Question

【題目】 The clock pointed at a quarter before nine when he appeared at the Reform Club. Phileas Fogg had finished the journey round the world in eighty days! Phileas Fogg had won his wager (打賭) of twenty thousand pounds!

How could such an exact man make this mistake of a day? Why did he think that he had arrived in London on Saturday, the twenty-first day of December, when it was really Friday, the twentieth, the seventy-ninth day only from the day he left?

The cause of the mistake was very simple.

Phileas Fogg had gained one day on his journey, because he had travelled eastward. During travelling eastward, he had gone towards the sun, and the days therefore diminished(縮短) as many times 4 minutes as he crossed degrees(經(jīng)度) in this direction. There are 360 degrees on the circumference (周長) of the earth; and these 360 degrees, multiplied (乘) by 4 minutes, gives 24 hours, the day gained. In other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass 80 times, his friends in London only saw it 79 times. This is why they waited for him at the Club on Saturday, and not Sunday, as Mr. Fogg thought.

Phileas Fogg, then, had won the twenty thousand pounds; but as he had spent nearly nineteen thousand on the way, the gain was small. His aim was, however, not to win money. He divided the one thousand pounds between Passepartout and Fix. From Passepartout’s share, he deducted(扣除) the cost of the gas which had burned in his room for nineteen hundred and twenty hours.

The next day just after the wedding party, as soon as it was light, Passepartout knocked on his master’s door. Phileas opened it, and asked, “What’s the matter, Passepartout?”

“What is it, sir? Why, I’ve just found out —”

“What?”

“That we might have made the tour of the world in only seventy-eight days.”

“No doubt,” said Mr. Fogg, “by not crossing India. But if I had not crossed India, I should not have saved Aouda out of danger and fell in love with her afterwards, and she would not have been my wife.”

Phileas Fogg had won his wager, and had made his journey around the world in eighty days.

Would you make the tour around the world for less than eighty days?

【1】How did Fogg most probably feel after he finished the journey around the world?

A.Proud but a bit afraid.B.Excited but a bit angry.

C.Curious but a bit worried.D.Satisfied but a bit sorry.

【2】Which of the following shows the right order of the whole trip?

a. Fogg got married to Aouda. b. Fogg’s friends gathered at the Club.

c. Fogg started the trip around the world. d. The group travelled across India.

A.c-b-d-aB.b-d-a-cC.c-d-b-aD.b-c-a-d

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Phileas Fogg had gained one day on his journey, because he had travelled westward.

B.Phileas Fogg didn’t gain a lot though he had won the twenty thousand pounds at last.

C.Phileas Fogg paid for the cost of the gas which had burned in his room for 1920 hours.

D.Phileas Fogg’s friends in London saw the sun pass more times than Fogg.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

短文主要講述了斐利亞·福克用了八十天完成了環(huán)游世界的旅程，贏得20,000英鎊的賭注。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“by not crossing India. But if I had not crossed India, I should not have saved Aouda out of danger and fell in love with her afterwards, and she would not have been my wife.但如果我沒有穿越印度，我就不會救艾娥達夫人脫險，事后也不會愛上她，她也不會成為我的妻子�！睆倪@里可知應該是滿意的；和“This is why they waited for him at the Club on Saturday, and not Sunday, as Mr. Fogg thought.Phileas Fogg, then, had won the twenty thousand pounds; but as he had spent nearly nineteen thousand on the way, the gain was small.這就是為什么他們星期六在俱樂部等他，而不是像福克先生想的那樣在星期天等他。斐利亞·�？粟A了兩萬英鎊，但是他在路上花了將近一萬九千英鎊，所以收益不大。”可知沒有按預期到達，應該有點遺憾，故選D。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題，通讀全文，首先應該是福克開始環(huán)游世界的旅行，然后在印度旅行中遇到艾娥達夫人相愛，接著到達旅行終點與朋友們聚集在俱樂部，最后與艾娥達夫人結(jié)婚，故選C。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“Phileas Fogg had gained one day on his journey, because he had travelled eastward.斐利亞·�？嗽诼猛局卸嗔艘惶�，因為他是向東走的�！边x項A錯誤；根據(jù)“Phileas Fogg, then, had won the twenty thousand pounds; but as he had spent nearly nineteen thousand on the way, the gain was small.斐利亞·�？粟A了兩萬英鎊，但是他在路上花了將近一萬九千英鎊，所以收益不大�！边x項B正確；根據(jù)“From Passepartout’s share, he deducted(扣除) the cost of the gas which had burned in his room for nineteen hundred and twenty hours.他從路路通的份額中扣除了他房間里燃燒了1,920小時的煤氣費用”選項C錯誤；根據(jù)“In other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass 80 times, his friends in London only saw it 79 times.換句話說，菲利亞斯·�？讼驏|看了80次太陽，而他在倫敦的朋友只看到了79次�！边x項D錯誤，故選B。