题目内容
A Frenchman who lost his arms and legs successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he
for two years.
A．has been preparing B．had been preparing
C．has prepared D．prepares
B
解析:
略
Daniel Defoe (about 1660~1731) was an important novelist in the English literature(文学). When he was young, he served as a soldier and had been to Spain, Italy, France and Germany. At the same time, he went in for politics. He cared much about the development of capitalism(资本主义). He had written a lot of articles against it and he was put into prison twice for that. It was not until he was nearly sixty that he began to write the famous novel Robinson Crusoe, which was published in May, 1709. It spread so rapidly that the story was known to every household very soon.
Robinson Crusoe can be divided into three parts. The first part is about Crusoe’s three voyages, the second part about his hunting, hiding in caves farming and his hard struggles against nature on a small island, the third part about the things which happened after his return fro
m the island. The second part is the body of the novel, in which Robinson’s characters are clearly shown.
Defoe wrote his novel in a simple style and his language is easy to understand. His novel-writing set a milestone of the modern English novel. In his later part of life, he was in poor health and lived very poorly. He died on April 24th, 1731.
【小题1】.Daniel Defoe was ______ and the writer of ______.
| A．an Englishman, “A Tale of Two Cities” | B．an American, “A Million Pound Note” |
| C．a Frenchman, “The Lost Necklace” | D．an Englishman, “Robinson Crusoe” |
| A．He was in his sixties. | B．He was in his fifties. |
| C．He was over 60. | D．He was sixty. |
| A．two, his lonely life | B．three, his characters |
| C．three, his journeys by sea | D．four, his fame |
| A．all members of a family | B．all people |
| C．every building | D．persons living in the same house |
| A．He wrote a very interesting story. |
| B．He made people happy while reading his story. |
| C．He set a milestone of the modern English novel. |
| D．He was active in politics and was against capitalism. |
A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s.
1.The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______.
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A．alone |
B．with his wife |
C．with his friend |
D．with an Italian |
2.The Italian gave up his watch to him at last because ________.
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A．he had stolen the watch from the Frenchman |
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B．he understood what the Frenchman wanted |
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C．he had picked up the watch on his way from work |
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D．he was afraid of the Frenchman |
3.Who was robbed of the watch in fact?
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A．The Frenchman was. |
B．The Italian was. |
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C．Both of them were. |
D．Neither of them was. |