Question

【題目】A widow with a fish to fry

A YOUNG WOMAN WALKS INTO THE BATHROOM of her Beijing apartment. She plans to ask her husband about their coming vacation, but notices he's facedown in their bathtub. Jokingly, she asks him if he's trying to wash his hair. No answer. He's dead.

These first pages of An Yu's novel, Braised Pork, sound like a domestic thriller. The dead husband . A fancy apartment. And a wife who shows that even if she's shocked by the unexpected death, she wasn't happy with her marriage to begin with. Yu writes, “He had betrayed（背叛）and deserted her."

But then, as she waits for the ambulance, Jia Jia discovers a picture of a strange fish-man left near her bathtub. She remembers her husband describing the creature on a trip to Tibet—it had shown up in a dream. Jia Jia doesn't know it yet, but the drawing will take her miles from home, changing what she knows to be true about herself. It's this experience that changes Braised Pork into an original narrative（敘事）one that doesn't fit into any genre（體裁）.

As JiaJia picks up the pieces of her life, she wonders how much of herself she suppressed （壓 抑）to please her husband. She was once an artist, but her husband discouraged her from running after her dream. Now she can explore those desires alone, though .

ANOTHER AUTHOR might have chosen to follow a young widow on a journey of finding love after loss. But 28-year-old Yu smartly decides not to. Instead, she uses Jia Jia as a way to explore the anxiety of contemporary womanhood. Jia Jia does want to find love again, which is only a small part of the story. Yu leaves room for her to begin a more material search: uncovering the meaning behind the picture beside her husband's dead body.

There are some images that make us so uncomfortable. It's impossible to look away from them. For JiaJia, it's the fish-man at first, and then more memories of the past, which interrupt her present. In Braised Pork, Yu raises questions about why we keep an eye on those moments-and how they might relate to the company we wish for.

【1】What's the genre of the novel Braised Pork?

A.Mystery.B.Narrative.

C.Domestic thriller.D.None of the above.

【2】What kind of person would you say Jia Jia is before her husband's death?

A.lonely and suppressed.B.innocent but unlucky.

C.humorous and independent.D.talented and passionate.

【3】From the last two paragraphs, we know ________.

A.Jia Jia and Yu both wish for company

B.Jia Jia would rather live in the past than in the future

C.Yu uses Jia Jia to explore the anxiety of contemporary womanhood

D.The novel is mainly about a young widow finding her true love after loss

【4】Which of the following is NOT right according to the text?

A.Yu uses uncomfortable images to catch reader's attention.

B.The picture of a strange fish-man will take Jia Jia away from home .

C.Jia Jia can take up art again after her husband's unexpected death.

D.Jia Jia isn't satisfied with her marriage due to her husband's betrayal.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是說明文。本文是小說《Braised Pork》的書評，講述了小說了主要內(nèi)容，文體和體裁以及感想等。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的 It's this experience that changes Braised Pork into an original narrative（敘事）one that doesn't fit into any genre（體裁）.(正是這種經(jīng)歷把Braised Pork變成了一種不適合任何體裁的原始敘事)可知，這部小說不屬于任何文體。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段He had betrayed（背叛）and deserted her.他背叛了她，拋棄了她。以及第四段的As JiaJia picks up the pieces of her life, she wonders how much of herself she suppressed （壓 抑）to please her husband.(當賈佳拿起她生命中的碎片時，她想知道她多么壓抑了來取悅她的丈夫。)可推斷，在丈夫死前賈佳是壓抑的,被丈夫背叛和拋棄,是孤獨的。故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的Instead, she uses Jia Jia as a way to explore the anxiety of contemporary womanhood.可知，相反，作者用賈佳作為一種方式來探索當代女性的焦慮。故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第一段的There are some images that make us so uncomfortable, it's impossible to look away from them.可知，有些讓我們非常不舒服的圖像，避開他們是不可能的。因此可知，這些令人不舒服的圖像并不吸引讀者。故A項不正確。故選A。

推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合。推理判斷題的題干中通常含infer，suggest，imply，conclude，

indicate等標志性詞語。這種題型主要包括細節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段He had betrayed（背叛）and deserted her.他背叛了她，拋棄了她。以及第四段的As JiaJia picks up the pieces of her life, she wonders how much of herself she suppressed （壓 抑）to please her husband.(當賈佳拿起她生命中的碎片時，她想知道她多么壓抑了來取悅她的丈夫。)可推斷，在丈夫死前賈佳是壓抑的,被丈夫背叛和拋棄,是孤獨的。故選A。