Question

A Tale of Two Cities was written by the famous English writer Charles Dickens. The tale is mainly about the French Revolution in 1789, where the poor rose up against the king and the nobles. Dickens showed deep sympathy for the poor and deep hatred for the cruelty of the upper class, though he wrote quite a lot about the love triangle between Lucie, Charles and Sydney.

In this novel, Dickens wrote some lively characters like Sydney and those crazy revolutionaries. In this tale, we can’t see any absolute roles. Charles, though he’s a brave and good man, obviously he hasn’t as much ability as Sydney. Sydney, a typical tragic(悲劇的) man, a man like him, usually has great ability. But he has some weak points on characters and the worst is that he always loves a woman he shouldn’t love and 99.99% die for her at last in an extremely heroic or tragic way. The revolutionaries are not as full of justice as usual. They get mad when they can get revenge(報復(fù)) for their unfair treatment. The fire of hatred burns everything. When they’re at the bottom of the society, they’re calling for justice, for fair treatment, for freedom, but when they’re in charge of the society, their world is up-side-down. They hate everything that is connected to the very people against them, even including Charles’ wife, Dr. Manette’s daughter. So these men have no difference from those former governors at heart.

Though Dickens told us how the authority is recycling over and over again in some way, the novel is about something good. Love from Sydney to Lucie is one of the only few bright points in the novel and it’s really great. A man can sacrifice his life to save his lover’s husband. He doesn’t have any personal purpose and just for his lover’s happiness. So Dickens may imply us, only love can solve the problems between people, between the poor and the rich, love is everything.

1.. A Tale of Two Cities is mainly about .

A. Charles Dickens B. the French Revolution

C. deep sympathy D. the upper class

【小題】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Charles is as brave and able as Sydney.

B. Sydney loves a woman he shouldn’t love.

C. The revolutionaries show justice as usual.

D. Charles hates his wife, Dr. Manette’s daughter.

2. The underlined phrase “these men” in Paragraph 2 most probably refers to “ ”.

A. Charles and Sydney B. the nobles

C. the revolutionaries D. former governors

3.What may Dickens really want to imply us readers?

A. The authority is changing over and over again.

B. The novel is about something good only.

C. A great man can sacrifice his life for his lover.

D. Only love can settle the problems between people.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇書評，簡要介紹了英國作家狄更斯的長篇歷史小說---雙城記（A Tale of Two Cities）。本書中的“雙城”分別指的是巴黎與倫敦。在書中表達了作者深邃的人道主義情懷，對法國大革命中出現(xiàn)的過度殺戮提出了自己的批判。

1.細節(jié)理解題。通過文章首段 The tale is mainly about the French Revolution in 1789可知雙城記這部小說描寫的是法國大革命時期，選B。

2. 細節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段Sydney, a typical tragic(悲劇的) man, ….. But he has some weak points on characters and the worst is that he always loves a woman he shouldn’t love 可知答案選B。

3. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段The revolutionaries are not as full of justice as usual. They get mad when they can get revenge(報復(fù)) for their unfair treatment……和以下內(nèi)容可以判斷本部分主要介紹革命者的情況，所以最后的these men就指上文中的they，也就是這些革命者（the revolutionaries），選C。

4. 細節(jié)理解題。通過文章末段So Dickens may imply us, only love can solve the problems between people, between the poor and the rich, love is everything.可知狄更斯想要告訴人們只有和平，只有愛才會解決人們之間的問題，選D。

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