初中英语名著阅读训练-威尼斯商人.docx

威尼斯商人阅读理解AThe book I would like to talk about is The Merchant of Venice. The book is a dramatic work by Shakespear, an English famous writer in the 16th century. It talks about something happening between merchants in Venice. The main characters are Bassanio, Portia, Shylock and Antonio.The drama begins with Antonio, who helps Bassanio borrow money from Shylock, and then brings out other stories. Bassanio is a poor merchant. He needs money to follow his dream to marry Portiaa very beautiful and rich lady. He first wants to borrow money from his friend Antonio, also a merchant in Venice. Antonio borrows the money from a Jewish rich merchant Shylock. Antonio does much harm to Shylock before because Antonio really hates Jewish. Shylock is a little mean and loves money very much. He always gets interest from the people who borrow money from him. Antonio promises he will pay the money back in three months, or Shylock will be allowed to cut out 1 pound of flesh out of Antonios body. Bassanio successfully wins the love of Portia but soon realizes his friend can not pay the money back to Shylock on time. Bassanio returns to Venice as fast as he can and attends a trial(审讯).The reason why Antonio isnt able to pay is because his ships are caught in storm. Portia, dressing up as a young lawyer, claims (声称) that the words “ 1 pound of flesh” not “1 pound of flesh and blood”. She says that Shylock is only allowed to remove flesh, but not any blood, which is impossible. Thus, she helps make Antonio safe and make Shylock fail. At the same time, Shylock loses most of his money. At the end, .1. The drama has _ main characters mentioned in this passage. A. two B. three C. four D. five2. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. The story happens between merchants in England in the 17th century.B. Antonio cant return the money because his ships are caught in storm.C. Shylock is a Jewish rich merchant and he is generous to everyone.D. Portia is a real lawyer and she is clever enough to save Antonios life. 3. Which one can be used to describe Bassanio? A true friend A romantic lover A poor merchant A mean Jewish A. B. C. D. 4. We can put _ in the blank “ ” in Paragraph 3. A. Antonio takes pity on Shylock B. Bassanio and Portia have a happy ending C. everyone including Shylock lives a happy life D. everyone including Shylock lives a sad lifeCBDBBBad news came. Antonios ships crashed and he lost everything. He couldnt return Shylocks money on time but let him take one pound of his flesh. Portia, Bassanios wife, dressed up as a man came to the court. The young judge Balthasar was actually Portia. Nobody recognized her. She told Shylock to have pity on Antonio. But Shylock refused. He insisted he just wanted the penalty(罚金) written in the contract. Portia read the contract. She allowed Shylock to get his pound of flesh.Shylock was very happy. He held his knife and told Antonio to get ready.“Wait!Thereissomethingelse.” claimed Portia. “What?” Shylock wondered.“Well,” said the young judge, “I have read the contract carefully. It says one pound of flesh. You can take your pound of flesh, but you may not take one drop of his blood. Or the duke will take everything you own !” Shylock didnt want to give everything he owned to the duke. He said he would take the money. Bassanio was happy to give him the money.“Wait!” Portia said again, “Shylockshallnottakethemoney. It was not written in the contract. You must take the flesh, no more, no less. And not one drop of blood must fall.”Shylock understood he would get nothing. He felt bad and decided to leave.“Wait.” said Portia, for the third time. “The law of Venice says that if you plan to killacitizenofVenice, you will lose everythingthatyouown.Half of what you have will belong to thepersonyoutriedtokill, andtheotherhalfwillbelong to the duke. Besides this, theDuke is the only person who can save you from death if he decides to have mercy on you.Therefore,ask the Duke for mercy.”“No!” shouted Shylock. “If you take everything I own, you are taking my life anyway.” Antonio said he did not want half of everything that Shylock owned.He just wanted to borrow some money to do business. Then he would give it to Shylocksdaughterandherhusband afterShylock died. The duke said that if Shylock did not agree to do what Antonio said, he would take back his pity, and Shylock would die.Shylock realized he had no choice but to agree. 1. What does the underlined word “contract” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. 合同 B.内容 C. 对比 D. 收缩 2. Shylock couldnt get his pound of flesh or his money. Which of the following is the best reason? A. Antonio lost everything including his ship so he couldnt return Shylocks money on time.B. Shylock showed great pity on Antonio and wanted to make friends with Antonio.C. The young judge didnt allow Shylock to get his pound of flesh or his money. D. According to the contract Shylock could take no money but the flesh with no blood.3. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. Half of what Shylock owned should be given to Bassanio. B. At last, Shylock had to lend Antonio money to do business. C. Shylock would feel sad and leave money to his son. D. The Duke wasnt the only person to save Shylock from death.4. According to the passage, we know that_.A. the duke disagreed with Antonios decision B. Portia was wise and organized C. Portia had no courage to save Antonio D. Balthasar supported Shylock a lotADBBCBack in Venice, there was one very angry moneylender. When he discovered his daughter, Jessica, had run away and taken money and jewels with her, he was furious. He tried to find her. Bassanio and Graziano were on the ship, and it had started to sail. Shylock wanted to stop the ship. He thought Jessica and Lorenzo might be on it, but it was too late. The ship had already gone. Antonio told Shylock that his daughter and her lover were not on it. Someone said they had gone away on a smaller boat, but nobody really knew where they were. Shylock ran through the streets of Venice looking for them. “My daughter, my money, my jewels! My money, my daughter, my jewels!” he shouted. “My jewels, my daughter, my money! My daughter stole my money! She stole my jewels! She ran away with a Christian! I must find them!” All the little boys in Venice followed him and shouted “My jewels, my daughter, my money!” Solanio heard them. He thought, “Antonio better pay his debt on time, or he will pay for this. Shylock is very angry. He will _if he can.” Far, far away from Venice, in the sea between England and France, there was a big storm. A strong wind blew a heavy ship against the rocks. The ship and its cargo sank. Salerio was the first person in Venice to hear the news, when he met a Frenchman in a hotel. He hoped that it was not one of Antonios ships. 1.The author of the passage above is_. A.William Shakespeare B. Charles Dickens C. Frances hodgson Burnett D. Lewis Carroll 2.The underlined word “this” in Pra.4 means_. A. his jewels B. his daughter C. his money D. all above 3.Which is the most suitable to fill in the blank in Pra.4? A. take revenge B. regret it C. forgive him D. feel excited 4. Why did Salerio hope that it was not one of Antonios ship? A. Because he knew that Antonio would be angry when he found out what had happened . B. Because Shylock might have find out that Antonio helped Jessica and Lorenzo. C. Because Antonio would have no money to pay his debt on time. D. Because he hated Antonio.ADAC任务型阅读The Merchant of Venice is the important early works of Shakespeare, which is a comedy with a great satire. Its about to make in 1596 1597.In the play Shakespeare not only speaks highly of love and friendship, but also mirrors the social background of that time. AntoniohadafriendnamedBassaniowho spentmoney withoutlimitation.Asaresult,herunoutofhispropertyina shorttime. Bassanio fell in love with Portia, but hewasrequiredtopaya large amount of money. SohewenttoAntonioforhelp.Antoniois also a wealthyVenetianmerchantbuthedidnthave somuchcash. Antonio went to Shylock, a moneylender, for help. Having been scolded (责备）by Antonio for being cruel and greedy, Shylock hated him, however, he agreed to lend him the money on condition that Antonio would allow him to take a pound of his flesh if he could not repay him within three months. At last Antonio agreed to the contract(契约). With the money Antonio had borrowed from Shylock, Bassanio married Portia, but unluckily, Antonio lost all his ships at sea. He was not able to pay back to Shylock, and the Jew went to court of Venice to carry out his deal. To save Antonios life, Portia pretended to be a famous lawyer. According to the contract, she agreed to Shylocks request, but insisted a pound of meat must be cut by just a pound of flesh, no more and no less. At the same time, he was not allowed to let any of Antonios blood drop. The wise judge announced that according to the law if anyone tried to kill a citizen of Venice, everything he owned should be taken away from him. Shylock said that he would rather die if all his money and goods were taken away. Finally, Antonio gave up his part of Shylocks money on condition that Shylock should leave the money to his own daughter and her husband upon his death. The cruel moneylender had to agree.TopicThe Merchant of VeniceBrief 1 The Merchant of Venice is one of the 2 early works of Shakespeare，which is a comedy with a great satire. Its about to make in 1596 1597.The play not only 3 love and friendship,but also mirrors the social background of that time.Plot 1One day, Bassanio wanted to borrow some money from Antonio because he wantedto 4 Portia who was beautiful, rich and clever. But Antonio had no cash just then.It was very 5 of Antonio to borrow money from a Jewish moneylender called Shylock. Shylock 6 Antonio because Antonio had scolded him before. Shylock 7 to lend money but insisted that he could take a pound of Antonios flesh if the money was not repaid in three months.At last Antonio 8 his requirement.Plot 2Accordingtothecontract,PortiaagreedShylocktocutapoundoffleshfromAntonio,buthemustbecarefulwiththe 9 , neither more nor less .Whats more, he must promise to cut without a drop of blood. Shylock had to keep Antonio 10 , otherwise he would lose all his property. Shylock couldnt do it and had to give up to save his money. In this way, Portia skillfully save Antonios life. ConclusionMoney is important, but in this world there are many things far more important than money, do not be fooled by the surface. 1.introduction 2.importan 3.praises 4.marry 5.kind6.hated 7.agreed 8.accepted 9.weight 10.alive缺词填空ABassanio reached Belmont and went to visit Portia. Portia was very pleased to see him b 1_ she remembered him from his earlier visit. She was c 2_ he would be brave enough to choose a box. She hoped he would be w 3_ enough to choose the one with her picture in it. Bassanio loved Portia more than e 4_ . He wanted to choose a box and marry her. However, Portia was now afraid that he would choose the w 5_ box. Then he would never be able to marry her. At last, Portia took Bassanio to the t 6_ boxes and told him the rules. Bassanio looked at the boxes, but he did not read the w 7_ on them. He looked at the gold and silver. he d 8_ want these beautiful boxes of gold and silver. He would choose the lead box with its ordinary color. It spoke more to me than all the gold and silver in the world. He went to the lead box and opened it. The writing inside the box told him that he had c 9_ the right box. It s 10_ that he should go to Portia and look into her eyes. She would be his wife. 1.because2.certain3.wise4.ever.5.wrong6.three7.writing8.didnt9. chosen10.saidBAntonio gave up the fight against Shylock. He wanted the judge to give his d 1_ . So the judge told him to take off his shirt, and prepare his body for Shylocks knife. The judge asked Shylock if he had scales ready to w 2_ the flesh. Shylock said “yes”. Then the judge asked him if he had brought a doctor with him. Shylock said it was not in the contract, so he hadnt brought one to help Antonio. “You cant make me do it u 3_ it is in the contract,” he reasoned. The judge asked Antonio if he wanted to say a 4_ . Antonio just wanted to say goodbye to Bassanio and ask him to tell Portia that he was a good friend. Bassanio said he would do anything he could to s 5_ Antonio. He would die in his place or give up his wife if it could help Antonio. Gratiano said the same thing. Shylock thought they were not good h 6_ . The judge said to Shylock, “One pound of the merchants flesh is y 7_ ! You may take his flesh!” Shylock held his knife. “Wait!” shouted the judge. “You wont do anything that is not w 8_ in the contract. Is it right, Shylock?” “Yes, thats right,” said Shylock. He w 9_ what the judge was going to say. “Well,” said the judge, “I have read the contract c 10_ . It says a pound of flesh. You can take your pound of flesh, but you may not take one drop of his blood. If you take any of his blood, the duke will take everything you own.” “You wanted justice,” the judge told Shylock, “and you will have it. You will have more justice then you wanted.” 1.decision 2. weigh 3. unless 4. anything 5. save 6. husbands 7. yours 8. written9. wondered 10. carefully