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historical events, Philip Roth offers something bolder: a reconstruction of imagined events, a "what if...?"
that reads like a "what really happened".
Just suppose...that the air hero Charles Lindbergh, the man who made the first solo transatlantic flight
in 1927, who earned huge sympathy when his baby son was kidnapped and murdered five years later,
who called Hitler "a great man", just suppose that he"d run for president in November 1940, and took
advantage of the feelings that undoubtedly existed then (No more war! Never again will young Americans die on foreign soil!), and that instead of Roosevelt being elected for a third term and taking America into
Europe to fight the Nazis, Lindbergh won a landslide victory. And then he signed non-aggression treaties
with Germany and Japan, and introduced a set of anti-semitic(反犹太人的) measures which were a
betrayal of the rights and liberties in the constitution(宪法) and yet they were accepted by the mass of
ordinary citizens and even by some Jews.
The narrator is Philip Roth, aged seven, and the family at the book"s centre are his family-father
Herman, mother Bess and brother Sandy. The Roths understand the threat posed by Lindbergh, but
each member of the family responds differently. Early on, there"s a trip to see the sights of Washington,
where the Roths find their pre-booked hotel room has become mysteriously unavailable. An obvious
case of anti-semitism, Herman shouts, and a violation of the principle that "All men are created equal".
But his loudmouth protests embarrass Bess. Already there"s a pressure to pretend not to see what"s
going on. Further disagreements arise when Sandy disappears for the summer for an "apprenticeship"(学徒期) with a Kentucky tobacco farmer. Worse, after he successfully encourages other Jewish city boys
to follow his example, he"s invited to a reception at the White House through his aunt, Bess"s sister
Evelyn. While Herman refuses Sandy permission to attend, Evelyn defends Lindbergh as a freely elected
democrat.
B.Lindbergh was elected president of America in 1940.
C.There were antiwar feelings in America during the 1940s.
D.America didn’t fight the Nazis during the World War Two.
B. his antiwar policy was welcome
C. Hitler supported his measures against Jews
D. he was a great air hero in America
B. Herman is a strong supporter to Lindbergh.
C. Sandy dislikes his experience in Kentucky.
D. Jewish boys are encouraged to go to the war.
B. All men were equally treated in America at that time.
C. The Roths had a happy time when touring Washington.
D. Jews suffered from unfair treatment due to anti-semitism.
B. Travel journal
C. National news
D. Family life
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解 The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. I】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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my father __2__us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around
the fire, not __3__ that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we are__4__
to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn"t seem__5__enough to hold my new life. But the world changed
and I awoke on a tram moving across the country.1 watched the __6__change from green trees
to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that __7__ mysteries yet to
come. Finally, we arrived and __8__ into our new home.
__9__ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I _10_explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring __11__ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I
crouched(蹲)down for a closer look. "You"d better not __12__ that"
I turned around to see an old woman.
"Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, __13__,new to the entire
state.
"My name is Ina Thorne." Have you got used to life in the __14__? It must be quite a
__15__ after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I __16__ the desert? I couldn"t seem to find the right words.
"It"s vastness," she offered. "That vastness __17__ you stand on the mountains overlooking
the desert-you can __18__ how little you are in comparison with the world. __19__, you feel
that the possibilities are limitless."
That was it. That was the feeling I"d had ever since I"d first seen the mountains of my new
home. Again, my __20__ would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow?" Someone should teach you which plant
you should and shouldn"t touch."
( )2.A.gathered
( )3.A.hoping
( )4.A.going
( )5.A.good
( )6.A.picture
( )7.A.suggested
( )8.A.settled
( )9.A.If
( )10.A.bitterly
( )11.A.aswell
( )12.A.move
( )13.A.ofcourse
( )14.A.desert
( )15.A.luck
( )16. A.found
( )17.A.why
( )18.A.prove
( )19.A.However
( )20.A.idea
B.Until
B.warned
B.admitting
B.moving
B.simple
B.ground
B.solved
B.walked
B.After
B.easily
B.asusual
B.dig
B.infact
B.city
B.doubt
B.examined
B.when
B.guess
B.Otherwise
B.life
C.organized
C.realizing
C.driving
C.big
C.scene
C.discovered
C.hurried
C.Once
C.proudly.
C.rightaway
C.pull
C.afterall
C.state
C.shock
C.watched
C.how
C.sense
C.Therefore
C.home
D.comforted
D.believing
D.flying
D.proper
D.area
D.explained
D.stepped
D.While
D.eagerly
D.ontime
D.touch
D.atleast
D.country
D.danger
D.reached
D.where
D.expect
D.Meanwhile
D.family
started __ 3__.
The king had no idea who threw the stone at him, but he did know he was expecting an intolerable
__ 4__. The guard left right away to find who threw the stone. After __ 5_ they found only one old lady
there, and they asked if she had thrown any stones __ 6__.
"Yes," she replied, "I threw a stone at the mango tree."
They asked her, "Did you throw any stone at the king?" The woman"s face showed how __ 7__ she
was, so the guard forcefully told her that she would be __ 8__. The woman was arrested and presented
before the king. She trembled with fear and __ 9__ they wouldn"t kill her. After seeing the blood flow
down the king"s face, she became more upset and felt __10__.
The king asked her very calmly, "Did you throw the stone at me?"
She replied __11__, "My child has been hungry for two days. I was collecting __12__ for him but
could not find any. I hope when I threw the stone at the tree, a mango would __13__ so that I could feed my son. However, by mistake the stone hit your forehead and that is my unknown mistake."
The woman bowed down before the king begging pardon for her mistake. The king understood the
__14__ very clearly. He forgave her mistake and instead of punishment he decided to give her money,
food, and returned her __15__ to her home.
( )2. A. monkey
( )3. A. walking
( )4. A. pain
( )5. A. blaming
( )6. A. successfully
( )7. A. bored
( )8. A. protected
( )9. A. found
( )10. A. hopeless
( )11. A. laughing
( )12. A. information
( )13. A. break
( )14. A. determination
( )15. A. unwillingly
B. mango
B. shaking
B. failure
B. battling
B. recently
B. disappointed
B. cured
B. prayed
B. careless
B. weeping
B. juice
B. function
B. appreciation
B. personally
C. branch
C. bleeding
C. experiment
C. discussing
C. frequently
C. terrified
C. checked
C. realized
C. useless
C. shouting
C. food
C. grow
C. suggestion
C. safely
D. stone
D. smiling
D. disease
D. searching
D. curiously
D. amused
D. punished
D. believed
D. restless
D. swinging
D. money
D. fall
D. situation
D. forcefully
this with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I
thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet. I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength
making its way by fierce strokes(猛力地划) to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me
violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys. "Do you know what you have done?" they said. "It"s
Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym;he has got his football honor. "
I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when he was wrapped in a bath towel and so small. He didn"t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word, "My father, who is a great man, is also small." At this he laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I
had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.
B. was fond of games
C. was of similar size
D. was good at sports
B. Amery turned out to be in the same grade
C. he pushed Amery hard and hurt him
D. he played a joke on an outstanding athlete
B. challenged Amery
C. threatened Amery
D. admired his father
B. The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes.
C. Amery was a student in Grade Four.
D. Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior.
B. Catch up with.
C. Take a look at.
D. Shout at .
loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, then
there were baths, playing catch and many other games. Brownie, in return, loved each and every one of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around.
One day, as I was getting her food, she chewed up(咬破)one of Dad"s shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end. I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong. When I
looked at her and said, "Bad girl, "she looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw a tear in
her eyes.
Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywhere with us. People would
stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she"d let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog. There were many times when we" d be out walking and a small child would come over and pull on her hair. She never barked(吠) or tried to get away. Funny thing is she would smile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. Far from the truth, she loved everyone. .
Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age. I still miss the days when she was with
us.
B. Keep them company.
C. Play games with them
D. Touch them gently.
B. felt sorry for her mistake
C. loved playing hide-and-seek
D. disliked the author"s dad
B. She played games with anyone she liked.
C. She was loved by everybody she met.
D. She went everywhere with the family.
B. barked
C. rushed to them
D. tried to be funny
B. polite.
C. Brave.
D. Caring.
and from work more____1____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it
got so old, and it was costing him so much in repairs that he decided that he had better ___2___it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly___ 3___ to buy a cheap car,
but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so none of them had any desire to buy it. Dave"s
friend Sam saw that he was ___4___ when they met one evening, and said, "What"s up, Dave?"
Dave told him, and Sam answered, "Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may
___5___ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!" Thinking that Sam"s
___6___ was sensible(合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read "For
sale: small car, uses very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50."
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ___7___. But then on
Saturday evening he had an enquiry. A man rang up and said he would like to___8___him
about the car. "All right," Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o"clock the
next morning would be___9___or not. "Fine," the man said, "and I"ll ___10___my wife. We
intend to go for a ride in it to ___11___ it."
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,
___12___ to wait there for the people who had ___13___ his advertisement. Even Dave had
to ___14___ that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car
as clean as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked
at Dave"s car and then said, "Have you reported this ___15___ to us yet, sir?"
( )2.A.keep
( )3.A.anxious
( )4.A.delighted
( )5.A.learn
( )6.A.message
( )7.A.doubt
( )8.A.tell
( )9.A.exact
( )10.A.follow
( )11.A.recognize
( )12.A.happening
( )13.A.read
( )14.A.forget
( )15.A.bargain
B.safely
B.repair
B.lucky
B.upset
B.miss
B.advice
B.help
B.see
B.suitable
B.meet
B.gain
B.meaning
B.inserted
B.show
B.sale
C.sell
C.ashamed
C.calm
C.get
C.request
C.trouble
C.agree
C.early
C.bring
C.admire
C.turning
C.answered
C.disagree
C.accident
D.easily
D.throw
D.generous
D.astonished
D.find
D.description
D.reply
D.call
D.late
D.introduce
D.test
D.failing
D.placed
D.admit
D.result
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