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【題目】 Antonio lived in Venice．He became a rich merchant by buying and selling things．He often helped his friends when needed.

One day Antonio’s friend Bassanio wanted to borrow more money from him to court a rich young lady Portia．Antonia didn’t have much money at hand, so he asked Bassanio to go into town to borrow money and tell the moneylenders that Antonio would guarantee the money.

Shylock earned money by lending money to other people and making them pay interest．Antonia thought it was wrong to make people pay interest．Shylock was angry about this because people went to borrow money from Antonia．And this meant Shylock earned less money．Another reason that Shylock and Antonia didn’t like each other was that Antonia was a Christian and Shylock was a Jew．They disagreed about a lot of things and did not talk to each other．

Bassanio borrowed thirty thousand dollars and said he would pay it back in three months．He would pay no interest．But if Antonio did not pay Shylock on time, Shylock would take one pound of flesh from wherever he chose to take it.

Antonio lost his ships and cargoes at sea．Shylock thought he would have the chance to take revenge on his old enemy．

The duke wished Shylock to have mercy on Antonio, but Shylock refused.

Portia, disguised in a man’s clothes, pretended to be a young judge from Rome．Portia asked Shylock to take three times the money instead of the penalty．But Shylock insisted he would keep to the contract． Portia agreed．But she also told Shylock that he could only take his pound of flesh, but NOT ONE

DROP OF HIS BLOOD, or the duke would TAKE EVERYTHING HIS OWNED．

【1】How did Antonio become a rich merchant?

A.By lending money to others.B.By buying and selling things．

C.By helping friends in need.D.By earning interest.

【2】Why did Shylock and Antonia dislike each other?

A.Because Antonia thought it was wrong to make people pay interest.

B.Because people went to borrow money without interest from Antonia.

C.Because Antonia was a Christian and Shylock was a Jew.

D.All the above.

【3】What’s the meaning of the underlined word ‘revenge’?

A.同情B.占上風C.報 復D.懲罰

【4】 was wise enough to save Antonia.

A.The dukeB.BassanioC.PortiaD.A young judge

【5】What do you think would happen in the end?

A.Shylock got ninety thousand dollars instead of one pound of flesh.

B.Shylock got his thirty thousand dollars back.

C.The duke took everything Shylock owned.

D.Half of everything Shylock owned belonged to the duke．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文講述的是威尼斯商人的故事，Antonia由于種種原因，借了Shylock的錢，但是Antonia的貨物丟失，如果他無法按時還上Shylock的錢，便要給Shylock割一磅肉，之后Portia救下了Antonia。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第一段“He became a rich merchant by buying and selling things．”可知他是通過買賣東西來變得有錢的，故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第三段“Antonia thought it was wrong to make people pay interest．”“Another reason that Shylock and Antonia didn’t like each other was that Antonia was a Christian and Shylock was a Jew．”“He often helped his friends when needed.”可知A、B、C都符合題意，故選D。

【3】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)文章大意可知，此處Shylock知道了Antonia的貨物丟失，便認為可以好好地復仇了，根據(jù)后文“on his old enemy”他的老敵人，可知，此處應是復仇的意思。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段大意可以推斷出Portia從開始易容，再想出辦法讓Shylock只割一磅肉，不能掉一滴血，說明她非常聰明了。故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。本題需結(jié)合全文大意，再根據(jù)故事的真實結(jié)局推測，A、B、C都是文中沒有提及到的，只有D選項符合文章大意以及真實結(jié)局。故選D。

本文講述的是一本小說里面的故事，這道題的前四個題都是可以從原文原句中推測出正確答案，但是第五題考查的就要多一點了，不僅要考學生根據(jù)全文推理的能力，而且要考查學生的課外閱讀量，因為這道題的正確答案便是這本小說的真是結(jié)局。