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1、讀書破萬卷下筆如有神Part II Multiple Choice 10%Directions: Choose the best one to complete each senten ce. The n mark the corresp onding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.16. Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?BA. Frederick Scott FitzgeraldB. Francis Scott FitzgeraldC. Freder

2、ick Sebastian FitzgeraldD. Francis Sebastia n Fitzgerald17. In what time period does this story take place?BA. 1950's B. 1920's C. 1940's D. 1930's18. Which of these things is NOT symbolized by the green light?AA. n ature B. optimism C. The America n Dream D. money19. Who symbolizes

3、God in this story and watches over everyth ing that's going on?DA. Gatsby B. Nick C. Wilso n D. A billboard20. Where do Tom and Daisy live?CA. The Valley of AshesB. West EggC. East EggD. New York21. Nick_.AA. comes from an upper class familyB. is a Yale graduateC. is not in love with DaisyD. All

4、 of the above22. What reas on does Myrtle give for hav ing an affair?DA. "The Jazz Age is a time of irresponsibility and gaiety."B. "Do what you can to be happy."C. "My husba nd, Tom, beats me. He broke my no se."D. "You can't live forever."23. Which of th

5、ese details is true about Gatsby's past?BA. He received a degree from Oxford.B. He fought in the war.C. He's the son of wealthy people from the Midwest.D. All of these are false.24. Where does Gatsby ' s reunion with Daisy take pCce?A. By the poolB. At the golf tour name ntC. At Nic k

6、9; s houseD. At the yacht race25. Who does not atte nd Gatsby's fun eral?BA. Owl-EyesB. Meyer WolfsheimC. NickD. All of these men atte nded Gatsby's funeralPart III Judgment 10%Directions: Directions: Judge whether the follow ing stateme nts are true or false. Then write A for true and B for

7、 false on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.(A) 26. The Great Gatsbyis widely con sidered to be a literary classic(B) 27.James Gatz cha ngedhis n ame to Jay Gatsby at the age of sixtee n.(B)28.Gatsby buys a housein the East Egg because he wants to be closeto where Daisy lives.(A

8、)29. Tom breaks Myrtle's nose because she says Daisy's n ame.(A)30.Nick arran ges Gatsbyand Daisy's reunion.(A) 31.Nick later lear ns fromGatsby that Daisy, not Gatsby himself, was driv ing thecarat thetime of the accide nt but Gatsby intends to take the blame any way.(B) 32. Nick came t

9、o New York to become a bootlegger.(B)33. At the end of the novel, Nick decides to stay in New York City.(A) 34. Meyer Wolfsheim is a notorious underworld figure involved in organized crime and rumored to have rigged the 1919 World Series.(B) 35. Jorda n Baker reveals to Nick that Tom has a mistress,

10、 Myrtle Wils on, who lives in the "valley of ashes":a n in dustrial dump ing ground betwee n East Egg and New York City.Translation 15%1. With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by me into the hall, turned sharply as if he were on a wire, and disappeared into the living-room. I

11、t wasn 'a bit funny. Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rainP116) 他大步跨過我，接著走進(jìn)了門廊，但手始終揣在他的上衣口袋里，突然他像是被什么引導(dǎo) 著一樣，一轉(zhuǎn)身進(jìn)了客廳，從我眼前消失不見了。他的樣子一點也不可笑。我感受到此刻自己的心在大力地跳動著。雨又變大了，我伸手關(guān)上了大門。2. As I watched him he adjusted himself a little, visibly. His hand took

12、hold of hers, and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion. I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn't be over-dreamed-that voice was a deathless so(dg129)當(dāng)我看著他的時候，從他的神態(tài)中可以看出他正在試著讓自己接受眼前的現(xiàn)實。他伸手抓住 她的手。她在他耳邊輕

13、聲呢喃了幾句，他聽了立刻激動地看著她。我想最讓他著迷且不能自 拔的是黛西她那婉轉(zhuǎn)激昂的聲音，因為那是你絕對無法想象的-她的聲音宛如一曲動人的永恒旋律。3. After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy his was consumed with wonder at her presence. He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth tight set, so to speak, at an i

14、nconceivable pitch of intens$Py124)他先是局促不安，繼而欣喜若狂，現(xiàn)在又因為他出現(xiàn)在面前而深感驚嘆，不能自持。這件事他長期縈繞心頭，夢寐以求，可謂是咬緊了牙關(guān)期待著。4. There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams-not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyo

15、nd everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. (P129)那天下午一定有過一些時刻， 黛西遠(yuǎn)不如他的夢中想象的那樣一這并不是由于她本人的 錯，而是由于他的幻想過于高大。他的幻想超越了黛西本身，超越了一切。他將全部熱情 都投入到這個幻想中，不斷的創(chuàng)造著，這真實的基礎(chǔ)上添加一切美好的東西，將每一根從 遠(yuǎn)處飄來的羽毛都加了進(jìn)去，將

16、它裝飾成無以倫比的藝術(shù)品。5. But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, undespairingly, towards that lost voice across the room(P 仃6)但

17、是他說得越多，黛西就越往后縮。結(jié)果他只好不說了，唯有那個死去的夢想隨著下午的 流逝在繼續(xù)掙扎，拼命想觸摸那不再摸得著的東西，向著縮在房間那頭無聲無息的聲音痛 苦但并不絕望地哀求。What is the symbolic meaning of the gree n light in the Great Gatsby?在小說中出現(xiàn)了三次的 綠燈”。三次的位置分別在小說的開頭、中間和結(jié)尾處，也就說，綠燈”是貫穿整個故事的一個重要象征，蓋茨比的命運(yùn)始終和這盞綠燈緊密相連。在第一章結(jié)尾處，蓋茨比首次出場就和綠 燈不可分割地交織在一起，盡管這時的綠燈遙遠(yuǎn)而又微弱，但他仍要不顧一切地盡力抓住它。隨著故事的

18、發(fā)展，我們知道，綠燈其實就是愛情的象征，是黛西的化身。蓋茨比苦苦奮斗，終于爬到上流社會，為的就是心中的純潔的愛情”這個浪漫的夢想讓他最終通過不可告人的手段獲得了巨大的財富。他通過豐盛的宴會來炫耀自己的富有和顯赫的社會地位， 希冀以此來吸引黛西，重溫昔日舊夢。等到蓋茨比終于與黛西相聚時，這時霧氣卻籠罩了綠燈，象征著黛西已經(jīng)不是從前的黛西，不是蓋茨比心中一塵不染 的天仙，象征著現(xiàn)實和理想之間存在著巨大的落差。最終，蓋茨比的希望落空了，夢想破滅了，淪為自私虛榮的黛西的犧牲品，近在咫尺的綠燈把他引向了生命的終點。作者在文章的結(jié)尾處再次提到綠燈，使文章首尾相應(yīng)，也被作者賦予了更多的象征意義。它 不僅象征著蓋茨比的個人奮斗的理想、希望、目標(biāo)和方向，也象征著美國夢的虛無、易碎，我