外研版选修6Module 2 Fantasy Literature – Philip Pullman阅读专练（含解析）
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专项提升：M2 阅读专练
阅读理解
A
Perhaps only a small boy training to be a wizard at the Hogwarts school of magic could cast a spell so powerful as to create the biggest book launch ever. Wherever in the world the clock strikes midnight on June 20th，his followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10m copies of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”. Bookshops will open in the middle of the night and delivery firms are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks. Related toys, games, DVDs and other merchandise will be everywhere. There will be no escaping Pottermania.
Yet Mr. Potter's world is a curious one, in which things are often not what they appear. While an excitable media(hereby including The Economist, happy to support such a fine example of globalization)is helping to hype the launch of J．K. Rowling's fifth novel, about the most adventurous thing that the publishers (Scholastic in America and Britain's Bloomsbury in English elsewhere)have organized is a reading by Ms Rowling in London's Royal Albert Hall, to be broadcast as a live webcast. Hollywood, which owns everything else to do with Harry Potter, says it is doing even less. Incredible as it may seem，the guardians of the brand say that，to protect the Potter franchise, they are trying to maintain a low profile. Well, relatively low.
Ms Rowling signed a contract in 1998 with Warner Brothers，part of AOL Time Warner, giving the studio exclusive film, licensing and merchandising rights in return for what now appears to have been a steal: some $500 000. Warner licenses other firms to produce goods using Harry Potter characters or images, from which Ms Rowling gets a big enough cut that she is now wealthier than the queen — if you believe Britain's Sunday Times rich list. The process is self－generating：each book sets the stage for a film, which boosts book sales, which lifts sales of Potter products.
Globally，the first four Harry Potter books have sold some 200m copies in 55 languages; the two movies have grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office. This is a stunning success by any measure, especially as Ms Rowling has long demanded that Harry Potter should not be over commercialized. In line with her wishes，Warner says it is being extraordinarily careful, at least by Hollywood standards，about what it licenses and to whom. It imposed tough conditions on Coca Cola，insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans, and is now in the process of making its licensing programme even more restrictive. Coke may soon be considered too mass market to carry the brand at all.
1．When the author says “there will be no escaping Pottermania”， he implies that ______.
A．Harry Potter's appeal for the readers is simply irresistible
B．it is somewhat irrational to be so crazy about the magic boy
C．craze about Harry Potter will not be over in the near future
D．Hogwarts school of magic will be the biggest attraction world over
2．Ms Rowling's reading in London's Royal Albert Hall is mentioned to show ______.
A．publishers are really adventurous in managing the Potter's business
B．businesses are actually more credible than media in Potter's world
C．the media are promoting Pottermania more actively than Hollywood
D．businesses involved with Potter are moving along in an unusual way
3．The author believes that ______.
A．Britain's Sunday Times rich list is not very convincing as it sounds
B．Time Warner's management of licenses is a bit over commercialized
C．other firms may produce goods using Harry Potter images at will
D．what Ms Rowling got in return for her offering to Warner is a real bargain
4．Paragraph 4 intends mainly to show Warner's ______.
A．determination to promote Potter
B．consistence in conducting business
C．high regard for Ms Rowling's request
D．careful restrictions on licensing to Coco－Cola
B篇
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the US writer Harper Lee. The story is set in Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression. The narrator, six－year－old Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus，a middle－aged lawyer. Jem and Scout have a friend named Dill. The three children are terrified of, and interested in, their neighbour, Boo Radley. For many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imagination with rumours about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they imagine how 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 discovers them and terrifies them away. After that, Jem keeps finding different little presents in a hole of a certain tree near his house and has no idea where they come from.
Atticus is appointed by the court to defend Tom Robinson，a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens don't agree, Atticus decides to try his best to defend Tom. Atticus proves that the accusers — Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell — are lying. Despite clear evidence of Tom's innocence(无罪), the court officially announces that Tom is guilty. Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison.
Other children laugh at Jem and Scout for Atticus' actions，calling him a “nigger－lover”. Scout defends her father's honour by fighting even though he has told her not to.
Humiliated(使丢脸 ) by the trial, Bob Ewell decides to revenge(报仇). At Halloween night, Jem and Scout are caught by Bob Ewell in the woods and he wants to kill the two children. Someone comes to the children's rescue. The mysterious man carries them home，where Scout realizes that he is Boo Radley.
1．What do we know about Atticus Finch
A．He doesn't like Boo Radley.
B．He treats the black equally.
C．He is not successful as a lawyer.
D．He can earn a lot if he wins Tom's case.
2．The children are curious about Boo Radley because ______.
A．he always hides something in the hole of a tree
B．he always covers his face with a piece of cloth
C．he always stays inside his house
D．he always saves others in secret
3．What happens to Tom Robinson in the end
A．He is shot dead when he is trying to escape.
B．He is shot dead by Bob Ewell in the woods.
C．He feels ashamed and never comes out of his house.
D．He escapes from prison and fights with Bob Ewell.
4．Bob Ewell wants to kill Jem and Scout because ______.
A．Scout always fights with Bob's daughter
B．Scout's father often teases Bob's daughter
C．their father hates him
D．he hates their father
C
The seven Harry Potter novels are to be sold as e－books for the first time in October. Author J. K. Rowling announced the series would also be available as audio books through a new website，Pottermore.
The website will also feature new material which Rowling says she has been collecting for years. “This is such a great way to give something back to the fans who made Harry Potter such a huge success，” the author said.
The Harry Potter novels have sold more than 450 million copies through Bloomsbury in Britain, and Scholastic in the United States. However，the e－books, which will be available in several languages, will be published through Rowling's Pottermore Publishing, rather than her print publishers which do not own the digital rights.
Pottermore went live on 31 July, Harry Potter's birthday. Rowling told the BBC that the new material was being released online, rather than in a new book, because she did not have “a new story”．
“Most of this writing is material I generated(创作) while I was writing the books earlier，” she said. “It's background, and lots of details. Some of it is new stuff in reply to things fans have asked me over the years.”
The site, which Rowling said she had been working on for two years, promises to immerse(使沉浸于) users in the boy wizard's world, offering opportunities for computer gaming, social networking and an online store. One million users will be chosen to help develop the online world, before it is open to all users from October.
Rowling told reporters at the London Pottermore launch she had no intention of writing an eighth Harry Potter book.
5．What would be the best title for this text
A．Harry Potter Series to Be Sold as E－books
B．J. K. Rowling to Create Even Brighter Future
C．Pottermore to Offer New Material to Users
D．The Online World to Take on a New Look
6．Which of the following is NOT included in J. K. Rowling's new material
A．The details about Harry Potter novels.
B．The background of Harry Potter novels.
C．The plots of her future Harry Potter novels.
D．The answers to some questions from her fans.
7．The users can do all the following on the new website Pottermore EXCEPT ______.
A．make friends online B．do the shopping online
C．play computer games D．watch Harry Potter films
8．What can be inferred from the text
A．More Harry Potter novels were sold in the US than in Britain.
B．Most of J. K. Rowling's new materials were written years ago.
C．J. K. Rowling will write a new Harry Potter novel in the future.
D．J. K. Rowling's e－books will be published by her print publishers.
参考答案与解析：
A篇
1．解析：这是一道句意题。第一段描述了波特迷们的世界性狂热，由此可知A项为答案。
答案：A
2．解析：这是一道例证题。文章说到Rowling应邀朗读一事是为了说明此次商家的行为不同往常，故此答案为B项。
答案：B
3．解析：这是一道作者观点题。依据第三段首句，可知答案为D项。
答案：D
4．解析：这是一道主旨题。段落的主要意思是华纳按Rowling的要求做了，严禁过分的商业化。故答案为C项。
答案：C
B篇
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 agree. Atticus decides to try his best to defend Tom可知，Scout的父亲极力为一个黑人做无罪辩护，故他对待黑人也很平等。
答案：B
2．解析：从第一段中的For many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imagination with rumours about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden，and they imagine how to get him out of his house可知，孩子们对Boo Radley好奇是因为他从来不出家门。
答案：C
3．解析：从第二段中的Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison可知，Tom在逃跑时被枪毙了。
答案：A
4．解析：从第二段中的Atticus proves that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell—are lying及最后一段中的Humiliated by the trial, Bob Ewell decides to revenge可知，Bob Ewell想杀Jem和Scout是因为他们的父亲为一个黑人辩护，证明Bob Ewell和他女儿说谎了，他感到被羞辱了，所以很恨他们的父亲。
答案：D
C篇
《哈利波特》系列小说电子书将于10月份首次在网上销售，同时，作者JK罗琳声称，将有很多她多年积累的关于《哈利波特》的珍贵材料也首次在网上披露。
5．解析：标题归纳题。本文是一篇新闻报道，主题在第一段，主要告诉我们《哈利波特》系列小说的电子书将于10月份首次在网上销售。故A项正确。
答案：A
6．解析：细节理解题。由第五段可知，在JK罗琳最新披露的材料中，包括有关《哈利波特》的背景、细节以及对粉丝一些问题的回答，但并未涉及她未来小说的情节。事实上，她也不打算再写新的《哈利波特》小说了。因此选择C项。
答案：C
7．解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知，在新网站Pottermore提供的服务有“offering opportunities for computer gaming, social networking and an online store”，不包括观看《哈利波特》电影。因此D项正确。
答案：D
8．解析：推理判断题。由第五段的JK罗琳说的“Most of this writing is material I generated while I was writing the books earlier”，可以判断她最新披露的这些材料，都是几年前写《哈利波特》时创作的，故B项正确。A项无依据，C、D项与文章内容不符。
答案：B
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阅读理解
A
Perhaps only a small boy training to be a wizard at the Hogwarts school of magic could cast a spell so powerful as to create the biggest book launch ever. Wherever in the world the clock strikes midnight on June 20th，his followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10m copies of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”. Bookshops will open in the middle of the night and delivery firms are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks. Related toys, games, DVDs and other merchandise will be everywhere. There will be no escaping Pottermania.
Yet Mr. Potter's world is a curious one, in which things are often not what they appear. While an excitable media(hereby including The Economist, happy to support such a fine example of globalization)is helping to hype the launch of J．K. Rowling's fifth novel, about the most adventurous thing that the publishers (Scholastic in America and Britain's Bloomsbury in English elsewhere)have organized is a reading by Ms Rowling in London's Royal Albert Hall, to be broadcast as a live webcast. Hollywood, which owns everything else to do with Harry Potter, says it is doing even less. Incredible as it may seem，the guardians of the brand say that，to protect the Potter franchise, they are trying to maintain a low profile. Well, relatively low.
Ms Rowling signed a contract in 1998 with Warner Brothers，part of AOL Time Warner, giving the studio exclusive film, licensing and merchandising rights in return for what now appears to have been a steal: some $500 000. Warner licenses other firms to produce goods using Harry Potter characters or images, from which Ms Rowling gets a big enough cut that she is now wealthier than the queen — if you believe Britain's Sunday Times rich list. The process is self－generating：each book sets the stage for a film, which boosts book sales, which lifts sales of Potter products.
Globally，the first four Harry Potter books have sold some 200m copies in 55 languages; the two movies have grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office. This is a stunning success by any measure, especially as Ms Rowling has long demanded that Harry Potter should not be over commercialized. In line with her wishes，Warner says it is being extraordinarily careful, at least by Hollywood standards，about what it licenses and to whom. It imposed tough conditions on Coca Cola，insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans, and is now in the process of making its licensing programme even more restrictive. Coke may soon be considered too mass market to carry the brand at all.
1．When the author says “there will be no escaping Pottermania”， he implies that ______.
A．Harry Potter's appeal for the readers is simply irresistible
B．it is somewhat irrational to be so crazy about the magic boy
C．craze about Harry Potter will not be over in the near future
D．Hogwarts school of magic will be the biggest attraction world over
2．Ms Rowling's reading in London's Royal Albert Hall is mentioned to show ______.
A．publishers are really adventurous in managing the Potter's business
B．businesses are actually more credible than media in Potter's world
C．the media are promoting Pottermania more actively than Hollywood
D．businesses involved with Potter are moving along in an unusual way
3．The author believes that ______.
A．Britain's Sunday Times rich list is not very convincing as it sounds
B．Time Warner's management of licenses is a bit over commercialized
C．other firms may produce goods using Harry Potter images at will
D．what Ms Rowling got in return for her offering to Warner is a real bargain
4．Paragraph 4 intends mainly to show Warner's ______.
A．determination to promote Potter
B．consistence in conducting business
C．high regard for Ms Rowling's request
D．careful restrictions on licensing to Coco－Cola
B篇
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the US writer Harper Lee. The story is set in Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression. The narrator, six－year－old Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus，a middle－aged lawyer. Jem and Scout have a friend named Dill. The three children are terrified of, and interested in, their neighbour, Boo Radley. For many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imagination with rumours about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they imagine how 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 discovers them and terrifies them away. After that, Jem keeps finding different little presents in a hole of a certain tree near his house and has no idea where they come from.
Atticus is appointed by the court to defend Tom Robinson，a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens don't agree, Atticus decides to try his best to defend Tom. Atticus proves that the accusers — Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell — are lying. Despite clear evidence of Tom's innocence(无罪), the court officially announces that Tom is guilty. Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison.
Other children laugh at Jem and Scout for Atticus' actions，calling him a “nigger－lover”. Scout defends her father's honour by fighting even though he has told her not to.
Humiliated(使丢脸 ) by the trial, Bob Ewell decides to revenge(报仇). At Halloween night, Jem and Scout are caught by Bob Ewell in the woods and he wants to kill the two children. Someone comes to the children's rescue. The mysterious man carries them home，where Scout realizes that he is Boo Radley.
1．What do we know about Atticus Finch
A．He doesn't like Boo Radley.
B．He treats the black equally.
C．He is not successful as a lawyer.
D．He can earn a lot if he wins Tom's case.
2．The children are curious about Boo Radley because ______.
A．he always hides something in the hole of a tree
B．he always covers his face with a piece of cloth
C．he always stays inside his house
D．he always saves others in secret
3．What happens to Tom Robinson in the end
A．He is shot dead when he is trying to escape.
B．He is shot dead by Bob Ewell in the woods.
C．He feels ashamed and never comes out of his house.
D．He escapes from prison and fights with Bob Ewell.
4．Bob Ewell wants to kill Jem and Scout because ______.
A．Scout always fights with Bob's daughter
B．Scout's father often teases Bob's daughter
C．their father hates him
D．he hates their father
C
The seven Harry Potter novels are to be sold as e－books for the first time in October. Author J. K. Rowling announced the series would also be available as audio books through a new website，Pottermore.
The website will also feature new material which Rowling says she has been collecting for years. “This is such a great way to give something back to the fans who made Harry Potter such a huge success，” the author said.
The Harry Potter novels have sold more than 450 million copies through Bloomsbury in Britain, and Scholastic in the United States. However，the e－books, which will be available in several languages, will be published through Rowling's Pottermore Publishing, rather than her print publishers which do not own the digital rights.
Pottermore went live on 31 July, Harry Potter's birthday. Rowling told the BBC that the new material was being released online, rather than in a new book, because she did not have “a new story”．
“Most of this writing is material I generated(创作) while I was writing the books earlier，” she said. “It's background, and lots of details. Some of it is new stuff in reply to things fans have asked me over the years.”
The site, which Rowling said she had been working on for two years, promises to immerse(使沉浸于) users in the boy wizard's world, offering opportunities for computer gaming, social networking and an online store. One million users will be chosen to help develop the online world, before it is open to all users from October.
Rowling told reporters at the London Pottermore launch she had no intention of writing an eighth Harry Potter book.
5．What would be the best title for this text
A．Harry Potter Series to Be Sold as E－books
B．J. K. Rowling to Create Even Brighter Future
C．Pottermore to Offer New Material to Users
D．The Online World to Take on a New Look
6．Which of the following is NOT included in J. K. Rowling's new material
A．The details about Harry Potter novels.
B．The background of Harry Potter novels.
C．The plots of her future Harry Potter novels.
D．The answers to some questions from her fans.
7．The users can do all the following on the new website Pottermore EXCEPT ______.
A．make friends online B．do the shopping online
C．play computer games D．watch Harry Potter films
8．What can be inferred from the text
A．More Harry Potter novels were sold in the US than in Britain.
B．Most of J. K. Rowling's new materials were written years ago.
C．J. K. Rowling will write a new Harry Potter novel in the future.
D．J. K. Rowling's e－books will be published by her print publishers.
参考答案与解析：
A篇
1．解析：这是一道句意题。第一段描述了波特迷们的世界性狂热，由此可知A项为答案。
答案：A
2．解析：这是一道例证题。文章说到Rowling应邀朗读一事是为了说明此次商家的行为不同往常，故此答案为B项。
答案：B
3．解析：这是一道作者观点题。依据第三段首句，可知答案为D项。
答案：D
4．解析：这是一道主旨题。段落的主要意思是华纳按Rowling的要求做了，严禁过分的商业化。故答案为C项。
答案：C
B篇
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 agree. Atticus decides to try his best to defend Tom可知，Scout的父亲极力为一个黑人做无罪辩护，故他对待黑人也很平等。
答案：B
2．解析：从第一段中的For many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imagination with rumours about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden，and they imagine how to get him out of his house可知，孩子们对Boo Radley好奇是因为他从来不出家门。
答案：C
3．解析：从第二段中的Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison可知，Tom在逃跑时被枪毙了。
答案：A
4．解析：从第二段中的Atticus proves that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell—are lying及最后一段中的Humiliated by the trial, Bob Ewell decides to revenge可知，Bob Ewell想杀Jem和Scout是因为他们的父亲为一个黑人辩护，证明Bob Ewell和他女儿说谎了，他感到被羞辱了，所以很恨他们的父亲。
答案：D
C篇
《哈利波特》系列小说电子书将于10月份首次在网上销售，同时，作者JK罗琳声称，将有很多她多年积累的关于《哈利波特》的珍贵材料也首次在网上披露。
5．解析：标题归纳题。本文是一篇新闻报道，主题在第一段，主要告诉我们《哈利波特》系列小说的电子书将于10月份首次在网上销售。故A项正确。
答案：A
6．解析：细节理解题。由第五段可知，在JK罗琳最新披露的材料中，包括有关《哈利波特》的背景、细节以及对粉丝一些问题的回答，但并未涉及她未来小说的情节。事实上，她也不打算再写新的《哈利波特》小说了。因此选择C项。
答案：C
7．解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知，在新网站Pottermore提供的服务有“offering opportunities for computer gaming, social networking and an online store”，不包括观看《哈利波特》电影。因此D项正确。
答案：D
8．解析：推理判断题。由第五段的JK罗琳说的“Most of this writing is material I generated while I was writing the books earlier”，可以判断她最新披露的这些材料，都是几年前写《哈利波特》时创作的，故B项正确。A项无依据，C、D项与文章内容不符。
答案：B
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