- 试题详情及答案解析
- Have you read " 'To Kill a Mockingbird’ The only novel by Harper Lee offers moral lessons about racial justice and respect．It tells the story of a young girl named Scout and her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer．He defends a black man ．
Tom Robinson wrongfully accused of raping（强奸）
a white woman．In the end, an all-white- jury （陪审团）sentences Tom Robinson to death． The book is set in the American, South in the 1930s．
But it came out on July11th, 1960 as the civil rights movement in the United States was gaining strength.
Laws and customs in the South, however, still kept blacks and whites mostly separated．
A mockingbird is a land of gray songbird．The book
gets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his
childhood when his father gave him a gun. Atticus Finch said, "I remember when my daddy first gave me that gun, he told me that I should never point at anything in the house, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them．But remember, it was a sin （罪过） to kill a mockingbird, for they don't hurt anyone, they just make music．"
Some people said, " 'To Kill a Mockingbird' treats racism in a way that is simplisite（过分单纯化的）, even offensive to blacks, and out of date in today's America．" Still, it has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over forty million copies. It is often required reading in high schools. Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in America in 1961 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007.
The story takes place in a town that Harper Lee called Maycomb. But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up．Since then her hometown Monroeville has changed a lot．A number of African-Americans serve m the local government．The courthouse, made famous by the book, is now a museum．A small shop and a fast-food restaurant called Mel's Dairy Dream have replaced Harper Lee's childhood home．
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that Harper Lee __．
【小题2】According to the passage, __ in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is compared to a Mockingbird．A．has written more than-one novel in her life B．lived in a town called Maycomb as a child C．had been awarded two prizes in America by 2007 D．likes a mockingbird very much that makes music
【小题3】What is the main idea of the 4th paragraph?A．Harper Lee B．Scout C．Attricus Finch D．Tom Robison
【小题4】We can infer from the passage that the novel "To Kill Mockingbird" __．A．A mockingbird doesn't hurt anyone at all． B．To tell readers how the novel gets its title, C．A mockingbird is a kind of gray songbird． D．To kill a mockingbird is more than a hunting． A．was published about 60 years ago B．was very popular in the late 1930s C．has been read by millions of high school students D．gets its title from a story told by Harper Lee's father - 答案：【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】C- 试题分析：本文主要讲述了美国作家哈泼·李于1960年发行的小说《杀死一只知更鸟》，荣获当年度普立兹奖。此书一出版便获得了极大的成功，并成为美国现代文学的经典。
【小题1】 细节理解题：根据第五段Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in America in 1961 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007，可知到2007年为止，Harper Lee在美国被授予普利策奖和美国总统自由勋章两次奖项。答案选C。
【小题2】 细节理解题。根据小说内容和But remember, it was a sin （罪过） to kill a mockingbird, for they don't hurt anyone, they just make music．"可知汤姆·鲁滨逊（Tom Robinson）：一个在种植园工作的诚实黑人。他被诬陷犯有强奸罪。最终在逃跑中被射杀。他是一只“知更鸟”－－什么坏事都没做，只是“用它们的心唱歌给我们听”。他象征了天真会被罪恶吞噬。，答案选D。
【小题3】主旨大意题：根据第四段The book gets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his
childhood when his father gave him a gun. 可知此段讲述了这本小说的名称来历。B项正确。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据第五段Still, it has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over forty million copies. It is often required reading in high schools.在美国高中这本小说是必读书籍。故C项正确。
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