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【题目】 It was one o’clock in the morning when I at last succeeded in creating life.

As I looked at the lifeless human being, I saw one eye slowly open. Then he began to breathe and move his arms. At first, I thought he would be a fine-looking man. He had yellow skin, black hair and very white teeth. Unluckily, his eyes were watery, and his lips were thin and colorless. I soon realized that there was nothing beautiful about him. I ran out of the room, disgusted (恶心) by the creature I had created. I tried to sleep, but for hours I could not. Then, when I did get to sleep, I had bad dreams. When I

awoke the next morning, I did not want to return to my laboratory and the monster I had created.I went for a long walk until I came to an inn. There, to my pleasure and surprise, I found my friend, Henry Clerval. “Tell me about my family,” I asked him. “And Elizabeth, How is she?”

“They are all well, Frankenstein,” he said. “But you do not look well, my friend. Your eyes look as if you have not slept for many weeks.”

I knew this was true. “I have been so busy,” I explained, “that I have been working without rest.” Henry walked back with me to my department. I did not want him to, but I could not stop him. I was afraid that the creature i had left there might be alive and walking about. When we reached my apartment, I asked Henry to wait outside for a few minutes. I did not explain why. I slowly opened the door and entered the room. To my surprise, it was empty. The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months.

During my illness, Henry was my only nurse. He heard me talking in my sleep about a monster. At first, he thought i was just having a bad dream, but then he realized that something very bad happened in my life. At last, I began to get better.

【1】What is this passage probably taken from?

A. A news report.B. A science fiction.C. A travel guide.D. a history book.

【2】What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. The birth of the creature.B. The personalities of the creature.

C. The happy feeling of creating life.D. The spirit of the creature.

【3】What does the underlined word “fainted” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. broke downB. cheeredC. lost sensesD. went wrong

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述作者生病了，他幻想自己创造了一个怪物，这让他经常失眠。亨利是他的护士，经过一段时间的治疗，作者的病情开始好转。

【1】推理判断题。根据文意可知，作者幻想自己创造出怪物，他经常失眠，最后在亨利护士的照顾下，他病情得到好转，所以，这个属于科幻小说，故选B。

【2】主旨大意题。根据It was one o’clock in the morning when I at last succeeded in creating life可知，表示生物诞生了，故选A。

【3】词义猜测题。根据The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months可知，我被那种感觉征服了，以致于失去知觉了，所以病了几个月，故选C。

解答词义猜测题时，可以使用如下技巧：1、根据上下文来猜测词义；2、通过同义词或近义词来猜测词义；3、通过构词法来猜测词义；4、通过定义或释义来猜测词义；5、通过句法功能来猜测词义；6、通过转折和因果关系来猜测词义；7. 通过生活常识来猜测词义。对于这类题采取“代入法”也非常有效，即将备选答案逐一代入文中，哪一个选项能使句子的意思通顺、连贯，且与上下文的内容一致，哪一个选项就是该题的正确答案。例如第3题。