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【題目】根據(jù)短文理解，選擇正確答案。
The Bronte sisters were three sisters who became famous novelists． Their lives and works are connected with the lonely moors of Yorkshire, England, where they lived． Patrick Bronte, the sisters' father, was a poor Irishman who became the parish clergyman of the small, isolated town of Haworth, Yorkshire． Bronte was somewhat strange and tended to be strict． His wife died in 1821 and her sister brought up the family out of duty, but with little love or understanding． The sisters went to several boarding schools where they received a better education than usual for girls at that time, but in a bad atmosphere．
Few jobs were available for women at that time, and the Bronte sisters, except for occasional jobs as governesses or schoolteachers, lived their entire lives at home． They were shy, poor, and lonely, and occupied themselves with music, drawing, reading and ---above all---writing． Their isolation led to the early development of their imaginations． In 1846, under the male pen names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, the sisters published a joint volume of poems．Although only two copies were sold, all three sisters soon had their first novels published．
Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel Jane Eyre （1847） is largely autobiographical ． Through the heroine, Charlotte relived her hated boarding school life and her experiences as a governess in a large house． Rochester, the hero and master of the house, is fictional． Jane Eyre was enormously successful, but many readers were shocked that Rochester, who tried to make Jane his mistress, should be rewarded by marrying her． Some readers were also shocked because Jane wanted to be regarded as a thinking and independent person, rather than as a weak female．
Charlotte Bronte wrote three other novels． The first one, The Professor, was not published until 1857, after her death． Shirley （1849） is set among the labour riots of the early 1800s． Villette
（1）The underlined word “autobiographical” in paragraph 3 most probably means _______．
A.popular
B.likely to cause sympathy
C.relating to her own life
D.concerning female issues
（2）We can infer from the passage that _______．
A.the three sisters were badly treated by their step-mother
B.The three Bronte sisters were brought up in Ireland
C.Haworth was suffering high unemployment at the time of the three Bronte sisters
D.writing was not intended for women in the 19th century in Britain
（3）In many readers' eyes, Rochester, _______．
A.acted too rudely towards Jane
B.did not deserve to be Jane's husband
C.was too bad to be truthful
D.should be Jane's master as well as her husband
（4）What will probably be discussed in the coming paragraphs of this passage?
A.The other two sisters' works．
B.Charlotte Bronte's life in Brussels．
C.What is talked about in the novel, Villette．
D.Why their novels outweighed (超過)their poems．

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）D
（3）B
（4）A
【解析】夏洛特. 勃朗特是一位以小說＜簡(jiǎn)愛＞而出名的英國作家.她與另外兩位作家——安妮. 勃朗特和艾米麗. 勃朗特是姐妹.這三姐妹短暫而悲劇的生活與她們的小說一樣有名.

（1）C詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第三段第二句 Through the heroine, Charlotte relived her hated boarding school life and her experiences as a governess in a large house． 通過女主人公，Charlotte重溫她討厭寄宿學(xué)校的生活和她在一個(gè)大房子里作為家庭教師的經(jīng)歷。因此可推知Jane Eyre 是在敘述作者本人的親身經(jīng)歷。C項(xiàng)符合題意。

（2）D推理判斷題。A項(xiàng)文中未提到，排除；根據(jù)第一段第二句中England, where they lived她們住在英國，可知排除B項(xiàng)；根據(jù)第二段第一句Few jobs were available for women at that time,在那時(shí)女性的工作很少。但并沒提到失業(yè)率高，故排除C；D項(xiàng)文中雖未提到，但根據(jù)第三段中Jane Eyre was enormously successful,簡(jiǎn)愛獲得巨大成功，Some readers were also shocked because Jane wanted to be regarded as a thinking and independent person, rather than as a weak female．一些讀者感到震驚，因?yàn)楹?jiǎn)想成為一個(gè)思想和獨(dú)立的人，而不是一個(gè)柔弱女性�？芍�簡(jiǎn)愛并不是專門為英國19世紀(jì)的女性所寫。故選D。

（3）B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中many readers were shocked that Rochester, who tried to make Jane his mistress, should be rewarded by marrying her． 很多讀者感到震驚，Rochester娶了Jane是值得的。其實(shí)也就是在說“Rochester不應(yīng)該成為簡(jiǎn)的丈夫”。故選B。

（4）A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句The Bronte sisters were three sisters who became famous novelists三姐妹都是著名的小說家。根據(jù)第三段中Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel Jane Eyre （1847） is largely autobiographical．Charlotte Bronte的著名小說“簡(jiǎn)愛”是自傳體。第四段Charlotte Bronte wrote three other novels． Charlotte Bronte又寫了另外三部小說。可知文章三、四段介紹了Charlotte Bronte的作品，所以推測(cè)下面應(yīng)該介紹另外兩個(gè)姐妹的作品。故選A。