Question

THE BRONTE FAMILY

Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. One of them is Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte.

The Bronte family had three girls and a boy. Charlotte was born in 1816, Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. The children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated.  Branwell showed a great interest in drawing.  The girls took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes. The girls were determined to earn money for Branwell's art education.

As children, the girls had all written many stories.  Charlotte alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey.  After much difficulty, Anne and Emily found a publisher (出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte's book. ( It was not published until 1859. ) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis (肺結(jié)核) as her sisters had.

1.What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?

A. Help him write stories.

B. Help him get trained in art.

C. Teach him how to draw well.

D. Teach him how to educate himself.

2.We know from the text that

A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847

B. Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

C. the Bronte sisters received good education

D. the father helped his daughters with their writing

3.The underlined words "the other two" in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.

A. Shirley and Villette

B. The Professor and Agnes Grey

C. Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights

D. The Professor and Wuthering Heights

4.What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

A. Their novels interested few publishers.

B. None of them lived longer than 40 years.

C. Emily was the least successful of the three.

D. None of them had more than two books published.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了約克郡是19世紀(jì)英國兩部著名小說的背景，這兩部分別是夏洛蒂布朗特的《簡愛》和艾米麗布朗特的《呼嘯山莊》。布朗特一家有三個(gè)女兒和一個(gè)兒子，她們?nèi)�姐妹都是自學(xué)成才的，為了供Branwell上藝術(shù)學(xué)院，她們靠寫小說掙錢養(yǎng)家。最后Charlotte Bronte寫的《簡愛》等相繼出版。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The girls were determined to earn money for Branwell's art education.布朗特姐妹下定決心掙錢來供Branwell 接受藝術(shù)教育，故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

《簡愛》出版于1847年，故選A。

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. Anne and Emily found a publisher (出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte's book. 因?yàn)檫@里敘述的是Emily和Anne的書，除了《簡愛》就只剩下Emily寫的Wuthering Heights及Anne寫的Agnes Grey，故選C。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Anne in 1820及Anne died in 1849. Anne活了29歲；Emily was born in 1818及But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis (肺結(jié)核) as her sisters had. Emily活了32歲，故選B。

考點(diǎn)：文化類短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：詞義猜測題旨在考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文對生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測題呈上升趨勢。在閱讀過程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測出生詞詞義是真實(shí)語言活動(dòng)中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項(xiàng)重要指標(biāo)。