells us     .

A.how Pi’s lifeboat sank in the sea

B.how the tiger ran away from the sea to the forest

C.what happened to Pi on the lifeboat with a tiger

D.what happened to the animals in Pi’s father’s zoo

4.Which would be true according to the passage?

A.The tiger was killed at last.

B.Pi was saved by another ship.

C.The ship company believed Pi’s tiger story

D.Pi told two stories in the movie.

 

The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop on the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that the pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthday.

He sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. He knows very well she has little money. He decides not to go home at once , as he looks sad and his mother will notice(注意) it. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. There he sees a boy moving a wheelchair(轮椅)with his hands . Tom looks at him and is surprised to see that the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet”, he thinks. There is no reason or him to feel so sorry and sad. He goes away and smiles, thinking he is happier.

1.Tom passes the shop ______.

A.on foot           B.by bike           C.in a wheelchair     D.by bus

2.Tom stops in front of the shop because he wants to ______ .

A.buy the shoes

B.look at the shoes he liked

C.buy a present for his friend

D.get something for his birthday party

3.Why did Tom go to the park? Because ______.

A.many nice shoes are sold(卖) there

B.he wants to play there for a while

C.he wants to see his disabled(残疾的) friend

D.he doesn’t want to make his mother worried

4.We can learn from the story that Tom ______ .

A.doesn’t like old shoes

B.loves his mother very much

C.doesn’t want to stay at home

D.has no feet

 

The day is like any other day in his life. Tom walks past the shop on the street corner. He stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that the pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he feels sorry for himself. He really wants to have them for his birthday.

He sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. He knows very well she has little money. He decides not to go home at once , as he looks sad and his mother will notice(注意) it. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. There he sees a boy moving a wheelchair(轮椅)with his hands . Tom looks at him and is surprised to see that the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet”, he thinks. There is no reason or him to feel so sorry and sad. He goes away and smiles, thinking he is happier.

1.Tom passes the shop ______.

A.on foot

B.by bike

C.in a wheelchair

D.by bus

2.Tom stops in front of the shop because he wants to ______ .

A.buy the shoes

B.look at the shoes he liked

C.buy a present for his friend

D.get something for his birthday party

3.Why did Tom go to the park? Because ______.

A.many nice shoes are sold(卖) there

B.he wants to play there for a while

C.he wants to see his disabled(残疾的) friend

D.he doesn’t want to make his mother worried

4. We can learn from the story that Tom ______ .

A.doesn’t like old shoes

B.loves his mother very much

C.doesn’t want to stay at home

D.has no feet

 

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