Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the
most loved children's books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well.
It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a
magical world called Wonderland: she has many experiences which seem to change
the rules of reasoning or common sense. The popularity of the book comes
from its imagination, interesting story, and art work.
The writer of the book is
Lewis Carroll. In fact, Lewis Carroll was not the writer's real name. His
real name was Charles Dodgson. One day, he took a boat ride down the
Thames River to have a picnic with three little girls who were friends of
the family. To keep them entertained on the ride, he told them a story in which
Alice, the middle child, was the main character. They enjoyed the story very
much.
Charles later wrote the story
down under the name Alice's Adventures under Ground and gave it to
Alice as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George
MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George
suggested to Charles that he make a book from his story. Charles then wrote
more parts to the story until it was around 35,000 words. It was first
printed in 1866, with art work by John Tenniel, under the
name Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book was an immediate
success.
One of its first fans was
Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a collection of all of Lewis
Carroll's works. She was surprised to find that they included many works on
math. In fact, Charles Dodgson was a highly respected mathematician. This can
be seen in many puzzles and plays on reasoning that appear in his books
and poems.
Since the story was first
printed, it has kept selling up to the present day. It has been translated into
over fifty languages and has had several movies based on it. The story is even
mentioned in the popular 1999 film The Matrix by the character Morpheus.
1.The passage is mainly about _____.
A. Charles' family life
B. a girl's adventurous experience
C. a magical world called wonderland
D. the birth of a book and its lasting influences
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according
to the passage?
A. The writer published his works under his real
name.
B. The character Alice was based on from George's
child.
C. John contributed partly to the popularity of the
book.
D. Charles offered a copy to George as a present.
3.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. Queen Victoria asked for a few of Charles' writings
B. Charles was good at reasoning and writing
C. Charles had his works translated into fifty
languages
D. The Matrix was based on Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland
4.Which of the following is the right order of the
passage?
a. Charles gave his story to Alice
as a Christmas present.
b. Charles had a picnic with three
little girls on the Thames.
c. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
was first printed in l866.
d. More parts were added to the
story by Charles.
e. The book won a large number
of fans.
A. c-b-a-d-e B.
c-a-b-e-d C. b-a-d-c-e D. b-a-c-e-d