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First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.
Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel’s family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.
However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan (猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena (鬣狗) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat. Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.
In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm. Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.
The life of Pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi’s story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which one they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it.
In my view, Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love reading.
【小题1】We can learn that the book Life of Pi _____.

A．was written in 2001

B．was awarded two prizes

C．tells a story about friendship

D．is based on the author’s personal experience

【小题2】 In the book Life of Pi the hyena is killed by _____.

A．Pi

B．the zebra

C．the orangutan

D．Richard Parker

【小题3】 How does Pi escape being eaten by the tiger?

A．By catching fishes for the tiger.

B．By locking the tiger in a cage.

C．By being the leader of the two of them.

D．By fighting with the tiger.

【小题4】 What happens after Pi arrives in Mexico?

A．The tiger dies.

B．He tries to escape.

C．The Mexicans feel sorry for him.

D．The Mexicans doubt his experience.

答案：【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】D

试题分析：本文主要讲述了一本由加拿大作家Yann Martel的的书《Life of Pi》，书中主人公Pi的故事。主人公Pi的一家都要移居到加拿大，在经历里一场海上大灾难知道和他的动物们的出境艰难，甚至出现了动物相噬的现象，最后船上只剩下Pi和一直名叫Richard Parker的老虎。在Pi的努力下，保全了自己和老虎的生命，最后，老虎跑进了深林。Pi把自己的经历讲述给墨西哥当地的人听，却没得得到他们的信任。
【小题1】细节理解题。从文章首段中“First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature.”可知这本由加拿大作家Yann Martel的《Life of Pi》的书在2001年首次出版后荣获了 Man Booker Prize 和Asian American Prize这两个奖项，故 B。
【小题2】细节理解题。从文中第三段里“Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena.” 鬣狗吞食受伤的斑马和猩猩了，反过来，老虎又吞食了鬣狗。可知鬣狗是被老虎Richard Parker杀死的。故选D。
【小题3】细节理解题。从文中第四段里“In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm.”为了避免被Richard Parker这只老虎吞吃，Pi把自己担当为这个群体的领头，远离伤害，保持安全。故选C。
【小题4】细节理解题。从文中最后一段里“the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi’s story ”和“though they do not believe a word of it”都可以得出：墨西哥的当地人是不相信Pi所讲的故事的，故选D。
考点：考查记叙文阅读。

2015学年云南德宏州芒市第一中学高一上期末英语试卷（带解析）