Comprehension Test 阅读理解

Silas Marner 织工马南

George Eliot （著）

1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 判断以下句子正确（T）或错误（F）。

a Silas was born in Raveloe.
b Silas stole money from the Light Street chapel.
c Silas knew how to make simple medicines.
d Dunstan and Godfrey were brothers.
e Dunstan stole Godfrey’s horse.
f Silas went to church every Sunday.
g Eppie was Dunstan’s daughter.
h Godfrey wanted to adopt Eppie.
i Godfrey married twice.
j The Casses went to Eppie’s wedding.

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2 Look at these two pictures and answer the questions. 看图回答问题。

a In picture 1 the man on the left is ............... .

b In picture 1 the man on the right is ............... .
c Which of these two men is older? ...............
d In picture 2 the man is ............... .
e In picture 2 the woman is ............... .

20 marks

3 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences. 在 B 部分中选择
合适的序号与 A 部分组成完整的句子。

A
1 Silas lived alone ...
2 Aaron and Eppie lived with Silas ...
3 Silas was a rich man ...
4 Silas’s neighbours were suspicious of him ...
5 Godfrey couldn’t marry Nancy ...

B
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 a ... until Molly was dead.
b ... before he became poor like them.
c ... after they got married.
d ... until his gold was stolen.
e ... until he found Eppie.

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4 Fill in the gaps, using these words: morning, dead, bedroom, knife, chapel, ill, lots, fit,
money, family. 用适当的词填空 。
One night, one of the chapel leaders was ............... . He had no ..............., and Silas was sitting
with him. At four o’clock in the ..............., Silas discovered that the man was ............... . He
thought that he had not noticed before because he had had a ............... . The next morning Silas
had to go to the ............... . The ............... which was in the dead man’s ..............., had gone, and
Silas’s ............... was found by the bed. They drew ............... to decide what had happened.

10 marks

5 Complete the following sentences using information from the story. 用故事中的信息完成
下列句子。
a Dunstan stole Wildfire, but during the hunt the horse ...
................................................................................
b Silas needed the door key to cook his meat so he ...
................................................................................
c Dunstan knew that Silas was rich so he ...
................................................................................
d When Silas got to the public house he looked like ...
................................................................................
e Silas’s gold was found again when ...
................................................................................
30 marks

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Multiple-choice Test 选择题

Silas Marner 织工马南

George Eliot

Setting 故事背景

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

1 The story of Silas Marner is set in the quiet villages of England in the _____ century.
a [ ] late nineteenth b [ ] early nineteenth c [ ] early eighteenth d [ ] late eighteenth
2 The linen-weavers were small and thin with _____.
a [ ] strong legs b [ ] strong shoulders c [ ] tired white faces d [ ] dirty hair
3 The villagers said you couldn’t trust a man if you didn’t know his _____.
a [ ] father or mother b [ ] brother or sister c [ ] mother or sister d [ ] wife
4 Country people used to be suspicious of all _____.
a [ ] gentlemen and ministers b [ ] strangers and travellers
c [ ] widows and orphans d [ ] landlords and farriers
5 Silas Marner lived near the village of _____.
a [ ] Ravenscroft b [ ] Raveloe c [ ] Ravenscliffe d [ ] Runnymede
6 The small boys of the village had never heard the sound of a _____ before.
a [ ] loom b [ ] quarry c [ ] dairy d [ ] church
7 The village had a fine old church and a number of _____.
a [ ] small farms b [ ] large chapels c [ ] large farms d [ ] small dairies
8 In the village Silas began to _____.
a [ ] earn less b [ ] work less c [ ] not work d [ ] earn more
9 The most important person in the village was _____.
a [ ] Squire Cass b [ ] Silas Marner c [ ] Mr Macey d [ ] Miss Nancy
10 At night, when he finished his work, Silas spent time with his _____.
a [ ] gold coins b [ ] friends c [ ] family d [ ] wife

20 marks

Characters 人物

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

11 In his childhood, Silas had been taught by his mother to _____.
a [ ] earn lots of money b [ ] weave c [ ] make simple medicines d [ ] make gold
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 12 Silas had been engaged to a young woman called
_____.
a [ ] Sarah b [ ] Samantha c [ ] Nancy d [ ] Sally
13 Silas never _____ his neighbours unless it was necessary for his work.
a [ ] talked to b [ ] listened to c [ ] looked at d [ ] went to church with
14 Two of Squire Cass’s sons were called _____.
a [ ] William and Godfrey b [ ] Godfrey and Dunstan
c [ ] Dunstan and William d [ ] Godfrey and Jem
15 Silas’s gold coins were stolen by _____.
a [ ] Godfrey b [ ] Dunstan c [ ] William d [ ] Jem
16 Jem Rodney was the local _____.
a [ ] poacher b [ ] butcher c [ ] farrier d [ ] minister
17 John Bryce had agreed to buy _____ from Dunstan.
a [ ] the dairy b [ ] the cottage c [ ] the quarry d [ ] the horse
18 Dolly Winthrop was worried about _____.
a [ ] Silas’s gold coins b [ ] Silas’s absence from church
c [ ] Silas’s loom d [ ] Silas’s cottage
19 Dolly had a _____.
a [ ] son called Aaron b [ ] son called William
c [ ] daughter called Nancy d [ ] daughter called Molly
20 Eppie’s mother and father were _____.
a [ ] Nancy and Godfrey b [ ] Dunstan and Molly
c [ ] Godfrey and Molly d [ ] Nancy and Dunstan

20 marks

Dialogue 对话

Who said this? 谁说的这些话？

21 ‘God knows I did not steal the money.’
a [ ] Silas b [ ] the minister c [ ] William Dane d [ ] Sarah
22 ‘Perhaps I’ll go to the Squire now and confess everything to him.’
a [ ] Dunstan b [ ] Godfrey c [ ] Silas d [ ] William
23 ‘I’ll throw this glass at you if you accuse me of stealing your money!’
a [ ] Jem b [ ] Silas c [ ] the farrier d [ ] the butcher
24 ‘Now, if you know where Dunstan’s hiding – I expect you do – tell him he needn’t come
home.’
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 a [ ] the Squire b [ ] Godfrey c [ ] Silas d [ ] the landlord
25 ‘You could make Sunday different from the other days, you know, by washing yourself, and
cooking a little piece of meat, and going to church.’
a [ ] Nancy b [ ] Priscilla c [ ] Dolly d [ ] Molly
26 ‘Any woman with a good father and a good home had better stay single.’
a [ ] Priscilla b [ ] Dolly c [ ] Nancy d [ ] Sarah
27 ‘It’s not very kind of you to be sorry you’ve danced with me.’
a [ ] Dunstan b [ ] Silas c [ ] Dr Kimble d [ ] Godfrey
28 ‘I’ve come for the doctor. There’s a woman – dead, I think – near my cottage.’
a [ ] Godfrey b [ ] Silas c [ ] the Squire d [ ] the landlord
29 ‘Father, if I get married, do you think I should wear my mother’s ring?’
a [ ] Nancy b [ ] Priscilla c [ ] Eppie d [ ] Molly
30 ‘Can you ever forgive me for what I’ve done, Nancy?’
a [ ] Silas b [ ] the Squire c [ ] Dunstan d [ ] Godfrey

20 marks

Vocabulary 词汇

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

31 a small, simple house, usually in the country
a [ ] chapel b [ ] dairy c [ ] cottage d [ ] house
32 to play games of chance for money
a [ ] gamble b [ ] drain c [ ] blush d [ ] draw lots
33 someone who puts new shoes on horses
a [ ] pedlar b [ ] poacher c [ ] farrier d [ ] minister
34 feeling strongly that someone or something is useless
a [ ] scornful b [ ] suspicious c [ ] cheerful d [ ] bitter
35 to walk with uncertain steps
a [ ] hunt b [ ] weave c [ ] toddle d [ ] confess
36 a song usually sung at Christmas
a [ ] curl b [ ] carol c [ ] cottage d [ ] chapel
37 to tell the truth about something you have done wrong
a [ ] confess b [ ] gamble c [ ] trust d [ ] drain
38 something you feel you have to do because it is right
a [ ] duty b [ ] confess c [ ] blush d [ ] forgive
39 a place where stone, sand etc. are taken out of the ground
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 a [ ] pile b [ ] service c [ ] porridge d [ ] quarry
40 a machine for weaving cloth
a [ ] linen b [ ] loom c [ ] orphan d [ ] weave

20 marks

Plot 情节

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

41 Silas had come to the village _____ years before.
a [ ] twenty b [ ] fifteen c [ ] five d [ ] sixteen
42 Godfrey had secretly married _____.
a [ ] Molly b [ ] Nancy c [ ] Dolly d [ ] Priscilla
43 After his gold was stolen Silas went to the _____ to get help.
a [ ] public house b [ ] church c [ ] dairy d [ ] chapel
44 Silas thought it felt _____ to talk to his neighbours and tell them his problems.
a [ ] wrong b [ ] exciting c [ ] strange and pleasant d [ ] mad
45 The New Year’s Eve dance was at _____.
a [ ] the Red House b [ ] the church c [ ] the Rainbow d [ ] the Dairy
46 Silas found the little girl in _____.
a [ ] the quarry b [ ] his cottage c [ ] the church d [ ] the snow
47 Silas called the girl Eppie, which had been his _____ name.
a [ ] mother’s b [ ] big sister’s c [ ] wife’s d [ ] little sister’s
48 Dunstan’s body was found _____.
a [ ] in the old quarry b [ ] in the snow c [ ] in the cottage d [ ] at the Red House
49 _____ wanted to adopt Eppie.
a [ ] Godfrey and Nancy b [ ] Dolly and Aaron
c [ ] Nancy and Priscilla d [ ] Molly and Godfrey
50 Eppie was married in a white wedding dress bought for her by _____.
a [ ] Silas b [ ] Nancy c [ ] Priscilla d [ ] Dolly

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Silas Marner
1 a F f F
b F g F
c T h T
d T i T
e F j F

2 a Godfrey
b Dunstan
c Godfrey
d Silas
e Eppie

3 1 e
2 c
3 d
4 b
5 a

4 ill, family, morning, dead, fit, chapel, money, bedroom, knife, lots

5 a was killed/died.
b left the door unlocked.
c looked for the gold.
d a ghost.
e the quarry went dry.

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Silas Marner
Setting
1 a
2 c
3 a
4 b
5 b
6 a
7 a
8 d
9 a
10 a

Characters
11 c
12 a
13 a
14 b
15 b
16 a
17 d
18 b
19 a
20 b

Dialogue
21 a
22 b
23 a
24 a
25 c
26 a
27 d
28 b
29 c
30 d

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Vocabulary
31 c
32 a
33 c
34 a
35 c
36 b
37 a
38 a
39 d
40 b

Plot
41 b
42 a
43 a
44 c
45 a
46 b
47 d
48 a
49 a
50 b

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