Question

One day an out-of-work mime(哑剧演员)is visiting a zoo and attempts to earn some money as a performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, died suddenly and the keeper fears that the attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mime accepts.

So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it’s a great job. He can sleep when he wants to, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime. However, eventually the crowds get tired of him and he doesn’t like just swinging on wires any longer. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his.

Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(隔开物), and dangles(悬荡) from the top of the lion’s cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious, but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mime a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps laughing at the lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up.

Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the furious lion he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. The lion gathers its strength and prepares to pounce(猛扑). The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and round in the cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime starts screaming and yelling, "Help me! Help me!", but the lion is quick and pounces. The mime soon finds himself lying on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, "Shut up, you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?"

1.The mime goes to the zoo in order to 　　　.

A. perform to make some money

B. take part in an interview

C. look for a better job as a worker in the zoo

D. help the zoo keeper to draw more visitors

2.The mime doesn’t like his job any longer probably because 　　　.

A. he can’t have enough sleep every day

B. the visitors throw something at him

C. people are less interested in his performance

D. he wants to stay with the lion in the cage

3.The underlined word "furious" (in Paragraph 3) means "　　　".

A. happy    B. angry

C. frightened    D. satisfied

4.According to the passage, we can know that 　　　.

A. the lion wants to catch hold of the mime

B. both the lion and the mime will be killed

C. another employer dresses up as the lion

D. the zoo keeper will fire both of them

Answer

☞B选项 Marjane Satrapi

【解析】试题分析：本文介绍了几本著名的儿童读物：乔治·奥威尔《动物庄园》；玛赞·莎塔碧《我在伊朗长大》；哈波·李《杀死一只知更鸟》；J.K.罗琳《哈利波特系列》等等 。

1.细节理解题。根据Animal Farm by George Orwell部分提到的…not only adult revolutionaries but also the younger ones who start feeling the spark of being right and free for all of the humanity in their hearts.可知，这本小说不仅启发了青年革命者而且使那些开始在内心感受到人性的正义和自由火花的年轻人觉醒。因此这本书最适合想要自由的人阅读。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi部分提到的This is a wise, funny, and heartbreaking memory of Marjane Satrapi’s years growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and how she dealt with life while experiencing the ruinous effects of the war with Iraq.可知，这是一本关于作者玛嘉·莎塔琵在伊朗一年生活中睿智、有趣、令人心碎感动的回忆录，以及她经历伊拉克战争的毁灭性影响是如何面对生活的。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee部分最后一句The novel is famous for its warmth and humor, despite telling a story of innocent Tom Robinson being accused of raping(强暴)a white woman because he was black.可知，这部小说的主题讲述了无辜的Tom Robinson因为是黑人而被白人妇女起诉的故事，因此推断这部小说的主题或许会涉及到种族不平等。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling部分最后一句Harry Potter reminds us that the true power to defeat any enemy is not found in others, but found within each of us.可知，这本书告诉我们真正打败任何敌人的力量不是别人，而是我们自己，天助自助者。故选A。

【名师点睛】

细节理解题的细节定位法：细节题属于直接解答性试题，是阅读理解中最简单的一种，多数属于中低难度的送分题。但由于所占比例很大，应特别引起注意。事实细节题的命题特点是：把某词语、某句子或者某具体事实用不同原文的另一种方式或者句型表达，即同义改写。解答这种试题的窍门是：1. 注意掌握英语的多中表达法；2. 正确分析词语在句中的作用；3. 熟练运用英语的句型转换；4.读懂题干所提出的问题，并准确地找到文中涉及到该问题的句子。例如小题2：

【解题剖析】需要读懂题干所提出的问题，并准确地找到文中涉及到该问题的句子。

【答案定位】根据Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi部分提到的This is a wise, funny, and heartbreaking memory of Marjane Satrapi’s years growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and how she dealt with life while experiencing the ruinous effects of the war with Iraq.可知，这是一本关于作者玛嘉·莎塔琵在伊朗一年生活中睿智、有趣、令人心碎感动的回忆录，以及她经历伊拉克战争的毁灭性影响是如何面对生活的。

【推理关系】题干Which author wrote about his or her own experience in the above works?以上作品中哪一位作者写了他自己的经历？☞文章内容WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature is the world’s largest private international organization This is a wise, funny, and heartbreaking memory of Marjane Satrapi’s years growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and how she dealt with life while experiencing the ruinous effects of the war with Iraq.