高二英语练习题2-1

语篇提能

Ⅰ.阅读理解

To Kill a Mockingbird is a no v el by the US w riter Harper Lee. The story is set in Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression. The narrator, six－year－old Scout Finch, li v es w ith her older brother Jem and their w ido w ed father Atticus，a middle－aged la w yer. Jem and Scout ha v e a friend named Dill. The three children are terrified of, and interested in, their neighbour, Boo Radley. For many years, fe w ha v e seen him. The children feed each other's imagination w ith rumours about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they imagine ho w to get him out of his house. One night, the three children run to Boo's house in order to see him. Unfortunately, Boo's brother disco v ers them and terrifies them a w ay. After that, Jem keeps finding different little presents in a hole of a certain tree near his house and has no idea w here they come from.

Atticus is appointed by the court to defend Tom Robinson，a black man w ho has been accused of raping a young w hite w oman, Mayella E w ell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens don't agree, Atticus decides to try his best to defend Tom. Atticus pro v es that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob E w ell—are lying. Despite clear e v idence of Tom's innocence(无罪), the court officially announces that Tom is guilty. Tom is shot and killed w hile trying to escape from prison.

Other children laugh at Jem and Scout for Atticus' actions，calling him a “nigger－lo v er”. Scout defends her father's honour by fighting e v en though he has told her not to.

Humiliated(使丢脸) by the trial, Bob E w ell decides to re v enge(报仇). At Hallo w een night, Jem and Scout are caught by Bob E w ell in the w oods and he w ants to kill the t w o children. Someone comes to the children's rescue.

The mysterious man carries them home，w here Scout realizes that he is Boo Radley.

1．What do w e kno w about Atticus Finch?

A．He doesn't like Boo Radley.

B．He treats the black equally.

C．He is not successful as a la w yer.

D．He can earn a lot if he w ins Tom's case.

2．The children are curious about Boo Radley because ______.

A．he al w ays hides something in the hole of a tree

B．he al w ays co v ers his face w ith a piece of cloth

C．he al w ays stays inside his house

D．he al w ays sa v es others in secret

3．What happens to Tom Robinson in the end?

A．He is shot dead w hen he is trying to escape.

B．He is shot dead by Bob E w ell in the w oods.

C．He feels ashamed and ne v er comes out of his house.

D．He escapes from prison and fights w ith Bob E w ell.

4．Bob E w ell w ants to kill Jem and Scout because ______.

A．Scout al w ays fights w ith Bob's daughter

B．Scout's father often teases Bob's daughter

C．their father hates him

D．he hates their father

答案与解析：

本文是美国著名小说《杀死一只知更鸟》的故事梗概。

1．解析：从第二段中的Although many of Maycomb's citizens don't