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【题目】 Antonio lived in Venice．He became a rich merchant by buying and selling things．He often helped his friends when needed.

One day Antonio’s friend Bassanio wanted to borrow more money from him to court a rich young lady Portia．Antonia didn’t have much money at hand, so he asked Bassanio to go into town to borrow money and tell the moneylenders that Antonio would guarantee the money.

Shylock earned money by lending money to other people and making them pay interest．Antonia thought it was wrong to make people pay interest．Shylock was angry about this because people went to borrow money from Antonia．And this meant Shylock earned less money．Another reason that Shylock and Antonia didn’t like each other was that Antonia was a Christian and Shylock was a Jew．They disagreed about a lot of things and did not talk to each other．

Bassanio borrowed thirty thousand dollars and said he would pay it back in three months．He would pay no interest．But if Antonio did not pay Shylock on time, Shylock would take one pound of flesh from wherever he chose to take it.

Antonio lost his ships and cargoes at sea．Shylock thought he would have the chance to take revenge on his old enemy．

The duke wished Shylock to have mercy on Antonio, but Shylock refused.

Portia, disguised in a man’s clothes, pretended to be a young judge from Rome．Portia asked Shylock to take three times the money instead of the penalty．But Shylock insisted he would keep to the contract． Portia agreed．But she also told Shylock that he could only take his pound of flesh, but NOT ONE

DROP OF HIS BLOOD, or the duke would TAKE EVERYTHING HIS OWNED．

【1】How did Antonio become a rich merchant?

A.By lending money to others.B.By buying and selling things．

C.By helping friends in need.D.By earning interest.

【2】Why did Shylock and Antonia dislike each other?

A.Because Antonia thought it was wrong to make people pay interest.

B.Because people went to borrow money without interest from Antonia.

C.Because Antonia was a Christian and Shylock was a Jew.

D.All the above.

【3】What’s the meaning of the underlined word ‘revenge’?

A.同情B.占上风C.报 复D.惩罚

【4】 was wise enough to save Antonia.

A.The dukeB.BassanioC.PortiaD.A young judge

【5】What do you think would happen in the end?

A.Shylock got ninety thousand dollars instead of one pound of flesh.

B.Shylock got his thirty thousand dollars back.

C.The duke took everything Shylock owned.

D.Half of everything Shylock owned belonged to the duke．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文讲述的是威尼斯商人的故事，Antonia由于种种原因，借了Shylock的钱，但是Antonia的货物丢失，如果他无法按时还上Shylock的钱，便要给Shylock割一磅肉，之后Portia救下了Antonia。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中第一段“He became a rich merchant by buying and selling things．”可知他是通过买卖东西来变得有钱的，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中第三段“Antonia thought it was wrong to make people pay interest．”“Another reason that Shylock and Antonia didn’t like each other was that Antonia was a Christian and Shylock was a Jew．”“He often helped his friends when needed.”可知A、B、C都符合题意，故选D。

【3】词句猜测题。根据文章大意可知，此处Shylock知道了Antonia的货物丢失，便认为可以好好地复仇了，根据后文“on his old enemy”他的老敌人，可知，此处应是复仇的意思。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段大意可以推断出Portia从开始易容，再想出办法让Shylock只割一磅肉，不能掉一滴血，说明她非常聪明了。故选C。

【5】推理判断题。本题需结合全文大意，再根据故事的真实结局推测，A、B、C都是文中没有提及到的，只有D选项符合文章大意以及真实结局。故选D。

本文讲述的是一本小说里面的故事，这道题的前四个题都是可以从原文原句中推测出正确答案，但是第五题考查的就要多一点了，不仅要考学生根据全文推理的能力，而且要考查学生的课外阅读量，因为这道题的正确答案便是这本小说的真是结局。