问题 阅读理解

阅读理解。

     Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small

inn at the foot of a hill. One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided

to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went t turning around that famous city.

     They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they would have to

go bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals served after seven. They were therefore

surprised when the man who received them in the hall asked whether they would take dinner there that night.

     "Are you still serving dinner?" asked Mr. Smith.

     "Yes,certainly, sir," answered the man. "We serve it until half past nine."

     "What are the times of meals then?" asked Mr. Smith.

     "Well, sir," answered the man. "We sever breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch

from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine."

     "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London!" said Mrs. Smith.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had _____ in the past. [ ]

A. often stayed in a quite good hotel

B. often stayed in a small inn

C. travelled to many places

D. made a lot of money

2. They decided to go to a really good hotel because _____. [ ]

A. it was said to be a quite good one

B. they were tired of small inns

C. it was near many places of interest

D. they now had enough money

3. When they got to the hotel, _____. [ ]

A. no meals wre served after seven

B. dinner was still being severed

C. there wre no visitors

D. the waiters were asleep

答案

1-3: B D B

阅读理解与欣赏

巴金自传:文学生活五十年

我是一个不善于讲话的人,唯其不善于讲话,有思想表达不出,有感情无法倾吐,我才不得不求助于纸笔,让在我心里燃烧的火喷出来,于是我写了小说。

我不是文学家,但是我写作了五十多年。每个人会从不同的道路接近文学,我从小就喜欢读小说,有时甚至废寝忘食,但不是为了学习,而是拿它们消遣,我做梦也想不到自己会成为小说家,我开始写小说,只是为了找寻出路。

我出身于四川成都一个官僚地主的大家庭,在二三十个所谓“上等人”和二三十个所谓 “下等人”中间度过了我的童年,在富裕的环境里我接触了听差、轿夫们的悲惨生活,在伪善、自私的长辈们的压力下,我听到年轻生命的痛苦呻吟。

我感觉到我们的社会出了毛病,我却说不清楚病在什么地方,又怎样医治,我把这个大家庭当作专制的王国,我坐在旧礼教的监牢里,眼看着许多亲近的人在那里挣扎,受苦,没有青春,没有幸福,终于惨痛地死亡。他们都是被腐朽的封建道德、传统观念和两三个人一时的任性杀死的。我离开旧家庭就像甩掉一个可怕的黑影。我二十三岁从上海跑到人地生疏的巴黎,想找寻一条救人、救世,也救自己的路。说救人救世,未免有些夸大,说救自己,倒是真话。当时的情况是这样:我有感情无法倾吐,有爱憎无处宣泄,好像落在无边的苦海中找不到岸,一颗心无处安放,倘使不能使我的心平静,我就活不下去。一九二七年春天我住在巴黎拉丁区一家小公寓的五层楼上,一间充满煤气和洋葱味的小屋子里,我寂寞,我痛苦,在阳光难照到的房间里,我想念祖国,想念亲人。在我的祖国正进行着一场革命与反革命的斗争,人民正在遭受屠杀。在巴黎掀起了援救两个意大利工人的运动,他们是沙柯(N.Sacco)和樊宰底(B.Vanzetti),他们被诬告为盗窃杀人犯,在美国麻省波士顿的死囚牢中关了六年,在我经常走过的街上到处张贴着为援救他们举行的“演讲会”、“抗议会”的海报。我读到所谓“犯人”之一的樊宰底的“自传”,里面有这样的话:“我希望每个家庭都有住宅,每个人都有面包,每个心灵都受到教育,每个人的智慧都有机会发展”。我非常激动,樊宰底讲了我心里的话。

我的住处就在先贤祠(Pantheon)旁边,我每天都要经过先贤祠,在阴雨的黄昏,我站在卢梭的铜像前,对这位“梦想消灭压迫和不平等”的“日内瓦公民”诉说我的绝望和痛苦。回到寂寞冷静的屋子里,我坐下来求救似地给美国监狱中的死刑囚写信(回信后来终于来了,樊宰底在信中写道:“青年是人类的希望。”几个月以后,他给处死在电椅上,五十年后他们两人的冤案才得到昭雪,我在第一本小说《灭亡》的序上称樊宰底做我的先生。就是在这种气氛、这种心情中我听着巴黎圣母院报告时刻的沉重的钟声,开始写下一些类似小说的场面(这是看小说看多了的好处,不然我连类似小说的场面也写不出),让我的痛苦,我的寂寞,我的热情化成一行一行的字留在纸上。

我过去的爱和恨,悲哀和欢乐,受苦和同情,希望和挣扎,一齐来到我的笔端,我写得快,我心里燃烧着的火渐渐地灭了,我才能够静地闭上眼睛,心上的疙瘩给解开了,我得到了拯救。

这以后我一有空就借纸笔倾吐我的感情,安慰我这颗年轻的孤寂的心。第二年我的处女作完成了,八月里我从法国一座小城沙多—吉里把它寄回中国,给一个在上海开明书店工作的朋友,征求他的意见,我打算设法自己印出来(当时印费不贵,我准备翻译一本小说卖给书店,拿到稿费来印这本书),给我的大哥看。等到这年年底我回到上海,朋友告诉我,我的小说将在《小说月报》上连载,说是这份杂志的代理主编叶圣陶先生看到了它决定把它介绍给读者。《小说月报》是当时的一种权威杂志,它给我开了路,让我这个不懂文学的人顺利地进入了文坛。

(节选自《巴金自传》)

小题1:下列对文章信息的分析和概括,不正确的两项是(  )(  )(5分)

A.巴金是一个不善于讲话的人,心中强烈的感情不能表达出来,苦恼之余不得不求助于纸笔。

B.作者出生在富裕家庭,亲眼看到了老百姓的生活境况,看到了社会的黑暗,萌发了救人、救世、救自己的思想。

C.巴金从小就喜欢小说,写了五十年,最终成为小说家。

D.先贤祠旁边的生活经历,激发了作者写作的热情,写出了第一部小说《灭亡》。E、叶圣陶慧眼识才,对巴金顺利走上文坛给予了帮助。

小题2:文中对1927年巴黎拉丁区居住环境的描写有什么作用。(6分)

小题3:简述当时巴黎掀起的援救两个意大利工人的运动对巴金的影响。(6分)

小题4:作者在第③段中说“想找寻一条救人、救世,也救自己的路”,接着又说“说救人救世,未免有些夸大,说救自己,倒是真话”但事实上巴金的文学创作不仅拯救了自己,也确实起到了“救人救世”的作用。结合巴金的经历,谈谈你对“救自己”与“救世界”的关系理解。(8分)

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