Thirty years ago, the Earnshaw family lived at
Wuthering Heights, with two teenaged children Hindley and Catherine. Mr.
Earnshaw travels to Liverpool, where he adopts a homeless Gypsy boy, naming him
"Heathcliff". Hindley finds himself robbed of his father's love and
care and becomes bitterly jealous of the newcomer. However, Catherine grows
very attached to him. Soon, the two children spend hours on the moors (荒原) together and hate every moment apart.
Because of the conflict(冲突),
Hindley is eventually sent to college. However, he marries a woman named
Frances and returns three years later, after Mr. Earnshaw dies. He becomes
master of Wuthering Heights, making Heathcliff their servant instead of a
family member.
Months after Hindley’s return, Heathcliff and
Catherine travel to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton family. However,
they are found and try to escape. Catherine is caught by a dog, and then
brought inside the Grange to have injuries tended to while Heathcliff is sent
home. Catherine eventually returns to Wuthering Heights as a changed woman,
looking and acting as a lady. She laughs at HeathcIiff’s dirty appearance. When
the Lintons visit the next day, Heathcliff dresses up to impress her. It fails,
however, when Edgar, one of the Lintons' children, argues with him. Heathcliff
is locked in the attic, where Catherine later tries to comfort him. He swears
revenge(报复) on Hindley.
In the summer of the next year, Frances gives birth to
a son, Hareton, but she dies before the year is out. This leads Hindley to fall
into a life of drunkenness and waste. Two years pass and Catherine has become
close friends with Edgar, growing more distant from Heathcliff.
One day in August, while Hindley is absent, Edgar
comes to visit Catherine. Before long, they declare themselves lovers.
Catherine explains to Nelly, her servant, that she does not really love Edgar
but Heathcliff. Unfortunately, she could never marry Heathcliff because of his
lack of status and education. She therefore plans to marry Edgar and use that
position to help raise Heathcliff’s status. Unfortunately, Heathcliff has
overheard the first part and runs away, disappearing without a trace.
After three years, Edgar and Catherine are married.
Six months after their marriage, Heathcliff returns as
a gentleman, having grown stronger and richer. Catherine is delighted to see
him although Edgar is not so keen. Edgar's sister, Isabella, now eighteen,
falls in love with Heathcliff. He looks down upon her but encourages the adolescent
love, seeing it as a chance for revenge on Edgar. When he embraces Isabella one
day at the Grange, there is an argument with Edgar, which causes Catherine to
lock herself in her room and fall ill.
Heathcliff has been staying at the Heights, gambling
with Hindley and teaching Hareton bad habits. Hindley is gradually losing his
wealth, mortgaging （抵押) the farmhouse to Heathcliff to repay his
debts.
While Catherine is ill, Heathcliff leaves with
Isabella, causing Edgar to disown （与……断绝关系) his sister. The two marry and return two months
later to Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff hears that Catherine is ill and arranges
to visit her in secret. In the early hours of the day after their meeting,
Catherine gives birth to her daughter, Cathy, and then dies. Hindley dies six
months after Catherine. Heathcliff finds himself the master of Wuthering
Heights and the guardian of Hareton.
1.From the first paragraph, we can know ______ .
A．Hindley hates
the fact that his parents give all their love and care to Catherine
B．Mrs. Earnshaw
adopts Heathcliff in Liverpool
C．Hindley is
the oldest of all three children
D．Catherine
likes Heathcliff so much that she enjoys staying with him for long
2.After Frances dies, Hindley________.
A．lives a
disordered life B．locks Heathcliff
in the attic
C．argues with
Heathcliff very often D．returns to
Wuthering Heights as a changed man .
3.The underlined part "the first part"
in Paragraph 5 most probably refers to ________ .
A．Catherine
says that Edgar has asked her to marry him and she has agreed
B．Catherine
loves Heathcliff but can't marry him because of his lack of status and
education
C．Catherine
decides to marry Edgar, with whose help she can help raise Heathcliff’s status
D．Catherine and
Edgar declare themselves lovers to the family
4.At the end of the story________.
A．Isabella dies
after his brother disowns her
B．Catherine
becomes the master of Wuthering Heights
C．Wuthering
Heights falls into the hands of Heathcliff
D．Hindley dies
and leaves Wuthering Heights to Cathy
