Question

【題目】

Portia gave the decision. “One pound of the merchant’s flesh is yours It is what the contract (合同) says. You may take his flesh!”

Shylock held his knife and told Antonio to get ready. “Wait!” exclaimed Portia. “You will not do anything that is not written in the contract. Is that right, Shylock?”

“Yes, that’s right,” said Shylock. He wondered what the wise young judge was going to say.

“Well,” said the young judge, “I have read the contract carefully, and it does not say anything about taking his blood. It says ‘a(chǎn) pound of flesh’. You can take your pound of flesh, but you may not take one drop of his blood. If you take any of his blood, the duke will take everything you own!”

Now it was Graziano’s turn to bless the judge and call him wise.

“You wanted justice,” Portia told Shylock, “and you will have more justice than you wanted.”

Shylock didn’t want to give everything he owned to the duke. He decided not to take his pound of flesh. He said he would take the money.

“Give me ninety thousand dollars,” he said, “and I will have mercy on Antonio and let him go.”

Bassanio was happy to give him the money. He was very pleased that his friend Antonio would not die.

“Wait!” Portia said again. “He does not want the money. It is not written in the contract.”

Bar shylock said he just wanted to have his money back and wouldn’t even demand interest. Bassanio was ready to give it to him, but again Portia stopped him.

“He said he wanted only the penalty that is in the contract.”

Shylock understood that he would not get his pound of flesh. He understood that he would not get his money. He decided to go home.

“Wait!” said Portia, for the third time. The law of Venice, says that if you plan to kill a citizen of Venice, you will lose everything that you own. Half of what you have will belong to the person you tried to kill, and the other half will belong to the duke.

Taken from The Merchant of Venice

【1】Who was the young judge?

A.grazianoB.BassanioC.PortiaD.the duke

【2】What do you think of Shylock according to the passage?

A.brave and cleverB.cold-hearted and selfish

C.generous and patientD.helpful and warm-hearted

【3】Why did Shylock give up taking a pound of flesh at last?

A.Because Antonio’s ships sunk and Shylock had mercy on him.

B.Because Shylock thought that a pound of flesh was worth nothing.

C.Because Antonio gave Shylock ninety thousand dollars.

D.Because Shylock couldn’t take a pound of flesh without any blood.

【4】Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Shylock was stopped taking money from Bassanio three times.

B.Shylock would have his money back without interest.

C.Shylock lost everything for planning to kill a citizen of Venice.

D.Shylock would give everything that he owned to the duke.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文節(jié)選自莎士比亞小說《威尼斯商人》。節(jié)選部分講述了法官鮑西婭利用自己的聰明才智幫助了商人安東尼奧。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“He wondered what the wise young judge was going to say.”可知，夏洛克和鮑西婭聊天時(shí)，夏洛克好奇這個(gè)年輕的法官要說什么，可推出鮑西婭就是年輕的法官。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Shylock held his knife and told Antonio to get ready.”以及“Shylock didn’t want to give everything he owned to the duke”可知，當(dāng)聽到能割安東尼奧的肉時(shí)，他毫不猶豫地舉起刀表示準(zhǔn)備好了，當(dāng)聽到割肉不能有一滴血時(shí)，他無奈放棄，因?yàn)樗�不想給安東尼奧一分錢，而且還向安東尼奧討要借的錢，推理可知此人性格是冷漠且自私的。故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“You can take your pound of flesh, …take everything you own!”可知，夏洛克需要在不流一滴血的情況下割肉，如果沒做到的話，他就會(huì)被剝奪所有財(cái)產(chǎn)，而這件事完全不能做到，只能放棄割肉。故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文“ if you plan to kill a citizen of Venice, you will lose everything that you own.”可知，殺了威尼斯公民的人，會(huì)失去所有財(cái)產(chǎn)。故選C。