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Like most working men at the time, Bunyan had a deep hatred for the corrupted, hypocritical rich who accumulated their wealth “by hook and by crook.” As a stout Puritan(清教徒), he had made a conscientious study of the Bible and firmly believed in salvation (拯救) through spiritual struggle.
Bunyan’s style was modeled after that of the English Bible. With his concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details, he made it possible for the reader of the least education to share the pleasure of reading his novel and to relive the experience of his characters.
Bunyan’s works include Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666), The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680), The Holy War (1682) and The Pilgrim’s Progress (1684).
The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most successful religious allegory (寓言) in the English language. Its purpose is to urge people to observe Christian doctrines and seek salvation through constant struggle with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils. It is not only about something spiritual but also bears much relevance to the time. Its predominant metaphor — life as a journey — is simple and familiar. The objects that Christian meets are homely and commonplace, and the scenes presented are typical English ones, but throughout the allegory a spiritual significance is added to the commonplace details. Here the strange is combined with the familiar and the trivial joined to the divine, and, a rich imagination and a natural talent for storytelling also contribute to the success of the work which is at once entertaining and morally instructive.
“The Vanity Fair,” is an excerpt from The Pilgrim’s Progress. The story starts with a dream in which the author sees Christian the Pilgrim, with a heavy burden on his back, reading the Bible. When he learns from the book that the city in which he and his family live shall be burnt down in a fire, Christian tries to convince his family and his neighbors of the oncoming disaster and asks them to go with him in search of salvation, but most of them simply ignore him. So he starts off with a friend, Pliable. Pliable turns back after they stumble into a pit, the Slough of Despond. Christian struggles on by himself. Then he is misled by Mr. Wordly Wiseman and is brought back onto the right road by Mr. Evangelist. There he joins Faithful, a neighbor who has set out later but has made better progress. The two go on together through many adventures, including the great struggle with Apollyon, who claims them to be his subjects and refuse to accept their allegiance to God. After many other adventures they come to the Vanity Fair where both are arrested as alien agitators. They are tried and Faithful is condemned to death. Christian, however manages to escape and goes on his way, assisted by a new friend, Hopeful. Tired of the hard journey, they are tempted to take pleasant path and are then captured by Giant Despair. Finally they got away and reach the Celestial City, where they enjoy eternal life in the fellowship of the blessed.
小题1:According to the passage, Bunyan hated the rich people mainly because ______.
A.his father was making and mending pots and kettles |
B.Bunyan had poor and mean early surroundings |
C.the rich usually got their wealth in dishonest ways |
D.Bunyan studied the Bible to save the human souls |
① The languages are concrete and living.
② The stories are carefully and vividly described.
③ The plots are romantic and twisting.
④ The works are easy to understand.
A.①②③ | B.②③④ | C.①③④ | D.①②④ |
A.advise people to obey religious principles for salvation |
B.tell people that life is a simple and familiar journey |
C.add spiritual significance to the commonplace details |
D.to combine the strange things with the familiar things |
A.Any imaginable things might happen in a pilgrim’s dream. |
B.Christian the Pilgrim likes reading the Bible with a burden. |
C.People can struggle against weaknesses and evils for salvation |
D.People can enjoy eternal life in the fellowship of the blessed. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:文章介绍了英国作家John Bunyan的生平,他的写作风格和他的作品的梗概。
小题1:细节题:根据第二段的句子:Like most working men at the time, Bunyan had a deep hatred for the corrupted, hypocritical rich who accumulated their wealth “by hook and by crook.” 可知Bunyan憎恨有钱人主要是因为有钱人通常是用不诚实的方法获得财富,选 C。
小题2:细节题:根据文章第三段的句子:With his concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details, he made it possible for the reader of the least education to share the pleasure of reading his novel and to relive the experience of his characters.
可知Bunyan 的作品的特点是:语言具体生动,故事描写很仔细生动,作品很容易理解,所以选D
小题3:细节题:根据文章第五段的句子:The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most successful religious allegory (寓言) in the English language. Its purpose is to urge people to observe Christian doctrines and seek salvation through constant struggle with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils.可知John Bunyan 写The Pilgrim’s Progress 主要是为了说服人们为了拯救遵守宗教原则,选A。
小题4:细节题:根据最后一段的句子:Finally they got away and reach the Celestial City, where they enjoy eternal life in the fellowship of the blessed.可知这段提到的故事“The Vanity Fair,”的寓意是人们可以为了拯救和虚弱和邪恶作斗争,选C。
核心考点
试题【British writer John Bunyan was born at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, in Novembe】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Right as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up(对……做出判断)the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.
I tried to put $20 in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I’d send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.
After I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I’d had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale(玉米粽子). I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the truck and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: “Today you, tomorrow me. ”Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.
This family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.
Since then I’ve helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn’t accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.
小题1: From the passage we know that .
A.the Mexican man couldn’t speak English |
B.the author’s car broke down on the road |
C.the Mexican family came to Oregon for a visit |
D.$20 was a small amount for the Mexican family |
A.Because the man had refused to accept it. |
B.Because the man’s wife needn’t wash her hands. |
C.Because the author thought the Mexican family was poor. |
D.Because the author thought the man’s wife would take it. |
A.it was completely wrong for others to pass by quietly |
B.it was quite easy to help the author mend the Jeep |
C.it was possible that everyone might get into trouble |
D.the author was a polite stranger and needed the help |
A.He hated those who didn’t offer help. |
B.He would send a present to the family soon. |
C.He wondered why they didn’t take the money. |
D.He considered helping others as saving money in the bank. |
A.The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author. |
B.The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon each year. |
C.The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family. |
D.What made the writer moved was the tamale given by the girl. |
When I was a teen, we were seasonal campers(野营者)at a family campground almost an hour outside the city where we lived. Each family had their own campsite with water and electric, and you basically parked your camper there from May to October. Most “seasonals” visited them every weekend during those months, with the occasional week-long stay. There were plenty of other kids who camped seasonally each weekend, and they came to be some of my closest friends. Of course, many of them were boys.
We kids paired up(结对)with our little boyfriends or girlfriends, and we’d hold hands as we walked around the campground. We’d play ping-pong, have some snacks, and sing songs. Most weekends were pretty similar, but the couples would change. You’d see so-and-so with a different so-and-so than they were with the weekend before. You know how it is when you’re a teen—a three-week relationship is a really long time.
So, needless to say, my teen years were spent with quite a few different boys. But every single one of them had something in common. They’d all received the Evil Eye.
The Evil Eye was a magical sort of thing. One simple look from my dad, and the boy immediately knew not to mess with me. It was as if he could send his warnings through invisible laser(激光)beams that shot directly from his eyes to the boys’ brains.
“You will not put your hands on my daughter. You will not kiss my daughter. You will not even whisper sweet things into my daughter’s ear. ”
I remember one night in particular walking with a boy around the campground after dark. We came from one direction, and my dad from the other. The boy and my dad locked eyes for a brief second, then the boy dropped my hand like a hot potato and turned away, giving me a quick “See you later. ”
Yes, that’s the Evil Eye: best way ever to keep wandering teen boys’ hands away from your daughter.
小题1:The Evil Eye in the passage implies that .
A.Dad gets angry easily |
B.Dad’s eyes are evil |
C.Dad’s eyes are ugly-looking |
D.Dad’s eyes are protective to his daughter |
A.cause trouble for | B.make untidy |
C.get married to | D.talk to |
A.As teenagers, we went camping every weekend. |
B.We made lots of friends during the seasonal camping. |
C.We had regular boyfriends or girlfriends and enjoyed ourselves. |
D.The boy dropped my hand and turned away because he loved the Evil Eye. |
A.is a teenage girl who loves her father |
B.is a teenage boy who hates his father |
C.is now an adult who has come to understand her father’s love |
D.used to be a naughty boy who changed girlfriends now and then |
To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. To my friends in Britain, the thought of eating a chicken’s feet is weird(不可思议的). As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog(牛蛙), scorpion(蝎子), snake, or turtle.
But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food.
I arrived in Beijing five months ago. Since then, I’ve searched for the “weirdest” foods so I can try them, then treat my friends to some “virtual eating”on my blog.
One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials.
“I chose a stick with three live, wriggling scorpions on it, ”I wrote. “And it was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. The legs did have a tendency to get stuck between one’s teeth, however. What’s more, I am sure scorpion stung(蜇伤)me twice with its tail in revenge. ”
Next came snake: “A bit like a cross between fish and chicken, with a slightly rubbery texture(弹性口感)and meaty taste. ”
Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend.
Still, I will continue my culinary quest(美食征程).
Next on my list is starfish, though I feel I should have some vegetables too—algae, maybe.
So what am I eating, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girl’s gotta have a break sometimes.
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following “weirdest” foods is the one the author hasn’t tried?
A.Chicken feet. | B.Bullfrog. |
C.Scorpion. | D.Chicken head. |
A.Trying new things and food. |
B.Traveling. |
C.Walking. |
D.Shopping. |
A.From her friends. |
B.From Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. |
C.From shopping. |
D.From the Internet. |
A.They are satisfied. |
B.They are happy. |
C.They are surprised and even angry. |
D.They are sorry. |
A.The author likes eating. |
B.The author enjoys traveling. |
C.The author is fond of shopping. |
D.The author is interested in Chinese food. |
are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .
Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.
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Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 year old,she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people"s stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world.She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first TIME magazine wrote,“People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey"s swift rise to host of The most popular talk show on TV .In a field ruled by white males,she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go,she is no match for,say,what she lacks in journalistic toughness.She makes up for in plainspoken curiosity,rich humor and,above all understanding Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah"s eye .They,in turn,often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone,much less a national TV audience.”
“I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year,pushing,pushing,pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn"t matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to fall if you"re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you"re constantly pushing yourself higher,higher the law of averages,you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this,remember this:there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction”as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30,2013.
小题1:The Oprah Effect refers to ________.
A.the effect On a business |
B.the power of Oprah"s opinions |
C.the impact On talk shows |
D.the assessment of Oprah"s talk show |
A.She once gave up on her choice. |
B.Her swift success has been expected. |
C.It lives up to her parents" expectation. |
D.She must have been challenged by white males. |
A.success comes after failure |
B.failure is nothing to fear |
C.there is no need to set goals too high |
D.pushing physical limits makes no sense |
A.Dull and pushy. |
B.Honest but tough. |
C.Caring and determined. |
D.Curious but weak. |
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