2.Sebastian Faulks has written many novels,including Devil May Care,the latest James Bond book.This cutting comes from a very different kind of novel called Charlotte Gray.The setting is a transit (中转) camp near Paris during the Second World War,where a group of people,including two small children,Andre and Jacob,await transport to take them to a concentration camp outside France.Although these people-the‘deportees'of the cutting-are not fully aware of this,they face certain death.
The Last Night
Andre was lying on the floor when a man came with postcards on which the deportees might write a final message.He advised them to leave them at the station or throw them from the train as camp orders forbade access to the post.Two or three pencils that had survived the camps search were passed round among the people in the room.Some wrote with weeping passion,some with great care,as though their safety,or at least the way in which they were remembered,depended upon their choice of words.
A woman came with a sandwich for each child to take on the journey.She also had a bucket of water,round which they gathered,holding out food cans they passed from one to another.One of the older boys hugged her in his gratitude,but the bucket was soon empty.When she was gone,there were only the small hours of the night to go through.Andre was lying on the straw,and Jacob leaned close to him for warmth.
Five buses had come in through the main entrance,and now stood trembling in the corner of the yard.At a long table …the commandant of the camp himself sat with a list of names that another policeman was calling out in alphabetical order.Andre heard his name and moved with Jacob towards the bus.From the other side of the courtyard,from windows open on the dawn,a shower of food was thrown towards them by women crying and calling out their names.
Andre looked up,and in a chance angle of light he saw a woman's face in which the eyes were fixed with terrible fierceness on a child beside him.Why did she stare as though she hated him?Then it came to Andre that she was not looking in hatred,but had kept her eyes so intensely open in order to fix the picture of her child in her mind.She was looking to remember,for ever.…
66.What can we learn from the first part of the passage?C
A.The background and the situation of World War II.
B.The transit camp and the transportation in Paris.
C.The author,the setting and the main characters.
D.The main idea and the names on the list.
67.Which of the following is true about the things going on in the transit camp?A
A.The deportees were eager to leave their final messages.
B.A humble breakfast was served to children late that morning.
C.Andre happened to witness the deportees'routine camp life.
D.The camp commandant stood by a long table calling the roll.
68.The woman stared at her child fiercely probably becauseB.
A.she found her child was trembling and crying for food
B.she thought she would never see her child any more
C.she was filled with an attempt to escape from death
D.she was driven mad by the life in the transit camp
69.The author told the story in a(n)B tone.
A.casual B.desperate
C.hatred D.innocent.
分析 本文讲述是Sebastian Faulks写的小说《乱世有情天》(Charlotte Gray).小说描写的是在第二次世界大战期间,主人公在集中营所经历的苦难.那里的人们都在面临着死亡.
解答 66.C.细节理解题.根据第一段描述,从"Sebastian Faulks""Charlotte Gray""The setting"和"Andre and Jacob"可知,第一部分写了作者,小说名称,背景和主人公.故选C.
67.A.细节理解题.根据文章"Andre was lying on the floor when a man came with postcards on which the deportees might write a final message.He advised them to leave them at the station or throw them from the train as camp orders forbade access to the post."可知,文中提到被驱赶者急于离开,也留下了明信片权他们离开.这件事在小说中是存在的.故选A.
68.B.细节理解题.根据文章"Then it came to Andre that she was not looking in hatred,but had kept her eyes so intensely open in order to fix the picture of her child in her mind.She was looking to remember,for ever"可知,母亲只是想记住她孩子的脸,永远记住,可推测,她的孩子即将离她而去,再也见不到了.故选B.
69.B.推理预测题.本文讲述的是一则悲伤的故事.是在第二次世界大战期间,主人公在集中营所经历的苦难.面对这样的人物设定,显然是通过一种绝望无助的音调来描述这个故事.故选B
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