Comprehension Test 阅读理解

The Mystery of Allegra 阿利格拉之谜

Peter Foreman （著）

1 Who said this in the story? Shelley, Claire Clairmont, Allegra One, Adrian, Chiara
Henderson. 谁说的这些话？
a ‘I don’t love my husband any more, and so he doesn’t live here with us.’ ...............
b ‘I want to see Mamà before I die. Take me!’ ..............
c ‘Don’t do it, Claire, or you will never see your daughter again.’ ...............
d ‘I can never forget my darling child.’ ...............
e ‘We’re going to Bagno a Ripoli. But we must hurry.’ ...............

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

a Allegra One had blond hair and cold hands.
b Chiara found the name Allegra in a book.
c Allegra One and Allegra Two spoke English and Italian.
d Allegra Two died on her sixth birthday.
e After a few years, Adrian forgot about the mystery.
f When Adrian went to Florence, Allegra One came to see him again.
g Byron asked Claire to visit her daughter, but she didn’t want to.
h Shelley saw Claire’s ghost after she died.
i The ghost of Allegra disappeared in the cemetery.
j Allegra Four is a happy child.

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3 Put the following events in the story in the right order. Number them 1–5. 为下列事件排
序。
a Shelley visited Allegra at the convent.
b Claire came to Italy with her daughter and Shelley and his family.
c Allegra became ill and died.
d Claire Clairmont’s daughter was born in England.
e Allegra went to live with her father.

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4 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 Adrian’s parents liked the villa ...
2 Adrian wrote letters to Allegra Two ...
3 Claire gave her daughter to Byron ...
4 Allegra One was very happy ...
5 When Adrian and his wife had a daughter ...

B
a ... because she wanted a better life for her.
b ... but Adrian was afraid.
c ... they called her Allegra.
d ... but she didn’t answer them.
e ... when Adrian took her to Bagno a Ripoli.

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5 Fill in the gaps using these words: car, ghost, followed, cried, cemetery, mother, night,
tombstone, happiness, room. 选择适当的词填空。
When Allegra One came to Adrian’s ............... that ..............., he took her in his ............... to
the ............... at Bagno a Ripoli. Allegra ............... him to Claire Clairmont’s ..............., where
she ............... with ............... . Then her ............... disappeared; she was with her ...............
again.

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Multiple-choice Test 选择题

The Mystery of Allegra 阿利格拉之谜

Peter Foreman

Setting 故事背景

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

1 The Villa Henderson was in _____.
a [ ] France b [ ] Spain c [ ] Italy d [ ] England
2 Adrian was travelling with his _____.
a [ ] mother and father b [ ] friends c [ ] sisters d [ ] brothers
3 They were travelling in _____.
a [ ] April b [ ] March c [ ] May d [ ] February
4 Margaret Henderson lived with her daughter and _____.
a [ ] son b [ ] husband c [ ] grandson d [ ] granddaughter
5 Allegra couldn’t say _____.
a [ ] hallo b [ ] the letter ‘r’ c [ ] the letter ‘c’ d [ ] goodbye
6 Margaret Henderson’s daughter was called _____.
a [ ] Clara b [ ] Christine c [ ] Caroline d [ ] Chiara
7 Adrian couldn’t sleep because the _____ were making a noise.
a [ ] curtains b [ ] shutters c [ ] people d [ ] dogs
8 Allegra’s mother was called _____ in English.
a [ ] Claire b [ ] Margaret c [ ] Mary d [ ] Catherine
9 Allegra’s dog was called _____.
a [ ] Hero b [ ] Rover c [ ] Nero d [ ] Never
10 Adrian met Allegra in the _____.
a [ ] garden b [ ] kitchen c [ ] hotel d [ ] bedroom

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Characters 人物

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

11 Adrian was _____ years old when he first met Allegra.

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 a [ ] nineteen b [ ] sixteen c [ ] seventeen d [ ] eighteen
12 Margaret Henderson wore _____ clothes.
a [ ] strange b [ ] old c [ ] beautiful d [ ] new
13 Chiara Henderson was tall with long, _____ hair.
a [ ] dark b [ ] blond c [ ] grey d [ ] fair
14 Allegra was _____ old.
a [ ] five years and two months b [ ] five years and three months
c [ ] four years and three months d [ ] four years and four months
15 Allegra Henderson had long _____ hair.
a [ ] black b [ ] brown c [ ] blond d [ ] fair
16 Adrian went to university to study _____.
a [ ] English b [ ] French c [ ] German d [ ] Italian
17 Lord _____ was Allegra’s father.
a [ ] Shelley b [ ] Byron c [ ] Clairmont d [ ] Henderson
18 Shelley was _____.
a [ ] an artist b [ ] a painter c [ ] a poet d [ ] a teacher
19 Allegra went to a _____ school in Ravenna.
a [ ] convent b [ ] big c [ ] small d [ ] beautiful
20 Claire Clairmont died when she was _____ years old.
a [ ] fifty-one b [ ] sixty-one c [ ] seventy-one d [ ] eighty-one

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Dialogue 对话

Who said or wrote this? 谁说的或写的这些？

21 ‘I like this room. It looks comfortable, but it’s beautiful too.’
a [ ] Adrian b [ ] Adrian’s mother c [ ] Adrian’s father d [ ] Margaret Henderson
22 ‘Your room is round the corner. Come this way, please.’
a [ ] Adrian b [ ] Margaret Henderson c [ ] Chiara Henderson d [ ] Adrian’s mother
23 ‘You must go back to bed now, Allegra. I’m not going to take you to your mother.’
a [ ] Margaret Henderson b [ ] Adrian’s mother c [ ] Adrian’s father d [ ] Adrian
24 ‘Papa didn’t like Mama and he took me away from her. I didn’t see her for a long time.’
a [ ] Adrian b [ ] Allegra c [ ] Margaret Henderson d [ ] Chiara Henderson
25 ‘Well, it’s very strange. Who is this girl? She isn’t my daughter.’

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 a [ ] Chiara Henderson b [ ] Adrian c [ ] Margaret Henderson d [ ] Adrian’s mother
26 ‘Go away! Go away!’
a [ ] Allegra b [ ] Margaret Henderson c [ ] Chiara Henderson d [ ] Adrian
27 ‘She is like me. She has white skin.’
a [ ] Adrian b [ ] Claire Clairmont c [ ] Byron d [ ] Shelley
28 ‘She’ll be alright. She’ll get better.’
a [ ] Claire Clairmont b [ ] Shelley c [ ] Byron d [ ] Adrian
29 ‘I’ll be with her after all these years. We’ll be so happy!’
a [ ] Adrian b [ ] Allegra c [ ] Claire Clairmont d [ ] Byron
30 ‘Yes, Daddy, of course I feel well.’
a [ ] Allegra b [ ] Adrian c [ ] Claire Clairmont d [ ] Chiara Henderson

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Vocabulary 词汇

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

31 a cover for a window on the wall outside a building
a [ ] door b [ ] curtain c [ ] balcony d [ ] shutter
32 a piece of material in front of a window
a [ ] shutter b [ ] corridor c [ ] curtain d [ ] door
33 with very little colour in the face
a [ ] fever b [ ] ghost c [ ] blond d [ ] pale
34 when someone is not happy
a [ ] pale b [ ] sad c [ ] fair d [ ] nun
35 a place where dead people are put under the ground
a [ ] corridor b [ ] balcony c [ ] cemetery d [ ] disappear
36 a place where people go to study after they leave school
a [ ] university b [ ] cemetery c [ ] corridor d [ ] convent
37 to think that something is true or possible
a [ ] dream b [ ] disappear c [ ] ask d [ ] believe
38 a picture in the mind when you are sleeping
a [ ] dream b [ ] fantasy c [ ] future d [ ] ghost
39 the spirit of a dead person, which looks real but perhaps isn’t real
a [ ] fantasy b [ ] nun c [ ] ghost d [ ] dream

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 40 a place on the outside wall of a building above the ground, where you can stand or sit
a [ ] balcony b [ ] shutter c [ ] curtain d [ ] corridor

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Plot 情节

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

41 Allegra wanted Adrian to take her to see _____.
a [ ] her mother b [ ] her father c [ ] her dog d [ ] the garden
42 Allegra showed Adrian a bed behind the _____.
a [ ] door b [ ] wall c [ ] shutters d [ ] curtain
43 When he returned to England Adrian sent Allegra Henderson some _____.
a [ ] photographs b [ ] clothes c [ ] curtains d [ ] small presents
44 Adrian went to university when he was _____.
a [ ] sixteen b [ ] eighteen c [ ] nineteen d [ ] twenty
45 Adrian read about the story of Claire Clairmont in _____.
a [ ] the newspaper b [ ] her letters c [ ] Byron’s letters d [ ] a book of English poets
46 Claire Clairmont’s tombstone was in the cemetery in _____.
a [ ] Bagno a Ripoli b [ ] Florence c [ ] Bath d [ ] London
47 Claire and _____ went to live with Shelley and his family.
a [ ] Adrian b [ ] Lord Byron c [ ] her daughter d [ ] her mother
48 Allegra died of a fever on _____ 21st 1822.
a [ ] May b [ ] February c [ ] April d [ ] March
49 Adrian got married to _____.
a [ ] an English girl b [ ] a French girl c [ ] an Italian girl d [ ] an American girl
50 Adrian’s daughter was called _____.
a [ ] Allegra b [ ] Alba c [ ] Claire d [ ] Chiara

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The Mystery of Allegra
1 a Chiara Henderson
b Allegra One
c Shelley
d Claire Clairmont
e Adrian

2 a T
b F
c T
d F
e F
f T
g F
h F
i T
j T

3 a 4
b 2
c 5
d 1
e 3

4 1 b
2 d
3 a
4 e
5 c

5 room, night, car, cemetery, followed, tombstone, cried, happiness, ghost, mother

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The Mystery of Allegra
Setting

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

Characters

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

Dialogue

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

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 30 a

Vocabulary

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

Plot

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

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