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【題目】 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 (惡心) 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】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述作者生病了，他幻想自己創(chuàng)造了一個怪物，這讓他經(jīng)常失眠。亨利是他的護士，經(jīng)過一段時間的治療，作者的病情開始好轉(zhuǎn)。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意可知，作者幻想自己創(chuàng)造出怪物，他經(jīng)常失眠，最后在亨利護士的照顧下，他病情得到好轉(zhuǎn)，所以，這個屬于科幻小說，故選B。

【2】主旨大意題。根據(jù)It was one o’clock in the morning when I at last succeeded in creating life可知，表示生物誕生了，故選A。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months可知，我被那種感覺征服了，以致于失去知覺了，所以病了幾個月，故選C。

解答詞義猜測題時，可以使用如下技巧：1、根據(jù)上下文來猜測詞義；2、通過同義詞或近義詞來猜測詞義；3、通過構(gòu)詞法來猜測詞義；4、通過定義或釋義來猜測詞義；5、通過句法功能來猜測詞義；6、通過轉(zhuǎn)折和因果關(guān)系來猜測詞義；7. 通過生活常識來猜測詞義。對于這類題采取“代入法”也非常有效，即將備選答案逐一代入文中，哪一個選項能使句子的意思通順、連貫，且與上下文的內(nèi)容一致，哪一個選項就是該題的正確答案。例如第3題。