Question

The House at Pooh Corner

by A. A. Milne

I bought a box set of four Winnie the Pooh books while on holiday when I was eight years old. I adored Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore. They became very real to me and I credit them with starting a lifelong love of reading.

I still have the box set, and loved reading the stories to my children when they were small. Part of me secretly believes A. A. Milne’s wonderful characters are all alive and well and still having their adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood.

—Roberta Smith

Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights

by Charlotte and Emily Brontë

I can never separate Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights when I think about books that have stayed with me. Both had a deep impact on me when I read them as a teenager.

They were the first classic books I read purely for pleasure, rather than because I had to for school.

I grew up in Yorkshire, not far from where the Brontës lived, so part of me really understood that depressing landscape. That close geographical connection led to a lifelong interest in the authors as much as in the books themselves.

I wrote a high-school essay on the contrasts and similarities between Charlotte and Emily and their heroines. I’d be fascinated to read that essay now to see what conclusions I reached as a 17-year-old.

— Jane Lee

1.What can we infer about the Winnie the Pooh books?

A. They are very realistic.

B. They describe holiday stories.

C. They are intended for children.

D. They encourage people to have adventures.

2.What is one reason the writer likes Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights?

A. They were easy-to-find classic novels.

B. The stories helped the writer with her essay writing.

C. They were recommended by the teachers in her school.

D. The stories are set in an area that the writer knows well.

3.What’s the purpose of the text?

A. To introduce the books’ authors.

B. To promote some classical literature.

C. To comment on the books’ main characters.

D. To explain the effect of these books on the readers.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

【解析】文章大意：本文讲述了《小熊维尼的房子》《简爱》《呼啸山庄》这三本书对读者的影响。

1.推理判断题。根据第一部分I bought a box set of four Winnie the Pooh books while on holiday when I was eight years old可知，作者在八岁的时候买的小熊维尼的书，另外I still have the box set, and loved reading the stories to my children when they were small可知，作者仍旧保留着小熊维尼的书，在孩子们还小的时候读给他们听，所以小熊维尼是给孩子创作的，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第二部分中I grew up in Yorkshire, not far from where the Brontës lived, so part of me really understood that depressing landscape.可知，作者在距离勃朗特姐妹居住地不远的约克郡长大，所以很能理解书中那种令人沮丧的景观，故选D。

3.主旨大意题。本文讲述了《小熊维尼的房子》《简爱》《呼啸山庄》这三本书对不同人的影响，可知作者写这篇文章的目的是去解释这些书对读者的影响，故选D。